ETHER
以太
2024
Winner of RCA SoAH Graduate Prize
皇家艺术学院艺术与人文学部毕业摄影奖获奖作品
Introduction 关于以太
(A)ether, the hypothetical material that was once believed the medium of light to travel with, floating between, constituting our surroundings, and connecting us.
以太是一种假想的物质，曾被相信是光线的传播媒介。它漂浮其间，组成我们的周遭，并连接着我们。
Ether is an ongoing photographic documentary project starting in the summer of 2023. Fireworks, birds, snow, sunsets, the sea, in the natural and spontaneous journey I try to sense my connection to the present moment through subtle moments and light. The soft, dreamy and lonely landscapes of the work reflect the sensitivity of the specfic life phase. And the grief that cannot be ignored arises from temporality, as those moments and moods invitably slip away - a nomad that eventually ends.
《以太》是一个正在进行中的摄影纪录片项目，始于2023年夏季。烟花、鸟类、雪、落日、海面，在自然而然的旅行中我试图从微小的瞬间和光线里感受自己与当下的联系。这个作品柔软、梦幻和孤独的景观反映了特定生命阶段的敏感。而无法忽视的悲伤源于暂时性，因为那些时刻和心情不可避免地悄然离去 - 一次终将结束的游牧。
Film Duration: 04min29sec
Media on Exhibition: Digital Projection
影片时长为04分29秒，
展览中的播放媒介为数码投影。
These photos reflect a floating status. No city attracts me enough to settle down, no community demands long-term attention, no symbol is worth tattooing on skin, no intimacy holds me back. When not yet entangled or bound on a foothold, we once had such acute and subtle observations, which is a sentimental stage when perceiving everything and oneself as ether.
这些照片反映了一种漂泊的状态。没有城市足以定居，没有群体需要长期关注，没有符号值得被纹在皮肤上，没有亲密关系让我留下。当尚未被纠缠束缚于一点，我们曾有敏锐细微的眼光，那是一个将万物和自身视为 “以太”的情感阶段。
Ether is a shareable self, where the ordinary and the spectacle come together to constitute the landscape. The childhood pond in the waves of another ocean, The father's eyes on a stranger's face: It is a self-portrait in which everyone catches a glimpse of themselves.
以太象征着一个可分享的自我，在这里平凡与奇观共同构成了风景。童年的池塘在另一片海洋的波涛中，父亲的眼睛在陌生人的脸上：这是一幅每个人都能从中瞥见自己影子的自画像。
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