The Mirage of History

“If we ‘saw’ the art of the past, we would situate ourselves in history.” Way of Seeing──John Berg

We solidify history in a specific space-time by recording images. Recordings are realities, which is why the emotional involvement of recorders may influence the viewers’ cognition of history.

During the Sunflower Student Movement, a huge amount of information was circulated among the protestants. However, the facts I learned and those I read from media coverage often diverged. In the interaction among groups with different positions, our emotions may be disturbed and the truth may be twisted as a result. I was a part of the movement. However, discrepancies existed between the facts I knew and the society’s common understanding. Were the facts I learned during that period incontrovertible? I found such ambiguity completely bewildering and disturbing.

It has been a year since the event occurred, but I still take it to heart and cannot let it go. Therefore, I try to restore everything I felt at that time through my artworks.