# Four-Dimensional People Canonical: https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/siweiren Four-Dimensional People, 2010. Photography, light box. He Fa’s role: Artist: He Fa. 2010 / Photography, light box Bodies are assembled from separate views, holding traces of walking, reading and working. Four-Dimensional People, 2010. Portfolio image 1 of 6. Artist He Fa Date December 2010 Recorded dimensions 512 × 512 mm Recorded medium Light box ## Work record Four-Dimensional People, 2010. Photography, light box. He Fa’s role: Artist: He Fa. Work / series Four-Dimensional People Date 2010 Medium Photography, light box He Fa’s role Artist: He Fa Catalogue section Early explorations Cite this record: Four-Dimensional People · 2010 · Artist: He Fa · [https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/siweiren](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/siweiren) ## Images and presentation The portfolio presents Four-Dimensional People as six square images. People appear in streets, beside trees or indoors, walking, reading, working at a desk or handling a camera. Bodies and surrounding objects are divided into rectangular photographs. Heads, torsos, hands and legs do not necessarily share a continuous edge; the backgrounds also unfold across blocks and fragments. An individual figure remains recognizable, yet the pieces are not joined into a seamless portrait. The images retain traces of action, details of objects and the boundaries of separate frames at once. The title page records a light-box work measuring 512 × 512 mm, dated December 2010. It does not name the people in the six images, and no names are assigned here. ## Works & details Four-Dimensional People, 2010. Portfolio image 2 of 6. Four-Dimensional People, 2010. Portfolio image 3 of 6. Four-Dimensional People, 2010. Portfolio image 4 of 6. Four-Dimensional People, 2010. Portfolio image 5 of 6. Four-Dimensional People, 2010. Portfolio image 6 of 6. ## Archive note Based on pages 36–37 of the 38-page portfolio 何发-作品小汇. Title, date, dimensions and medium follow the original title page. Images were extracted independently from the PDF and retain their full compositions. The English title is a translation or transliteration for this website, not a verified historical English title. ## Continue exploring ### Shanshui From a distance, a landscape. Up close, photographs made at different times and positions. ### Large Portraits / Portraits Four portraits unfold alongside three enlarged details of each. TAKE A PATH ACROSS ## Other paths from this work. Body and presence Bodies that do not fit seamlessly [Four-Dimensional People](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/siweiren) ↔ [Hamlet’s Mirror](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/hamlets-mirror) Four-Dimensional People retains bodily displacements through rectangular photographs; Hamlet’s Mirror returns projection to a living body. The former fixes its seams, while obstruction in the latter happens anew through performance. 2010 / Photography, light box 2015 / Moving image and performance Read the source materials Work image [Images and presentation ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/siweiren#chapter-1) Pages 36–37 of the early portfolio contain this series; in the first image, the body, chair and objects are assembled from misaligned rectangular photographs. Artist’s statement [Projection and performance ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/hamlets-mirror#chapter-3) The portfolio statement identifies the interaction of performer, large screen and projection, grounding the comparison of bodily obstruction and images projected back onto a body. [Continue from this work ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/crossings#work=hamlets-mirror) Body and presence ### Bodies that do not fit seamlessly [Four-Dimensional People](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/siweiren) ↔ [Hamlet’s Mirror](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/hamlets-mirror) Four-Dimensional People retains bodily displacements through rectangular photographs; Hamlet’s Mirror returns projection to a living body. The former fixes its seams, while obstruction in the latter happens anew through performance. 2010 / Photography, light box 2015 / Moving image and performance Work image [Images and presentation ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/siweiren#chapter-1) Pages 36–37 of the early portfolio contain this series; in the first image, the body, chair and objects are assembled from misaligned rectangular photographs. Pages 36–37 of the early portfolio contain this series; in the first image, the body, chair and objects are assembled from misaligned rectangular photographs. Artist’s statement [Projection and performance ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/hamlets-mirror#chapter-3) The portfolio statement identifies the interaction of performer, large screen and projection, grounding the comparison of bodily obstruction and images projected back onto a body. The portfolio statement identifies the interaction of performer, large screen and projection, grounding the comparison of bodily obstruction and images projected back onto a body. Keeping and losing How many fragments make a person [Four-Dimensional People](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/siweiren) ↔ [Personal Chronicle / PHA](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/personal-chronicle) Four-Dimensional People divides gestures and surroundings into photographic fragments; Personal Chronicle connects a narrated past with ambitions. Both organize fragments of a person without thereby standing in for an entire life. 2010 / Photography, light box 2023 / Interview archives, collective creation and public documentation Read the source materials Work image [Images and presentation ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/siweiren#chapter-1) Pages 36–37 of the early portfolio contain this series; in the first image, the body, chair and objects are assembled from misaligned rectangular photographs. Period document [How the project is structured ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/personal-chronicle#chapter-1) The 2023 text Theatre and Fear proposes a two-to-five-hour personal interview, retained records and subsequent project initiation. [Continue from this work ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/crossings#work=personal-chronicle) Keeping and losing ### How many fragments make a person [Four-Dimensional People](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/siweiren) ↔ [Personal Chronicle / PHA](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/personal-chronicle) Four-Dimensional People divides gestures and surroundings into photographic fragments; Personal Chronicle connects a narrated past with ambitions. Both organize fragments of a person without thereby standing in for an entire life. 2010 / Photography, light box 2023 / Interview archives, collective creation and public documentation Work image [Images and presentation ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/siweiren#chapter-1) Pages 36–37 of the early portfolio contain this series; in the first image, the body, chair and objects are assembled from misaligned rectangular photographs. Pages 36–37 of the early portfolio contain this series; in the first image, the body, chair and objects are assembled from misaligned rectangular photographs. Period document [How the project is structured ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/personal-chronicle#chapter-1) The 2023 text Theatre and Fear proposes a two-to-five-hour personal interview, retained records and subsequent project initiation. The 2023 text Theatre and Fear proposes a two-to-five-hour personal interview, retained records and subsequent project initiation. FROM HERE, ELSEWHERE ## Passages between works ### Related records in the archive [Shanshui ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/shanshui) 2012 [Large Portraits / Portraits ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/large-portraits) 2010