The Rock Tours Around Great Britain, 2006-2007

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The Story

Original title: 石头英国漫游记

The Rock Touring Around Great Britain is a performance piece by Chinese artist He Yunchang that involved a walking circumambulation of Great Britain from September 23, 2006 to June 14, 2007. Starting from the hamlet of Rock, Northumberland, the artist walked to the nearby town of Boulmer where he selected a rock which he then carried counterclockwise until he returned it to the precise location from which it was taken. As the artist commented, the work was primarily "an attempt to represent the iron will of an individual and the living conditions of his being with simple and pure methods."

Production House

Amino Studio, Newcastle, UK

Shanghai Helu Culture Communication Co., Ltd.

Center for Chinese Contemporary Art

Spacex Art Centre, Exeter

Liverpool Biennial Organization Committee