《我们将成为怎样的祖先？》 Original

我们将成为怎样的祖先？（2021）
单通道视频装置，聚脂薄膜
10 mins., 47 secs.

《我们将成为怎样的祖先？》探索了我们与破碎的历史之间的关系。如同游走在迷幻的梦境之中，探索真正的个人主义的道路支离破碎。而正视这些彼此相连的关系带来的或是希望，或是恐惧，也或许两者皆有，这取决于观者的视角。视频聚焦臭名昭著的《万圣节》系列电影（Halloween）中的迈克尔·迈尔斯（Michael Meyers）的面具，带领观者走入一座镜面之屋。最初，这个面具来源于柯克舰长，也就是演员威廉·夏特纳（William Shatner）的面部翻模。随着时间的推移，这个面具的含义逐渐远离了威廉·夏特纳的相貌和《星际迷航》的故事。而《万圣节》系列则将其重塑为一张毫无幽默感的恐怖面孔，一种既巧妙又可怕的创造。而我们又该如何看待我们自身的形象呢，或许很难看到其中折射着过去、现在与未来交织在一起的魅影。

What Kind Of Ancestors Will We Become? (2021)
Single Channel Video, Mylar
10 min., 47 secs.

"What Kind Of Ancestors Will We Become?" is an exploration of our relationship to broken histories. One's explorations of sorting out one's true individualism break down as if wandering within a psychedelic dream. Acknowledging this interconnected relationship brings either hope or horror, sometimes both, depending on the perspective one takes. Taking the well-known Michael Meyers mask of the infamous Halloween franchise as the focal point, the video leads the viewers through a house of mirrors. The original mask came from a cast of Captain Kirk, aka William Shatner. Through time, the meaning of the mask diverged from William Shatner's appearance and the lore of Star Trek. Instead, the Halloween franchise repurposes it as a humorless face of horror that is both an ingenious yet terrifying act of creation. It can be difficult to think about our own image as a reflection of the past, present, and future all intertwined with one another.

Thanks to Valery Jung Estabrook and Marcus Scott Williams for their help.