Big Brother series  老大哥系列Aug 2018

Dome surveillance cameras, 
under the control of AI and pre-set programs, autonomously capture moving objects within the scene. 

Bullet cameras, 
tirelessly capture the entire scene of the street. 

Under the gaze of these surveillance cameras, the street can be imagined as a stage where the tapestry of life is dissected into fragments and bits of data on large hard drives. Can all this chaotic movement possess an orderly aesthetic significance?

When Big Brother is no longer a novel topic, having transcended imagination and integrated into everyday life, it blurs and obscures power dynamics. Can people still distinguish whether it's His eyes or His essence they are encountering?

Accustomed to living under surveillance, people forget they are being watched. In the moment when gazes intersect, might they remember the meaning for existence?

All the video materials are sourced from open-access surveillance footage.


球形监控摄像头在AI和既定程序的操控下可以自行捕捉场景中的动态物,枪形摄像头一刻不停地在捕捉场景全貌,街道便在监控摄像头的记录下被想象成一个舞台,生活的图景被肢解为片段和大型硬盘中的碎片数据,这一切无序的移动是否能拥有有序的审美意义?

当老大哥已不再是一个新鲜话题,祂早已超越了想象,融入了日常生活中,让人模糊与忽视了权力关系,人们是否还能分清这是祂的眼睛还是祂的主体?

习惯生活在监控之下的人们,忘记了正在被注视的自己,目光交汇的一瞬间,是否会想起一些存在的原因?



Dome surveillance camera and bullet surveillance camera on street.

Dome surveillance camera, similar to an eyeball, can rotate to capture the scene.

Bullet surveillance camera, responsible for recording the complete view of the scene with a fixed lens.

街道上的球形摄像头与枪形摄像头。
球机摄像头类似于眼球,可以旋转来捕捉场景。
枪机摄像头类似于固定镜头,完整捕捉场景内的全景。
<What Are You Looking For?>
Video 05:00
Dome surveillance camera

The struggle of homeless people for possession of a trash can on the street under surveillance.

Music: Wozzeck, Op. 7:Act II Scene 5, "Wachstube in der Kaserne" (Guardroom in the Barracks): Oh, oh, Andres! Ich kann nicht schlafen (Wozzeck, Andres, Drum-major, A Soldier)
Roman Trekel/Robert McPherson/Gordon Gietz/Frederick Ballentine/Houston Symphony/Hans Graf


《你瞅啥》
视频 05:00
球机摄像头

拾荒者对于场景内的一个垃圾桶的争夺。

"The Gods are watching above your head."

“举头三尺有神明。”
<The Entanglement of the Light>
Video 02:43
Dome surveillance camera & bullet surveillance camera.

Artist holds a fake surveillance camera follows and films passersby.

Music: Wozzeck, Op. 7, Act II: Wohin so eilig, gehertester, Herr Sargnagel? (Live)
Houston Symphony Orchestra


《光的纠缠》
视频 02:43
球机摄像头和枪机摄像头

艺术家手持假监控跟随并拍摄路人。
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