Shark

This work captures the images of the viewers’ bodies and projects them onto the screen, from which the viewers may have a sense of detachment from their own bodies and the opportunity to judge others’ images.

The popularization of the products (e.g. smartphones) capable of recording images enable people to share and disseminate information anytime and anywhere via cloud service. Photographing has become an extension of consciousness and rights. Every shutter-clicking resembles a sharp knife that slices time up into tiny pieces. Every section is the result of an arbitrary decision that turns the trenchant edge of the shutter towards others. This kind of photography may even cause fractures in our cognition.

The photographic spaces are no longer the targets of recording, since it takes just a few seconds to make photos and upload them through our smartphones. Images are turned into transient theaters constructed by the contradictory relationship between the photographer and the photographed. People’s autonomy over their own bodies is gradually reduced with every shooting, uploading and sharing of photographs.