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The Welcome Rain Falling From the Sky

I love Taiwanese artist Kuang-Yu Tsui’s 1997 conceptual art piece The Welcome Rain Falling From the Sky but I couldn’t really tell you what it means. Something about the way people are bombarded with advertisements for consumer goods? I also couldn’t help but think of the iOS game co-created Neven Mrgan, The Incident.

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Dan Phiffer

I am into this, so much happens in one minute! Fwiw the artist has written this description on his own website:

In this piece of work, a person was placed in a condition of simple game. He has to avoid a wide range of falling objects, including flower pots, TV set and motorcycles. I meant to take it as a good model or measurement of someone who is able to fit into a dangerous situation.

And his artist bio offers some other clues about what the work might be about. I'm also feeling the existential environmental vibes that may not have been intended.

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