当一切光都熄灭
2019
单屏录像、黑色喷漆、雪梨纸，彩色，5分40秒
我将黑塞的诗集的文字烧掉后，再次进行阅读。画面不断放大、穿越这些镂空的符号，最后聚焦在书页中间的隐约的缝隙中。当这些象征着文明、语言、人类、事物、史诗的词语被烧毁后的洞所替代时，是否存在另外一种沉默的阅读方式？是否可以穿越语言，在光和时间的阴影中找寻到我们的归宿？
When All the Lights Go Out
2019
Single-channel video，Black Spray Paint，Packing Paper, Color, 5min40sec
After I burned the words of Hesse's collection of poems, I read them again. The image zoomed and I went through the hollow-out symbols which are like ciphers, and I finally focused on the faint crevices in the pages. When these words which symbolize civilization, language, human, objects, and epic were replaced by burned-out holes, was there another way to read in silence? In an age when we do not have complete freedom of expression, can we go beyond words and convey our situations and feelings through metaphors?
©️Shen Ruilan