Isolation Time
I am a photographer and visual artist originally from abroad. Interactive installation with a board game is the media I choose to show my artistic work, where form, scale, and senses merge. The connection between concepts is a strong ingredient that unites what seems separate. My research revolves around symbols and communication through games, especially among surrealist artists. Symbols, as a hidden social convention, is a silent master that shapes our physical world. My artwork is an attempt to create a world that the viewer knows is fabricated yet allows them to respond with their personal views. My installations reflect alternative associations with what is considered natural. My imagery depicts the symbolic world because it is a common language between the viewer and myself -- of expected, yet uncontrollable phenomenon. Feelings and interpretations are so heavily influenced by one’s environment, yet completely disregarded by it. Conversely, in my installations, each viewer’s actions directly influence other responses in an attempt to coerce a sincere reaction. In this installation, the board game encourages the viewer’s relationship with the artwork. I build installations to activate the viewer and incite a candid and holistic response to the complex entirety of a multifaceted piece. The board game is surrealist traditional to challenge the social conventions, such as board games in Marcel Duchamp’s and Guy Deboard’s artworks. Rules in my work are a metaphor for simple community conventions and complicated social rules such as religions, trade systems, diplomatic negotiations, etc. I manipulate viewers by my rules to make them aware of their obedient actions in their daily life routines. The main point in my installation is the rule that I dictate to the viewers.
Audiences will follow the instructions,
They have some tokens,
They play together,
They cannot see each other while playing,
They are not directly aware of the octagon shape,
They communicate together just from a small hole in the center
And finally, they spend a few minutes to follow the rules that I made it.
