“Same Old Crowd”还是这群人

“Same Old Crowd” 

2016, black and white & sound, four-channel synchronize HD videos, 15’00’’, size variable

‘Repetition’ is not directly founded on or opposed to the premise of leveling out ‘difference’ but rather on facing down value systems brought about by the fluctuating modes of formal languages, mediums, topics, and events. In the portrayal of the real, the ‘fictional’ is no shame, while observing from the sidelines is not indifference. Based on such complex and contradictory intersecting emotions, in the process of shooting this four-channel video work, I hired twelve non-professional actors through different means and anonymously placed them into this fixed plot and scenario. In post-editing, I inserted a large number of simulated sound effects and furthermore excised any linguistic narration and dialogue. Through a dramatic and theatrical arrangement, I attached a series of human characteristics to the animal, ‘corporeal’ bodies. These bodies in the video, gazing upon one another and yet under a state of restless vigilance, are precisely we who encounter the inherent rules within the institutional system of Art.

《还是这群人》

2016年，黑白高清有声四通道同步录像，15分钟, 尺寸可变

“重复”并非直接建立与对立于去“差异”的基础上，而是在于对潮起潮落的形式语言、媒介、话题、事件所引导的价值观进行的对视；而在对于真实性的刻画中，“虚假（构）”也并不可耻，旁观也并非漠视。在这种矛盾与复杂情绪相互交织的基础上，在这件四屏录像作品中，我从不同的渠道雇佣了十二名非专业的演员，且将其无命名地安置在这个固定的情节、境遇当中；在后期编排中，我大量地安插了模拟的声效，摘除了语言式的讲述与对话，通过戏剧性与舞台式的编排，将一连串人物性格依附于动物性的“肉身”之中。影像里这些面面相觑，又极具警惕不安的身体，正是遭遇艺术机制固有规则下的我们自身。