I Want To Talk To You, But Not To All Of You
2012, Dual-channel HD Video Installation & Color Print Photos, 04’08” & 33’09”, Variable Size
I come to realize that most conversation and communication concerning art creation are conducted in a somewhat disconnected and dislocated context. Effective sharing and communication can hardly be achieved. As a result, our creation has to undergo constant simplification and “de-content” forcing us into a extreme expression.
The title of my work, “I Want to Talk to You, But Not to All of You”, sheds light on my feelings and perception of the reality of this industry. I had a private dialogue with Biljana Ciric, curator of Alternatives to Ritual, while preparing this work for the exhibition. During the dialogue, we showed each other the photos and documents we were going to present in the exhibition, and shared, despite all the difficulties, the dilemma we face during our work. I video recorded this conversation.
I excerpted a part of it, did some re-editing, making it into a simplified version featuring a conversation between a man with mental problems and his psychiatrist who tends to solve his problems through a bunch of medical terms. In this re-edited version, words such as “spirit”, “hallucination”, “reality” and “fantasy” are constantly mentioned.
我想和你谈谈,但不是你们
2012年，双频双通道高清录像装置&彩色照片，4分08秒 & 33分09 秒，尺寸可变
我们对于创作的绝大部分的对话和交流，始终再一个相互错位的语言环境中进行，难以相互分享彼此的工作，使得我们的创作不断的被简单化和去内容化，强制的搬进了一种极端定义的表述之中。题目“我想和你谈谈，但不是你们”正是我在创作工作中所感受到的现实。
我在策展人比例安娜所策划的“惯例下的狂欢”中，与策展人比利安娜进行了一次私人的对话，在这个对话过程中，我们彼此分享着我们在展览呈现中各自所使用的文献、照片并其中的内容，并艰难的分享着我们在工作中的各自的困境。
我用摄像机记录下了对话的过程，我利用这部分真实的对话，重新加工编辑了另一个简化愉悦录像作品，并将其制作成一个有精神问题困扰的人与一位用医学术语解惑的心理医生之间的对话。在重新加工编辑的录像中，不断出现的关于谈论“幽灵”或者“幻觉”，“真实”或“幻象”等诸如此类台词。