QINHAO: CROSSOVER PHOTOGRAPHY INVITES CURATORS TO SHOW THE POSSIBILITIES OF PHOTOGRAPHY ON DIFFERENT MEDIA (PRINT, VIDEO, DIGITAL, PAINTING, OBJECTS…) AND IN CROSSING CULTURAL CONTEXTS.

Frequent Visitors

Artists: Qin Hao

Curator: Xi Tao

In 2017, Qin Hao returned Chongqing and spent one month living where he had desperately tried to escape as a child. He rented a small house, visited and took pictures of the streets in Chongqing with his grandmother during the day, then organized the photos and created paintings after returning to his room at night. It was the seventh year of his music career.

Two years ago, Qin Hao and his partner successfully held a concert with 40,000 attendance at the Workers' Stadium, followed by touring exhibitions in a number of cities. Although their songs were played all over the country, his habit of nausea from being too nervous before appearing on the stage had not changed. He was even at a loss in sudden despair for countless times on the stage in the enthusiastic atmosphere…

During his stay in Chongqing, he and his grandmother took the light rail, travelling in the hustle and bustle of the city. He listened to his grandmother's life recollection about the city and focused his lens in the direction she pointed. Sometimes the two generations took photos of the same place, and they appeared in each other's photos.

His father whom he hasn't contacted with for a long time also joined them for dinner. The relationship between the three generations and the city has reconnected and fused in such a short period of time.

Two years later, Qin Hao published a photographic album Frequent Visitors, while still staging music performances. He officially left Beijing and settled in Chongqing, which eventually made him a frequent visitor to his hometown and family.