2021 / Video work / Artist / filmmaker

The Spectator

A video work created during the 2021 epidemic, exploring online interaction, media images, spectatorship, and mediated looking.

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Video still composition from The Spectator

Concept / Research

The Spectator was created during the 2021 epidemic, when online interaction prompted reflection on the intricacies of the digital realm. The work explores media images, online classes, spectatorship, mediated looking, and the relation between viewer, image, and narrative.

Classroom viewing relation from The Spectator — Viewing relation, 2021.

Text fragment view from The Spectator — Text fragment view, 2021.

Face composite from The Spectator — Face composite, 2021.

Recursive screen view from The Spectator — Recursive screen view, 2021.

Research Continuity

The work remains connected to ongoing questions of spectatorship, mediated looking, image relations, and narrative distance.

中文摘要

一个创作于 2021 年疫情期间的影像作品，探讨线上互动、媒介图像、观看关系与媒介化凝视。