Shi Qing, Anorexic, Video, Color, Sound, 18″00, 2006

社会心理取样 | 这部风格化的影像试图提取中国 80 年代后群体心理的结构性样本,其中主角由四个不 同的演员分别扮演意在强调事件的普遍意义,厌食症作为社会心理症候的隐喻,从肉食迷恋到恋尸倾向 的戏剧性处理,和排队经验轨训的身体一起,把社会转型后的个体选择逼进了进退两难的仄境。

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Once I saw this video on YouTube, a compilation of moments of capture in
animal hunts from the North American Hunting Association. With the hunter’s gun locked in place, the animals were cursed and unable to escape. The second before being shot, their eyes look confused and fearful, stared straight in the direction of humans, and then all fell to the ground with a thud. I felt confused and vulnerable by this violent energy, as a user commented under the video: The most dangerous animal in the world.
Although hunting is ancient and primitive, I felt uncomfortable revisiting a killing “spree” in such an intense and unequal way. In another sense, it resonates with the human pleasure of pursuing absolute power. Therefore, I took this video of the hunt and juxtaposed it with another
video. I banged out some negative words on a brass plate and tuned up the metal clanging sound to echo the sound of the gunshots in the former video. On the screen, a blinking of huge eyes shows startling unease from hearing loud noises. It looks directly into the camera lens, making it impossible to avoid, with which to provoke the viewer’s fearful association
with other related matters.

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