Four women on a merry-go-round

"I love to have someone ask me: 'Shy Gong, do something for me.' I will do exactly what they want," he said.

"I want the piece on the stage to interact with the artist," he said, before he laughed and added, "Normally the object is the background for the performance, but the way I think … the object is the star of the show."

Four women, one man and a merry-go-round certainly add up to a metaphor for modern life.