HELLO, I AM CONNOR CHEN, OR SAD DOG, THIS IS MY WEBSITE,
The Procession of Sad Dogs
1. THE PROCESSION OF SAD DOGS  
THE PROCESSION OF SAD DOGS, 2024
Photo documentation of site specific installation, sad dogs (image transfer on various found objects),  
  • Ordering / structure - in narrative of the series this work is the formal aspect
  • Using application of image to prescribe meaning, thus changing these found objects into “sad dogs”
  • Idea of procession itself being a site, its definition of procession as an action ceases once it reaches its definition, thus it can only exist while it is proceeding
  • The site specificiality not being important in terms of where, but in terms of viewing it as on going. 
  • The “city” as a space of constant motion, the clashing of many groups - business workers, tourists, anyone 


2. BE A SAD DOG!
    BE A SAD DOG, 2024
    Video documentation of performance, 12:55 min.  
    • Street interview style 
    • Persona of the sad dog - a con man, genuine but desperate -> tactics of performance being used to generate meaning
    • Narratively can also convey the artist’s journey to ascribe meaning to their art as a performance of convincing to the public 
    • Putting up posters and manifestos


    3. THE SALE OF SAD DOGS

     THE SALE OF SAD DOGS, 2024
    Photographic and video documentation of performance.  
      The act of sale as a form of transformation for the objects, the commercialisation of them ascribing them meaning as commodities. 
      The absurdity in selling trash
      Back to the secondary narrative of this series being a exercise in how artists try to convey meaning in art, or maybe just how I want people to take me seriously, particularly in the performative works, I felt like I was simultaneously aware of how absurd I look because I’m taking on this persona, but also trying to convince the public that what I’m doing has meaning.



    4. APPENDIX: THE REHABILITATION OF SAD DOGS

    THE REHABILITATION OF SAD DOGS, 2024
    Photo documentation of site specific installation, sad dogs (image transfer on various found objects),  
    • Not quite a full work but a sort of ending. A releasing of these sad dogs into their natural habitat. Sad dogs live in the city. Only recognisable by the stock image of a dog water mark they share. 

    5. APPENDIX: APPENDIX: SOME OTHER IMAGES FROM THIS PROJECT