Mirrors

three-channel video & spatial installation, PVC pipe structure and wide-angle lenses, 5 minutes, dimension variable

“Mirrors are filled with people. The invisible see us. The forgotten recall us. When we see ourselves, we see them. When we turn away, do they?” This is a quote from the book Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone by Eduardo Galeano, a Uruguayan writer that I admire. This work is the second project of the “Question Theater Project” after the first in Kyoto, Japan. Taking “theater” as a social practice and rehearsals conducted by ordinary people as the method, I integrate theater and reality and capture the problems and dilemmas of the city with the artistic sensibility of ordinary people. Based upon the collective anxiety that we are undergoing, Mirrors discusses how we deal with the society. These dream talks will make the viewers detach from the reality and gaze at others, entering a state of collective imagination.

镜子

三频录像&空间装置，5分钟，PVC管搭建结构、广角镜现成品数件，尺寸可变

“镜子里装满了人，不为所见的人，望着我们。被遗忘的人，记着我们。我们看到自己，也看到了他们。我们离去时，他们是否也离去？”这是我很喜欢的乌拉圭作家加莱亚诺重构世界史著作《镜子》的开篇语。这件与其同名的作品是继我的“问题剧场计划” 日本京都站之后，在第二所城市--北京所开展的创作实践。将“剧场”作为社会实践的方法论，运用民众排演的手法，让剧场与现实在当下交会合一，尝试通过对普通民众的艺术培力进而去捕捉这座城市的问题和矛盾所在。《镜子》在集体性的“焦虑”底色上，探讨我们在社会中自处的生存状态，试图通过这些梦呓，使观者暂时脱离此刻的现实，进入对他者的观看之中，进入一种集体臆想的状态。