白鲸——救生圈&海浪 Original

小说《白鲸》（[美]赫尔曼·麦尔维尔）中描写感性与理性的交战，自我与世俗的抗衡，结构呈现了一种失衡的环状形态。不同角色眼中的白鲸成为一股无法征服的神秘力量，是人类恶的化身。因此，在某种程度上，白鲸所象征的可以说是资本主义在生产的过程中与人构成的那股不安。
救生圈象征拯救生命的安全感，游泳池象征安全的人造海水。在一艘豪华游轮的航行中，游泳池和冲浪的空间被安置在甲板上，相对于船外的充满宿命感和原始生命力的大海，在游轮中的人们用消费主义惯常方式娱乐、征服、改造和享受大海，在佯装欢乐的集体安全中，存在着微弱的个体孤独与不安的显现。而游轮的人的消费行为和盲目的海上休闲与捕鲸时代形成历史对话。The novel “Moby Dick” describes a battle between sensibility and rationality, the counterbalance between ego and the secular. The white whale symbolizes an unconquerable mystical force , like the embodiment of human evil. So, to some extent, the white whale is a symbol of the tension between people and capitalism in the process of production.
The sea is a primitive and infinite life. It makes people fear and look forward to. However ,the swimming pool installed in a ship is a place of artificial sea water, and the life-buoy is given the mission of saving life. In the video works, modern people entertain themselves, conquering and taking advantages of the sea. Despite of a slight manifestation of loneliness, many people feign ignorance in the collective security and pretend they really enjoy it.This is the cruel reality that we are confronted with right now, and the happy consumer relationships are long gone. I traverse among these false pretenses as an observer, representing and deride them through my art practice, as an optimistic capital criticism.