‘Memes 2020 （迷因2020）’

‘Memes 2020’以我的纸本绘画以基础，延申同源创作到影像，装置。我的绘画主题一般以女性形象为具象主体，再将其放置于抽象画面中。这些形象一方面反映了由流行文化中占主导地位的父权主义对我的内化，而在另一方面，投射了我由此产生反馈和挣扎。我而后采用现代电子科技（After Effects，Character Animator，Premiere，C4D）等动画软件作为媒介，转化纸本作品中的形象为非二元性别角色。这些角色用或对话，或独白，或迷因的表演形式，实现画中形象向非二元性别的赛博人（电子人）的进化。运用这个表达手法不仅实现了1985的赛博人宣言（Donna Haraway）中赛博人的定义，在肉眼视觉上也展示出了虚拟影像和实物绘画的逻辑关系。这种艺术实践中的交叉性和跨学科性质加强了我本身艺术实践的目的，即是无视任何形式边界的、对身份和定义的挑战。

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‘Memes 2020’ reveals my art practice which is rooted in paintings, and branched into moving image. The centre of these two forms is deeply connected together through my research into Cyberfeminism and Internet memes. 
My paintings depict surrealistic youthful feminine figures placed in abstract urban construction. This 
theme is inspired by my internal, narcissistic gaze, which is triggered by by manga influence 
subconsciously. At its core, manga are male dominated, which often leads to subjective bias and 
gender stereotypes. The protagonist, patrilineal fantasy I substituted in manga discriminated my 
biological gender. I internalize this psychlogical variation, and reflected it on my moving image 
practice to respond gender fluidity. By transforming still images into androgynous, animated 
characters, I employ internet memes as a method to dilute genders boundaries. The performances 
endows these characters with the power of symbolizing non-binary, challenging viewers’ 
conventional perception habits, both visually and conceptually. The transdisciplinary nature of the 
practice reinforces my purpose on defy any sort of limit of identity and definition.

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