In previous classes, I have found that my work cannot be understood by the audience without specific textual explanations of my subject matter. That is, I failed to convey it through visuals. So I continue to think about how to make the themes more relevant to close relationships.
The size of the previous installation was too large and may not have been suitable for display in the graduation show. To experiment with fire, I also need an open and safe place, and I have to do it all at once when shooting, otherwise I can't recover from burning through. All of this makes that installation more difficult to operate.
So I began to think about other visual representations in terms of the relationship with family, which was most troubling to me.
The relationship between a child and his or her home is often compared to a boat and a harbour. Every child leaves home to go on a long journey. No matter how far the child's boat sails, there is a home as a solid harbour waiting for the child to return.
So I conceived an installation consisting of a house and a boat, the frame of which is made of wire, from which a thread leads to a boat in the distance. The boat cannot be seen to be heading in any direction and it is not clear whether it is leaving or returning. The wire may be controlling the boat, or it may be connected to the boat, or it may be guiding the direction of return. This provides space for the viewer to think about the parent-child relationship. Then I wanted to hang the invisible letter on the line that was pulling the boat, because that's what the boat wanted to say when it was out on its own.
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