ARTISTS STATEMENT from He Wei
城市对于我来看是一个巨大的情感容器，其中承载了千万人的无数种欲望、愤怒、惊喜、忧愁，这些无名的情感每天在城市的无名角落里交相上演。我所做的创作仅是将“应该”或“不应该”发生在那里的一幕用更具戏剧性的方式呈现给了观者，以此引发更深的思考和讨论。
《失眠症》系列取材于城市中最常见的精神通病。近年来我发现身边有越来越多的朋友都有失眠的病症，而失眠所带给人的那种精神与肉体的折磨是很难用语言来形 容的。夜晚对失眠者来说是一个充满矛盾的时间，脱离了白天城市的纷繁，本该是属于自己的休息时间，但越到深夜，心里的那份压抑也蠢蠢欲动的涌上心头。加之 当今都市也在用各种办法让夜晚变得如白天一样喧闹，这种环境的黑白倒置更让我们的身体变得无以是从。《失眠症》系列就是在意图呈现隐藏在都市人心中的那份 隐痛。白天轻松，入夜却萦绕心头的那份压抑、不安、忧伤的隐痛，这种隐痛也凸显出了小人物个体与高速暴走都市之间强烈的对比与矛盾。根据进一步了解，随着 失眠症患者越来越多，本该属于个人问题的失眠症，却逐渐演变成了一个社会问题。究其原因，这与当下的城市问题、经济发展、社会环境不无关系，而当这些问题 和矛盾转化到每个城市人个体上时，又被每个人自身的性格、情感、经历转化成了无数个带有个人特质和体验的独特表象。在每一张《失眠症》的作品中都有不同的 个人体验，我希望通过不同的个人体验与典型都市空间的组合呈现出化学性效果。
城市带给人的异化是无形的，但我希望通过图像将这种异化表现出来，其目的也是带给人们更多的思考，思考被我们按部就班生活所忽略的，思考被社会高速发展所忽视的，思考我们内心里真正需要的......
To me, the city is a giant vessel for emotions, which is loaded with numerous aspirations, indignations, surprises and misgivings from millions of people. All these unidentified emotions are staged one after another in some unknown cornors of the city. My works are intended to the audience what are supposed or not supposed to take place there in a more dramatic way in order to trigger deep thoughts and profound discussions.
The “Insomnia” Series are based on one of the most common psychological diseases in cities. In recent years, more and more friends of mine are haunted by insomnia, which has caused them enormous pains both in the spiritual and physical sense. Sometimes, it is really challenging to find a certain language to give expressions to these pains. To those suffering from insomnia, nights indicate conflicts. At night, they can retreat from the triviality and complications in the city at daytime. However, in deep night, the depression looming in the heart starts to take its toll. Besides, the cities tend to be as rustling at night as in daytime by all the means. This inversion of day and night threatens to confuse us in a physical way. This series is meant to capture the pains surging beneath our skins every day. Though we are at ease in the daytime, we are still pained by the depressions, uncertainties, and mischiefs at night. These pains have testified the evident contrasts and conflicts between the tiny individuals and cities which are undergoing rapid development and transformation. According to the statistics, more and more urban dwellers are troubled by insomnia. The insomnia, which used to be a personal problem, has evolved into a social issue. Take a close look, and we will find that this issue is closely related with the urban issues, economic development and social development. Once these issues and conflicts are found on individual urban dwellers, they have been transformed into distinctive varieties as influenced by the individual’s personal property, emotion, and experience. Behind every piece of the “Insomnia” Series can be identified varied personal experience. it is hoped that a chemical effect might be achieved by combining different personal experiences and typical urban space.
The city has alienated us in an invisible way. However, it is hoped that these photos will help to capture these alienations and trigger more serious thoughts, which had been neglected by regular and repetitive life. However, active thinking, which has been put aside due to rapid social development, is what we are truly longing for.
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