The Love of fog (2024) Trailer /神雾之爱(2024)

The Love of Fog (2024) 18 min

The Love of Fog is a video work that forms part of the artist’s ongoing long-term project- O! Great Ghost Tales / 猗魂異志 (2024-), based on field research and visual ethnography conducted in Xiangxi, the western mountainous region of Hunan Province. The research is focused on local rituals, ghost stories, and cultural hybridity. By juxtaposing Xiangxi performances, clips of Jiangshi- classic monsters from early Hong Kong horror films, and online videos, this video artwork explores the tensions between the anomalous body and the controlling mechanisms of modern ruling authority. The fog, a central element of the film, possesses a potent transformative power over the body. As a visual anchor and medium for local witchcraft, it weaves a narrative of human-to-monster transformation.

《神雾之爱》(2024,18 min)是艺术家长期项目-《猗魂異志》(2024-)中的一件影像作品。研究项目基于艺术家在湘西贵州等地的田野调查,关注本土仪式,鬼魂故事与新媒介视阈下的文化杂糅问题。这件影像从一桩现实新闻事件出发,将湘西赶尸表演,香港经典僵尸电影与网络视频等影像并置,探讨了怪异身体和权力控制机制之间的紧张关系。作为片中视觉中心和巫术媒介的厚重雾气,对身体产生的强大形变的力量,并连接了人类与怪物之间的生命政治叙事。