Nemo Chen

During this particular period of quarantine, we’re isolated from each other, in our own privacy, and collectively pushed forward by what’s happening in the world. The harsh reality and massive opinions concentrated outbreak through the media, In a short period of time, we have seen the torrent of the epoch pressing down on individuals in an inescapable scene, the fragmentation and endless struggle of ideologies and macro concepts, and the love, wisdom, and extraordinary courage of humanity sparkled in this crisis.

Whether we like it or not, the pandemic has changed our life. Just like the person who has survived famine can’t stop hoarding food in their whole life, the senses of disaster and survival are melting into our mind and blood, it’s gradually affecting the way we express ourselves, our facial expressions, and even linguistic habits. What has this collective disaster brought us and taken from us? Perhaps we don’t have an answer yet. To perceive, to preserve, that’s all it means.

This work aims to express an emotional experience of the specific period of COVID-19, through capturing still& moving image materials from media platforms and integrate footage with different photographic mediums. It’s about the collective memory from an individual perspective, and also a visual expression of personal private emotions and wills projected to the outside space. We all have been fall in pain, we all have been tried to escape, and we all have a life to continue.

Now Then (2020)
Material: Video Art
Length: 05:30 minutes

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