The Absence Between Us
2022.10 - 2023.04
exhibition
installation
The Absence Between Us is my thesis project in the one-year long class Studio Forward, which sponsored by Google.
Contentious political borders and the global pandemic have increased isolation and separated loved ones all over the world.
Our project — The Absence Between Us shares personal human stories collected during forced isolation. This work is an audio-visual installation featuring four interviews about experiences of forced isolation, showcasing the unique experiences, emotions, and personal narratives people experienced during their time apart. Universal themes emerge from the stories we share.
It highlights the power of storytelling to foster human connection and empathy.
《当我不在你身边》籍由一个个故事，讲述着每一个人的悲欢离合。我们的作品是一件由音频和视频所结合的装置艺术作品，在视频中，受访者讲述着面对生离死别的无奈，向观众展示了人们在被迫离别期间的经历，情绪，和个人故事。我们希望观众可以从这些被分享的故事中，体味到人类共同面临的人生课题以及共情的强大作用，希望观众可以思考自己在面对生离死别时的经历与情感。
︎This project had been exhibited in the YBCA(Yerba Buena Center for the Arts) from April 1 to April 31 in 2023. 这个作品于2023年4月1日至31日在YBCA艺术中心进行为期一个月的展出。
︎This project is in the group format, I mainly took the part of video editing, visual design, and booklet design & printing. 这个作品是以小组的形式完成，我主要负责了项目中的视频，视觉设计，与故事集的设计和制作。
︎All exhinition photos credit to Nick Bruno. 所有展览照片由Nick Bruno所拍摄。
Detailed Introduction:
The Absence Between Us, shares personal human stories collected during forced isolation. The piece features intimate face-to-face conversations between individuals, showcasing the unique experiences, emotions, and personal narratives shared during their forced time apart. Various universal themes emerge from the stories we share. We will invite the audience to reflect on their own experiences during times of isolation.
The Absence Between Us is an audio-video installation which resonates with the power of storytelling fostering human connection and empathy, telling about people’s experiences of forced isolation, including studying abroad, family members passing away, and being away from loved ones. We’ve all experienced these sad moments, especially during the global pandemic. We hope that our piece could give some space for the audience to reflect on their own experiences during times of isolation. The main idea of our project is about an illustration on some forced isolations people are facing in the past, in the current period, and also in the future. Our project featured 4 interviews we conducted with people who have experienced their sad, lonely, stressful, and even tragic moments due to forced divides which are caused by various factors. Hence, we combined these interviews together to make them in a 20 minute looped video, and presented it with the projection on this kind of fabric we chose which resonated with our topic - SEPARATION. Like people could barely see each other when they are standing on each side of the fabric, it is the intention of our group to make people feel isolated when they are watching the video.
《当我不在你身边》分享了作者所收集的在被迫隔离期间的个人故事。这部作品以个人之间面对面的亲密采访对话为特色，展示了他们在被迫分离期间的独特经历、情感和个人叙述。在我们分享的故事中出现了许多普遍的主题。而我们也将邀请观众反思他们自己在被隔离期间的经历。
《当我不在你身边》是一个音频+视频装置，它与讲故事促进人类联系和同情的力量产生了共鸣，讲述了人们被迫隔离的经历，包括出国留学、家庭成员去世与远离亲人和爱人。我们都经历过这些悲伤的时刻，特别是在疫情的时候。我们希望我们的作品可以为观众提供一些空间，让他们反思自己在被分隔时期的经历。我们项目的主要想法是关于人们在过去、现在和未来所面临的一些被迫隔离的场景与记录。我们的项目包括4个访谈，这些人经历了由于各种因素所造成的被迫隔离期间而导致的悲伤、孤独、紧张、甚至伤痛的时刻。因此，我们将这些采访结合在一起，做成了一个20分钟并无限循环的视频，在半透明的窗帘上进行投影展示。就像人们站在窗帘的两边时模模糊糊看不到对方一样，我们小组的目的是让人们在体验我们的项目时感受到这种分离。
Here is the link to the exhibition: https://ybca.org/event/future-resonance/
2022.10 - 2023.04
exhibition
installation
The Absence Between Us is my thesis project in the one-year long class Studio Forward, which sponsored by Google.
