Cai-Guo Qiang’s car bomb exhibit relates to the idea of power in many different ways. In his exhibit, he showed a sequence of cars starting on the ground then flipping through the air and then ending back on the ground without any damage. The car bomb exhibit was inspired by the attempted car bomb in Times Square, New York City. The work seems to express that in our post 9/11 world the fear of acts of terrorism have a strong power over our daily lives. This fear has changed our airports, government agencies and even the people of the United States and other countries, which suffered from acts of terrorism. His sunken ship exhibit was very interesting as he showed the power and beauty that destructive acts could have on an object. The ship was not destroyed, but transformed into another state that was still beautiful and natural.
My favorite part was the end of the series when the two police officers were talking and one officer said to another, “If, you could hold on to your best moments in life as long as you wanted then let them go that would make all the difference”. I think the point was that time keeps pulling us forward whether we like it or not and this is something which we have no power to control or change.
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