In Pursuit of the Unreachable

2017

15”x15” Chromira Print, HD video

I froze my family portrait in an ice cube and had it put in a fire pit. As the fire burned, the ice began to melt until the faces in the images became more and more visible. However, once the ice completely melted, the photo burned fiercely into ashes. This mimics the process of my memory recalling from the photo: from time to time, I have forgotten the memories of our family together in the past times, and those memories are blurry as though they are blurred by the ice, obscured by its translucent layers, restrained inside as frozen in the past. The photo was gradually revealed as the fierce fire burned, almost as if my memory was slowly restored. Yet there was sadness, for time itself could not go back to as depicted by the photo. And though my memories flare, they then quickly fade to ashes, to a present where it doesn’t belong.

追溯不可达的

2017

15”x15” C-print，HD 视频

第二次尝试：我将我的家庭肖像照冻结于冰块之中，再放置于火堆中焚烧。当火燃烧时，随着冰块的融化，肖像中的脸部逐渐清晰。当冰完全融化后，照片便立刻焚烧至灰，而这个过程仿拟了我的家庭照唤起我记忆的过程：有时候，我选择去忘却一家人旧时在一起的时光。那些被埋葬的记忆如同被冰块封锁、遮掩、禁锢在里的旧照片。当火激烈燃烧时肖像缓缓呈现，正如我的记忆慢慢归来。然而，时光无法重返照片按下快门时的瞬间。虽然我的回忆闪熠，它们在现实中转瞬即逝，正如相纸在火堆中瞬间灰飞烟灭。