Gao Hang and Burial: A Cultural Jump
Gao Hang and Burial: A Cultural Jump 1200 years separate Tang dynasty terracotta from South London pirate radio. Where Tang sculptors worked in fired clay, Gao Hang sources from digital archives; where Burial built tracks from vinyl crackle and Windows 95 startup sounds, the material traces how emotional residue persists across technologies. The shift traces how nostalgia became a medium. Tang horses carried empire memory in physical form; Gao Hang’s airbrushed figures carry 90s internet aesthetics as cultural memory. Burial’s “Untrue” samples UK garage’s decay the same way — both extract sentiment from obsolete formats. ...