2017↗
Fafalish
A sentence passes through translation, accent and transcription, becoming a situation between languages.
Selected works2018 / Network-based work, Instagram account, thesis
chinesesamericandream / Instagram Thesis
“Fa He’s thesis is a instagram account.” A short statement redirects the reading of a thesis to a social platform account.
- Artist
- He Fa / Fa He
- Date
- Artist’s document from May 2018
- Work entry point
- Instagram: chinesesamericandream
- Document format
- Artist’s statement identifying an account as a thesis
Complete chapter contents
A thesis located in an account
The retained 2018 document Fa He.docx contains a brief statement: “Fa He’s thesis is a instagram account.” It then invites readers to search Instagram and supplies the link to chinesesamericandream. The artist identifies the account itself as the thesis, rather than using social media simply to promote a separate document.
Document and platform
The document moves the entry to a research project from a single text toward an account, a rhythm of posting and acts of browsing. It establishes the account designated by the artist and the thesis format. Without a complete reading of the historical account, this page does not infer its post count, narrative sequence or present public status.
The original 2018 record
The document metadata records creation on 10 May 2018 and modification on 12 May, with hefa as author. This site provides a readable transcription and retains the historical account link so the project can be read alongside Fafalish, YourTube and Fa’s review.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT / PORTFOLIO
Fa He’s thesis is a instagram account.
Translated from the artist’s Chinese portfolio statement.
Archive note
Prepared from the artist’s retained Fa He.docx and its metadata. The image is a clearly labelled text transcription, not a recreated historical Instagram page.
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Work record
chinesesamericandream / Instagram Thesis, 2018. Network-based work, Instagram account, thesis. He Fa’s role: Artist: He Fa / Fa He.
- Work / series
- chinesesamericandream / Instagram Thesis
- Date
- 2018
- Medium
- Network-based work, Instagram account, thesis
- He Fa’s role
- Artist: He Fa / Fa He
- Catalogue section
- Early explorations
Cite this record: chinesesamericandream / Instagram Thesis · 2018 · Artist: He Fa / Fa He · https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/chinesesamericandream
TAKE A PATH ACROSS
Other paths from this work.
Keeping and losing
Publication becomes part of the work
chinesesamericandream / Instagram ThesisKill the Rose: 3P—Watching, Performing, Recording
The Instagram thesis statement treats an account as the thesis; 3P makes publication during production a rule. Both include public entry points in the work, but the account’s historical posts have not been fully read, so their sequence cannot be supplied.
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- Artist’s statementA thesis located in an account ↗
The original 2018 Fa He.docx designates an Instagram account as the thesis; historical posts have not been fully read and no posting sequence is supplied.
- Period documentA parallel creative process ↗
He Fa’s signed 3P call requires at least three publications within one month, retained separately from the play’s director, writer and 3P participant lists.
- Artist’s statementA thesis located in an account ↗
Keeping and losing
A page can become a site of work
chinesesamericandream / Instagram ThesisShadow Counterpoint
Shadow Counterpoint organizes viewing through published GIFs and text; the Instagram thesis statement identifies the account itself as the work’s entry. One has a specific documented page; the other still requires fuller reading of historical posts.
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- Period documentHow the work took shape ↗
The public 2016 GIF edition combines joint credits, text and looping images; the 2022 retrospective is dated separately.
- Artist’s statementA thesis located in an account ↗
The original 2018 Fa He.docx designates an Instagram account as the thesis; historical posts have not been fully read and no posting sequence is supplied.
- Period documentHow the work took shape ↗
FROM HERE, ELSEWHERE
Passages between works
Related records in the archive
- Fafalish ↗2017
- YourTube ↗2018
- Fa’s review ↗2017