Contentious political borders and the global pandemic have increased isolation and separated loved ones all over the world.
Our project — The Absence Between Us shares personal human stories collected during forced isolation. This work is an audio-visual installation featuring four interviews about experiences of forced isolation, showcasing the unique experiences, emotions, and personal narratives people experienced during their time apart. Universal themes emerge from the stories we share.
It highlights the power of storytelling to foster human connection and empathy.
《当我不在你身边》籍由一个个故事，讲述着每一个人的悲欢离合。我们的作品是一件由音频和视频所结合的装置艺术作品，在视频中，受访者讲述着面对生离死别的无奈，向观众展示了人们在被迫离别期间的经历，情绪，和个人故事。我们希望观众可以从这些被分享的故事中，体味到人类共同面临的人生课题以及共情的强大作用，希望观众可以思考自己在面对生离死别时的经历与情感。
︎This project had been exhibited in the YBCA(Yerba Buena Center for the Arts) from April 1 to April 31 in 2023. 这个作品于2023年4月1日至31日在YBCA艺术中心进行为期一个月的展出。
︎This project is in the group format, I mainly took the part of video editing, visual design, and booklet design & printing. 这个作品是以小组的形式完成，我主要负责了项目中的视频，视觉设计，与故事集的设计和制作。
︎All exhinition photos credit to Nick Bruno. 所有展览照片由Nick Bruno所拍摄。
Detailed Introduction:
The Absence Between Us, shares personal human stories collected during forced isolation. The piece features intimate face-to-face conversations between individuals, showcasing the unique experiences, emotions, and personal narratives shared during their forced time apart. Various universal themes emerge from the stories we share. We will invite the audience to reflect on their own experiences during times of isolation.
The Absence Between Us is an audio-video installation which resonates with the power of storytelling fostering human connection and empathy, telling about people’s experiences of forced isolation, including studying abroad, family members passing away, and being away from loved ones. We’ve all experienced these sad moments, especially during the global pandemic. We hope that our piece could give some space for the audience to reflect on their own experiences during times of isolation. The main idea of our project is about an illustration on some forced isolations people are facing in the past, in the current period, and also in the future. Our project featured 4 interviews we conducted with people who have experienced their sad, lonely, stressful, and even tragic moments due to forced divides which are caused by various factors. Hence, we combined these interviews together to make them in a 20 minute looped video, and presented it with the projection on this kind of fabric we chose which resonated with our topic - SEPARATION. Like people could barely see each other when they are standing on each side of the fabric, it is the intention of our group to make people feel isolated when they are watching the video.
《当我不在你身边》分享了作者所收集的在被迫隔离期间的个人故事。这部作品以个人之间面对面的亲密采访对话为特色，展示了他们在被迫分离期间的独特经历、情感和个人叙述。在我们分享的故事中出现了许多普遍的主题。而我们也将邀请观众反思他们自己在被隔离期间的经历。
《当我不在你身边》是一个音频+视频装置，它与讲故事促进人类联系和同情的力量产生了共鸣，讲述了人们被迫隔离的经历，包括出国留学、家庭成员去世与远离亲人和爱人。我们都经历过这些悲伤的时刻，特别是在疫情的时候。我们希望我们的作品可以为观众提供一些空间，让他们反思自己在被分隔时期的经历。我们项目的主要想法是关于人们在过去、现在和未来所面临的一些被迫隔离的场景与记录。我们的项目包括4个访谈，这些人经历了由于各种因素所造成的被迫隔离期间而导致的悲伤、孤独、紧张、甚至伤痛的时刻。因此，我们将这些采访结合在一起，做成了一个20分钟并无限循环的视频，在半透明的窗帘上进行投影展示。就像人们站在窗帘的两边时模模糊糊看不到对方一样，我们小组的目的是让人们在体验我们的项目时感受到这种分离。
Here is the link to the exhibition: https://ybca.org/event/future-resonance/
