B\u00fa K\u00e8 Qi (don\u2019t mention it) is the nonchalant title of this installation. This title however, has a lot to tell. When I sense Xiamen I feel the lightness and energy of an upcoming nation, of a rising sun, the citizens and their dreams. Like a dress dancing on the laundry lines in the numerous alleys of Xiamen, playing with the wind, enjoying the sun. I tried to visualize this feeling by hanging transparent shapes on laundry lines near the ceiling of the CEAC as a kind of empty wishing balloons. The balloons cannot rise by themselves yet but need to get content by dreams and fantasies of the visitors. <\/p>\n

A wish or a dream is not meant to become reality in my believe. Especially if dreams are realized for the sake of materialism the balloon can explode like a soap bubble and \u201ca great nothing\u201d could appear. Still it is interesting to have dreams and fantasies. They almost seem to be a luxury in-between the speed of our stressed existence. <\/p>\n

During my countless walks in the streets of Xiamen I met all kind of situations and impressions which associated me for example with tenderness, fascination, joy, hope and reality. I visualized these and many more different emotions in a series of photos from the city. By displaying them on the ground it makes our visitors the vertical rising connection between reality and dreams. <\/p>\n

You are invited to fill the balloons with your dreams and fantasies. Don\u2019t mention your thoughts but enjoy your own private moment in silence\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n