In her lap bends clover, 2022, inkjet fine art archival print on Canson Rag Photographique, 46.5 x 33.3cm $600 (image/sheet) / 49.0 x 36.0 cm $800 (framed). © Jessye Wdowin-McGregor Offered for sale.

 

 

Take 1
黄花小百合
Lilium
可信度24.2% 

Take 2
笄石菖
Juncus prismatocarpus
可信度64.0% 

Take 3
黑水罂粟
Papaver nudicaule var. aquilegioides f. amurense
可信度5.2%

Take 4
散步报春
Primula conspersa
可信度28.4% 

Take 5
黄花婆罗门参
Tragopogon orientalis
可信度76.3% 

Take 6
裸花水竹叶
Murdannia nudiflora
可信度13.1% 

Take 7
苦草
Vallisneria natans
可信度66.3%

— Ouyang Yu, ‘Bitter Grass, et al, as App Assessed’, 2023

A poem worked with the assistance of WeChat-based“花帮主识花”, in response to Jessye's artwork, In her lap bends clover, 2022.

A note from the poet:—

There is an app on WeChat that can help recognize the names of flowers while giving it a percentage of可信度(credibility), which I thought of applying on this photograph. What you see is a result of that, quite funny, too, in the sense that technology may not be reliable or credible when it comes to art. And I deliberately made the poem bilingual, too, to test the level of receptivity in this society known as multicultural without perhaps being multilingual.

— Ouyang Yu, 2023

Note:—Please visit the exhibition space to read the poem in our book on display. The poems can also be read on a desktop computer or in person here online. However, they should be read on a desktop computer or in-person to ensure the correct layout. A mobile phone is only recommended for reading the additional content.