Kate Stobbart Art

Video : Text : Live-Events

On The Verge Of A Merge (2008)

Intrude 366 Exhibition, Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China

I travelled for a day on Line 6 of the Shanghai underground wearing clothes that had been made to match the pink décor of the seating on the trains. Published in Intrude Art Issue 12 2008, Zendai Moma.

Photo of a person entering a busy subway station in Shanghai. The person is dressed in a blue jacket (the bottom half of which has been replace with pink material) and blue trousers (the top half of the trousers have been replace with pink material)
All photos: unknown
Photo of person walking through ticket barrier on the Shanghai subway. Only their top half is visible. They are wearing a jacket that is pink ..up to the shoulders ...when the jacket is dark blue.
Photo of person walking onto a train carriage on Line 6 of the Shanghai subway system. They are looking for a seat. All the seats are pink. The person is wearing a jacket which is dark blue at the top and across the shoulders - but the sleeves and most of the torso are pink. Their trousers are pink from the waist to the knees - and dark blue from the knees down. A few other people on carriage are all dressed in black.
Photo of person sitting down on a subway train. The seats are all bright pink. They are wearing a jacket that is blue from the collar down to a horizontal line across the shoulders....then the blue has been replaced with pink material. The pink replacement material matches the seat they're sitting on perfectly.
Photo of 3 commuters on the subway train in Shanghai. Two people are dressed in black, one is asleep. The third person is wearing a jacket and trousers that are dark blue and pink..and blends with the pink seats they are sitting on.

Photo of people leaving the subway station in Shangai. One person is wearing a blue and bright pink jacket/ trousers. Everyone else is dressed in black or muted colours.

Photo of person dressed in bright pink/ dark blue jacket and trousers on an escalator.
All photos: unknown