Polaroid, polystyrolspiegel, sea shell
40 x 40cm, 60 x 60cm, 30 x 30cm, 40 x 40cm, 30 x 30cm, 25 x 25 cm (from left to right)
With the metaphor of "vacuum", this work visualizes the storyline
of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid. The word refers
to a universal situation of disillusionment and moreover,
impossibility. It is a collage of photographic transfer on reflective
material, Polaroid, sea shells and steel frames.
Memories can be tampered with, like the layers of enlarged blackand-white Polaroids, there will be misalignment, blurring,
offsetting. The balance between them is as fragile as in real life,
which is always fleeting and unpredictable, not always as firm
and lasting as we wish. The mermaid, before the words fell on the
following pages, how does she determine to create such a destiny?
Does she realize the nature of water in herself, sense the destiny of
women/other-than-human, something outside the dominant
structure, and reborn from the violence, neglect, and failure she
has suffered?
While visualizing the storyline, the work distills and abstracts the metaphor of the dilemma. It is described as a "vacuum", as in a power vacuum. Each piece interprets the philosophical meaning of "vacuum" from different perspectives, for instance, the "vacuum" exists in metaphors and language, the "vacuum" of communication between people, the "vacuum" between authorship and character projection, etc.
Exhibition view, Illumination, Centre Space Gallery, Bristol, UK, 2024