Expanded Media Ausstellung
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Landscapes in Zurich, 2024 
Moving image | 11:07

‘Landscapes series’ is a series of video works that currently includes two pieces: ‘Landscapes in Furka’ and ‘Landscape in Zurich’.
These works explore the concept of 'becoming', and transforming, which can be seen or unseen.
The two pieces address different themes: ‘Landscapes in Furka’ centres on non-human beings while ‘Landscapes in Zurich’ addresses social and political issues within a societal setting.
‘Landscape in Zurich’ is the sequel to the series. In this work, the landscapes are replaced with cityscapes.
Again, I am becoming something, immersing myself in the scenery, in the social context of Zurich. As a foreigner, integrating into the community is always crucial.
When I blend into the cityscape and disappear in sight, does it mean I have integrated successfully?
When the viewer cannot notice me, and that I become part of the cityscape, does it signify societal acceptance of someone from the third country?
Or does it mean I have involuntarily disappeared, that my existence is insignificant to anyone?
In various situations, identity can be imposed or chosen, just like when I am in the crowd captured in a wide shot, I am small enough in the frame to lose all recognisable features, and no one can tell that I am Asian or that I do not speak Swiss German.
My work is not simply to demand visibility, to be noticed, but to imagine why someone might not be seen.