Inner Inside (2019) Original

In my video work Inner Inside, I want to show the limitless inner world. The world that we may not consider to be true and alive. It exists in people's thoughts or everywhere that we can imagine or not. Gestures of this world are breathing and growing. The internal world presented now always has its own inside. There is a feeling of inward exploration. People are not sure of the actual size of the "paper ball" in this video. Thus, its image might keep changing in your thoughts. Or just say, it's growing. In this video work, I chose to use real objects instead of making animations because I want to express a kind of odd feeling that can make people connect with themselves when they watch it. The texture, pattern and creases of the paper ball may activate people's sensory systems. The intangible cognition of growing will be combined with the sense of touch. It's a similar thought in my another video piece the Smell , I wanted to use a paper ball in that video to express the condition of smell's transformations and movements. It is a Synesthesia of sorts, use the intangible to perceive more abstract feelings. The image of the paper ball in these two videos was also aiming to emphasize the existence of the subconscious or unconscious. Folding and playing the paper ball or paper toy usually happens during our childhood, which is a period when we do not yet have much common sense. At that time, everything seems alive in our mind. Although people grow up learning more common sense, the feelings and thoughts in our childhood might still keep growing in our internal world. Also, the sound and camera work of Inner Inside has a shaking moments that you will feel with your body. I think it is a way to trigger personal memories and deepen the perception. It is also a process of exploring everyone's own inside. It might be the inside you thought you had, or the inside you want to have, or the inside you did not know you have.