
Beyond Geography (stills)
2012, Color & Sound SD Video Installation, 23min 09sec, Variable Size


《地理之外》(剧照)
2012年,高清彩色有声录像装置,23分09秒,尺寸可变

2012, Exhibition view, Accidental Message: Art is not a System, not a World – The Seventh Shenzhen Sculpture Biennale, OCT Contemporary Art Terminal (OCAT), Shenzhen, China
2012年,“偶然的信息——艺术不是一个系统,也不是一个世界”,第七届深圳雕塑双年展, OCT当代艺术中心深圳馆,中国深圳









In “Beyond Geography”, I imitated the BBC Discovery travel series, playing the role of host as I led the camera to discover and excavate the “exotic lands”. This “exotic lands”, however, are not real settings but are staged up in a 3D digital film studio with a blue screen. Similar to the familiar methods of Discovery program, I appropriated post-production technology to create intense broadcasting atmosphere, simulated the sound effect of a real jungle, and fabricated a primitive tribe in this fake exotic land. I plotted the encounter between the host and the aboriginals, and simulated a colonist type of cultural visit. Thus, I have built up a recognizable scenario that has repeatedly emerged in our surrounding art system.
“地理之外”,这件作品中,我模仿了英国BBC电视台的地理探险类节目,扮演成为一个主持人,牵引着镜头画面,进行对“异域”的探寻与发掘,而这个“异域”并非真实,而是在一个蓝屏的3D数字影棚进行拍摄。和常见探索发现类的节目一样,我在影片中同样利用了后期手段制造紧张的节目氛围,模拟真实热带丛林的声效,在这个虚假的异域中虚构一个原始部落,我在剧情中制造了主持人与原始的遭遇,模拟了一种殖民主义式的文化探访,并建构了某种我们似曾相识的情境,这种情境一次次的重现在我们周遭的艺术系统中。