identity and mobility
——a narrative of identity and memory in the process of spatial
mobility
proface
“Once, I wanted to run away so badly, thinking that all that trapped me was the small protective window and the all-too-familiar ground beneath my feet.
But when I was far away from home, living alone, I began to suffer from rapid amnesia.
The memories of the past, the spaces I lived in, the things that actually happened, all became blurred and dissolved into everything I perceived in London.
Even my own face became blurred.
I began to wonder how I could describe myself, or where I really belonged.”
cover: reuse of accidentally exposed film
Ritual of remembrance of an object
It all started with an accidentally exposed roll of film I brought with me from Beijing, my lost time and memories, and the everyday objects that are closely related to me became an effective tool to give them meaning.
Inspired by my creative space, my small flat in London, I juxtaposed the objects I brought from Beijing with my new purchases in London on either side of the broken roll of film, and discarded everything onto my bed, thus forming the prototype of a private space that belongs to me.
the demise of twelve egos
One material collision
Cotton and cardboard boxes are used as two highly metaphorical materials, the combination of which serves as an exploration of the relationship between the corporeal "I" and the ephemeral sheltered space, and is used to respond to the different forms of physical and emotional interactions and fusions between me and the space in the process of constant moving.
everything i felt stung me
imagination of female city wanderer
The artifact serves as a futuristic version of "self-identity and mobile dwelling," how floating people perceive themselves. So the project envisions a female urban wanderer, and the focus of the work is to express how the surrounding objects can reshape the body and identity while causing pain by hitting the body during the continuous urban walking experience.