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Rei
Tin
My art practice revolves around the topic of self-recognition and identity belonging, especially from contradiction of z generation. Deeply influenced by technology, it seems to become an extension of natural body. Just like Erving Goffman’s theory of pseudo-drama, the “drama” of this era is forced to be decentralized, facing the observation of audiences from unknown time and space. With that collapse of the context, technology empowers audiences and communication power sinks, the boundary between private and public is blurring.
Even though the openness of social situations provides many outlets for desires, problems like the individualism, fetishism, emotional commodification and obsessive self-performativity in intimate relationships are also magnified. Between physical existence, nature body, and memory.Perhaps in the next era, everything can be uploaded and downloaded, turned into a combination of number 0 and 1, reality become a memory. What should we do to fill and repair the lack of emotion, loneliness and ‘cold intimacies’? Will we ever realize who we are?
Through creating dramatic scenes and characters, I try to connect the illusory stage with ordinary life, add narrative and philosophical plays, as to awaken the thinking about the meaning of ‘self’. My work mostly use the contrast between joyful scenes and strong emotional theme; digitally simulated world and it’s fake richness (the attempted beauty of the artificial nature). With immersive installation, interactive website and moving images, I hope my work can blurring the distinction between audience and author.
By imagining the lalaland of future generations, to reflecting our own with historical perspective. Combine digital creation with physical body. Here is the theme that runs through my work: neoliberal policies for nature in meta era.
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