At Home with My Family
2020
Photography (installation)
Size changeable
This is a photography series of Sidian living with the life-size photo prints of her parents. Through manipulating their images, she gained a temporal dominance over our relationship. This is her compromised reconciliation with her parents and her exploration of photography as a tool of power.
Due to the Covid-19, for four months Sidian was stuck in a quarantine at her hometown with her parents, with whom she had had a complex and mainly disheartening relationship. Taking photos of them was the only time she could look at them without emotional burdens. After she returned to Shanghai, she printed these photos at life-size and made them fit into her place. Through photography, the space between her two homes overlaps, and she created a new scenario where she could live with her parents in harmony.
When taking photos of her parents, Sidian discovered the power of making photos: she was invading their life and narrating for them. Whereas manipulating their printed photos into a new narrative made her capable of developing something new in their relationship. Through photographing, gazing, and re-photographing, she temporarily became the one who defines and dominates their relationship. Finally, she could see her parents being quietly supportive instead of manipulative and judgmental, just for once.
2020
Photography (installation)
Size changeable
This is a photography series of Sidian living with the life-size photo prints of her parents. Through manipulating their images, she gained a temporal dominance over our relationship. This is her compromised reconciliation with her parents and her exploration of photography as a tool of power.
Due to the Covid-19, for four months Sidian was stuck in a quarantine at her hometown with her parents, with whom she had had a complex and mainly disheartening relationship. Taking photos of them was the only time she could look at them without emotional burdens. After she returned to Shanghai, she printed these photos at life-size and made them fit into her place. Through photography, the space between her two homes overlaps, and she created a new scenario where she could live with her parents in harmony.
When taking photos of her parents, Sidian discovered the power of making photos: she was invading their life and narrating for them. Whereas manipulating their printed photos into a new narrative made her capable of developing something new in their relationship. Through photographing, gazing, and re-photographing, she temporarily became the one who defines and dominates their relationship. Finally, she could see her parents being quietly supportive instead of manipulative and judgmental, just for once.
与家人在家
2020
摄影（装置）
尺寸可变
在这组照片里，思典把父母的照片打印成等身尺寸，与它们一起生活。这是她踏出与父母和解的微小一步，也是对摄影的权力关系进行的探索。
2020年1-4月，思典与父母一同隔离在家，用傻瓜机拍了很多家里的照片。思典与家人的关系复杂。拍照时，她意识到，只有拿着相机，她才能没有情绪负担地端详他们。到4月，思典离开父母，搬到了上海。她将这些照片放大，打印，放在她的新家，与图像一同生活，希望能与父母和平共存。
拍摄原始的照片时，思典尝到了制像的权力：她手握呈现形象，构建叙述的机器。而在二次拍摄中，她按自己的想法操控打印的图像，为他们的关系构建了全新的图景。通过拍摄、凝视、再拍摄，终于有一次，她能颠覆原有关系里的权力体系，创造出一个默默支持她的家庭环境。
2020
摄影（装置）
尺寸可变
在这组照片里，思典把父母的照片打印成等身尺寸，与它们一起生活。这是她踏出与父母和解的微小一步，也是对摄影的权力关系进行的探索。
2020年1-4月，思典与父母一同隔离在家，用傻瓜机拍了很多家里的照片。思典与家人的关系复杂。拍照时，她意识到，只有拿着相机，她才能没有情绪负担地端详他们。到4月，思典离开父母，搬到了上海。她将这些照片放大，打印，放在她的新家，与图像一同生活，希望能与父母和平共存。
拍摄原始的照片时，思典尝到了制像的权力：她手握呈现形象，构建叙述的机器。而在二次拍摄中，她按自己的想法操控打印的图像，为他们的关系构建了全新的图景。通过拍摄、凝视、再拍摄，终于有一次，她能颠覆原有关系里的权力体系，创造出一个默默支持她的家庭环境。
Special thanks: Luxi Wu, Siteng Liu, Zhenhui Luo