My Portfolio
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Project One
M·E
Printed on films,
14.8cm x 21cm x 2,
2021
Self-identity is my main topic. As I am slowly stepping into society, I feel the transformation of different identities. I am no longer just a child at home, I am a wanderer who travels far to study. The surrounding environment is unfamiliar to me, and interpersonal relationships have become so complicated. I can't help but have a lot of doubts and physical discomforts. What am I doing, and what kind of person will I become?
Therefore, I began to search for my identity and beliefs.
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Project Two
Number, Language & Sound
Moving Image,
06’05’’,
Size variable,
2021
From the past to the present, num ber, language, and sound always h ave been playing important roles i n our life. It is invisible and powerf ul. They are intertwined, depende nt on each other, playing wonderfu l music of communication. However, due to my hearing probl ems since childhood, I would pay more attention to the sound that I heard every minute. To me, i t is not only an irreversible regret b ut also a nontypical life. During the se years, I made a lot of effort to le arn languages and tried to speak li ke normal. However, a subtle gap a lways exists. I cannot separate som e numbers according to their pron unciation in a very similar way in C hinese.
I use my camera to record subtle movements, edit into six minutes o f video. Just breathe and feel it.
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Project Three
Ruins
Installation,
Size variable,
2021
Growing up is not only the growth of memory, but also the dissipation of memory. Everyone’s perception of things is not the same. We once experience something together but what remains in our memory in the end is different. Although we communicate with each other, there will be gaps exist that both sides cannot fill. That is my ruin, an invisible place in my heart. I want to build a ruin to memorize things I have experienced and make an imagination of city development.
Therefore, this work attempts to rediscover the past, the present and the so -called useless but it is a matter of great significance to oneself in the ruins.
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Project Four
Light, Light, Light
Sculptures,
Radius: 11.2 cm x12,
Plaster, billiards,
2021
In the city where I live, there are a group of blind people who support themselves by running massage parlors. Through several contacts with them, I gradually became familiar with and understood these people. I began to pay attention to them unconsciously, observing the barrier -free measures in my life. I saw the braille guidelines in the library, the dots and rectangles on the blind roads, and the blind people who live in a variety of blind massage parlors. I came back to think of myself, and of us who like us in this world. Because of the lack of one sense, our other senses will be enlarged and more sensitive. Feelings are unspeakable.
Therefore, from the perspective of people, let us remember, feel, and touch together once again, this innate and irreplaceable feeling.
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Project Five Dissociation
Installation,
Clothes,
Size variable，
2021
I live in a rainy city. When it rains, I am used to holding an umbrella, which can isolate me from the crowd like an invisible barrier.
Hence, I am used to observing other people‘s world under the umbrella. Rain is really a magician, they separate when they fall but they will eventually meet. It is like the individuals in the crowd are independent but have multiple forms of connections. I walk outside with a dissociative gesture, and my body is the ultimate home of my soul.
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Project Six
Directionless
Installation,
Sound Artwork，
2024
I often struggle to find the direction of sound, especially when people turn their backs on me or speak to me in vague directions. I feel uneasy, confused, and helpless. After my sudden hearing loss, this situation got worse, the world was blank and pale to me. The sounds of nature are beautiful, but for me, I feel an indescribable fear and cautiousness during this period. Along with my chronic tinnitus and hallucinations, I began to doubt the authenticity of the sounds in the world. I am always vigilant and often rely on guidance from others to find my way. The sounds I hear, perhaps others could not perceive, often lead to misunderstanding and feelings of emptiness.
I began to make recordings in different places and attempted to edit the recorded audio into my true listening experience after sudden hearing loss, which is quite hard to describe, but it is somewhat like a fleeting fluorescent light in the dark. These recordings were made at different times while I was living in the city, capturing various states of my being, such as sitting in silence or walking through the crowd. I usually record them with my phone and am not overly concerned about the clarity of the recordings. There are moments when I put the phone in my pocket and take it out to record, resulting in a mix of blurry and clear are parallel. When editing, I created multi-tracked audio channels collectively into surround sound effects that conveyed my perception. I emphasized the sound channels closer to the left side because even with sudden deafness, I still rely more on my left ear for hearing. Interestingly, there were some signals that I couldn't capture initially, but through editing, amplification, and repeated listening, I got more clear of them. It is like a ghost in the recordings, with invisible shadows hidden within them. When it emerges, it releases more imagination and understanding in creation. This is similar to the terrifying steps in horror movies, but it is more of an unknown blank, a whisper from the world to me. But I can’t fully reproduce what I heard, there exists an ambiguity between reality and creation. After all, Duchamp once wrote in The 1914 Box: One can look at seeing; one can’t hear hearing.