Chen Di: Cyclone Complex – On Messy Credit and Foiled Realities
Sanjita Majumder

Inside a humming sonic sphere woven by bird and insect noise, the audience of Chen Di’s recent video installation find themselves hovering a a curious gathering. There is a newly painted, pseudo-classical Chinese pavilion in the artist’s hometown and four older women. We witness intensifying signs of an upcoming storm seemingly summoned by the women through speech and ritual.