I see myself playing the piano, 2021
"I resisted playing the piano in my childhood. I didn't like it.
Now I want to engage with the world by talking about it, and leave it the way it is. And that's how I feel about the piano today, that my work itself doesn't mean anything, because I can't change the fact that I can play,
This work is recorded from the perspective of me watching myself playing the piano. For the audience, they do not directly see the scene of me playing the piano, but another layer of space. What the work wants to show to the audience is my own attitude towards painting paint on the piano and playing the piano, which is self-examination and my emotional expression towards things.
I wondered why, after all these years, I could still play a song so smoothly. I hated playing the piano, but I still played it so well. I feel like I'm always running away from what I am.
I've always felt like a tourist in the art world, which explains why I watch my performance in another space and document the whole thing. I try to weave the space into multiple layers of the audience and the work. I want my work to distract people from problems, not remind them of them. When I work on the piano, I have no plan. I'm just being realistic. Everything is natural. For this project, I decided not to get involved in complicated, technical things. I want to really focus, to be alone, to connect with objects."
video, 4'35'', 1080p, color