Wang Bing

born 1967, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China; lives and works in China and France 15 Hours (Shi Wu Xiao Shi), 2017 16:9 film, color, sound in Chinese Mandarin and dialect with English subtitles—in two parts, 7 hours, 55 minutes each, Edition of 6 + 2 AP
Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris

In this film Wang Bing documents the effect of China’s rapid economic growth on the lives of the workers who made it possible. It records one full workday at a garment processing facility in Huzhou, China. Many of the laborers there are migrants from rural China. Everyone is paid on a piecework basis and works at top speed, often for seven days a week.