I got an idea on how to direct the video. I will show two of my performance videos first then add some explanation videos into them. The scene will be the sea. The camera will at the back of me, just showing half of my back and then through my back showing the whole sea. I will not face to the video during my whole talk. I think it is a meaningful scene linked to my other two videos.

The theme of my performance video is about choices. The choice is a state of life that is continuous and constantly changing. In the face of the crossroads of options, we can only choose one path. The other roads will become parallel worlds that we can never truly see. The same rule is in the entire human society. People also like to make assumptions behind the conclusions of the history book: If anyone does not do this, what will happen. But this assumption will never occur. The whole thinking process reminds me of a metaphor: life is like a dream. … Continue reading 402 Proposal

Time/Moments My project is about time and moments. I inspired from Edward Hopper, who is an America realism painter and Chinese filmmaker Karwai Wang. Through Their artworks, I always impress by a sense of loneliness through simple street scene or people. They are both good at conveying feelings and capturing moments through ordinary stuff. In my photos, I also care about uncatchable feelings and focus on light and composition. I always know that time is just there. We can’t grasp it. All I can do is just enjoy and record moments that impress me a lot.     The light … Continue reading Final Project

Dispatches From a Ruined Paradise Robert Adams   Possibly this is what Adams means by “untranslatable mystery”: not merely that the world is mysterious but that a photograph can be, too, not as a translation but as a new statement, faithful to its own form. This is one part that touched me from Teju Cole’s article. We can see that what Adam pictured are usual scenes like natural environment in California and Highways. But they are unique in a way. They are hopeful and peaceful within the gray tune created by Adams. “What Can We Believe Where?”: “Along the way, … Continue reading Teju Cole

                                               We See the World without Seeing When I was doing my research, I realized that the world of the blind people I imagined before is very different from their real world. This is the first time I have truly entered the world of the blind. Two of the truths deeply shocked me. The first one is the awareness of “black”. “I would be happy if I knew what black is.” This is what a blind person said … Continue reading Altered Perception

I had a really good experience on the Art Crawl. I found some interesting things that I never know before this trip. In Wang Center, I explored the Chinese Buddhist Art and Architecture in the Digital Era. It is much more vivid when traditional art meets modern technology. Visual reality brings interest to the art. And I also want to say that the design in wang center is really aesthetic. I notice that the is really peaceful and the light is perfect. And then I had a wonderful gallery experience in Zuccaire Gallery in Staller Center. “Faculty Exhibition 2018” is … Continue reading Reflection on Art Crawl

“Photography is about a single point of a moment. It’s like stopping time. As everything gets condensed in that forced instant. But if you keep creating these points, they form a line which reflects your life.” – Araki When I really started shooting, I found that taking portraiture was different from what I had imagined before. I used to think that portrait should make people look beautiful, whatever face or body angle. And it is like magazine style. Later, I find that the most important thing is to record an instant moment which can reflect a certain characteristic of the person. Portrait … Continue reading Portraiture