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A Still Life of Flowers and Gestures
2026
Single channel video installation (colour, sound)
5′27′′
In diplomatic settings, flowers are no longer merely natural objects, but have been transformed into symbolic objects within a language, used to moderate and mediate emotions.
The work draws from hundreds of diplomatic press photographs, focusing on the often-overlooked floral arrangements on tables. By removing facial details and retaining only the flowers, gestures, and sections of the tabletop, the imagery shifts from event documentation to a contemplation of symbols. All source material is converted to a halftone print effect, returning the images to the texture of printed media, and presented as a sequence of single frames.
The soundtrack uses a music box rendition of Liszt’s Liebestraum. The spiritual ideals of Romanticism alluded to in the original piece are simplified into a light, regular mechanical rhythm, leaving behind a gentle reverberation stripped of its original context. This sonic state runs parallel to the institutionalized floral imagery on screen, together presenting a form of symbolic viewing that feels compressed and delayed.
關於花卉與手勢的靜物畫
2026
單頻道數位影像裝置（彩色，聲音）
5′27′′
花卉在外交場合中，已從自然物轉化為一套語言中的象徵物件，用以緩和與調和情緒。影像選取數百張外交新聞照片，聚焦桌上常被忽略的花卉。通過抹去人物臉部細節，僅保留花卉、手勢與桌面局部，畫面從事件記錄轉向對符號的凝視。所有素材轉為網點效果（halftone），使影像回歸印刷媒介的質地，並以連續單張播放。
配樂選用李斯特《愛之夢》的音樂盒版本。原曲所指涉浪漫主義的精神理想，被簡化為輕巧規律的機械節奏，留下抽離脈絡的溫和殘響。此音響狀態與畫面中制度化的花卉意象平行，共同呈現一種被壓縮、延遲的象徵觀看。
