To Look Is to Die
观即逝
2020, video installation, LCD Monitor, bearing balls, colour, 2k (2048x1152), sound, 14 min. 2020年，影像装置，液晶显示器、轴承球，彩色、2k（2048x1152）、声音，14分钟。Preview. 预览。
To Look Is to Die primarily presents a speech that takes place in a scene adapted from one picture of the well-recognized photograph series Lunch atop a Skyscraper. Instead of the ironworkers, nine militants are resting on the girder, which refer to the Tarnac Nine, a French group of nine anarchist saboteurs. The speaker declares itself a highly intelligent insect called the homo insect, which has a holometabolous life cycle. In the speech, he asserts to look is to die for his species. By doing so, he introduces the inherent contradiction of their survival strategy as oviparous animals, which might cause repetitive self-destructions. This work alludes to the spiritual dilemma of numerous post-Cold war revolutions. Moreover, it aims to reflect on the ontological presuppositions of the relevant mainstream Western leftist discourse, particularly the ontological presuppositions of self-consciousness and time, and the associated anthropocentric perspective.
《观即逝》主要呈现一场演讲，场景改编自广为人知的摄影系列《摩天大楼上的午餐》中的一幅图片。演讲者宣称自己是一种叫做“智虫”的高智能生物，拥有完全变态的生命周期。在演讲中，他声称对于他的种族来说，凝视就是灭亡。他介绍了他们作为卵生动物生存策略的内在矛盾，这可能导致反复的自我毁灭。这部作品暗指了众多后冷战革命的精神困境，旨在反思相关主流西方左翼话语的本体论前提，特别是自我意识和时间的本体论假设，以及相关的人类中心主义基底。