Desire is Freedom |
欲望即自由
2015
Steel, Found Objects, Hair, Fire
95"x30"x30"
I examine the entanglement of body and power, ornamentation and bodily violence, using the chandelier as a material manifestation of this mechanism. In sixteenth-century German contexts, a type of chandelier known as Lusterweibchen fused the female upper body with antlers and was suspended as a multi-armed light source. What appears decorative compresses the female body and the trophy into a single visual logic, where suspension and illumination simultaneously serve possession and display. Through ornament, the logic of violence is sustained, rendering the body a spectacle to be viewed, possessed, and managed. Through dismantling, reassembly, and combustion, the work exposes the power structures embedded within ornament. When the chandelier is burned, the order attached to it collapses. This process operates as an interface between language and flesh, interrupting the discipline imposed on the body and reconfiguring it as a site of resistance and self-definition.
我审视身体与权力、装饰性与身体暴力之间的纠缠，并将枝形吊灯作为这一机制的物质化呈现。 在十六世纪的德国语境中，一类被称为 Lusterweibchen 的枝形吊灯将女性上半身与鹿角结合，作为多臂光源被悬挂于空间之中。 看似装饰性的形式，将女性身体与战利品压缩进同一视觉逻辑之中，使悬挂与照明同时承担占有与展示的功能。暴力的逻辑通过装饰得以延续，使身体成为可被观看、占有与管理的奇观。 通过拆解、重组与燃烧，作品揭示了隐藏在装饰之中的权力结构。当吊灯被焚烧，原本依附其上的秩序随之瓦解。这一过程被视为语言与肉体之间的接口，用以打断施加在身体之上的规训，并将身体重新转译为抵抗与自我定义的场域。
I examine the entanglement of body and power, ornamentation and bodily violence, using the chandelier as a material manifestation of this mechanism. In sixteenth-century German contexts, a type of chandelier known as Lusterweibchen fused the female upper body with antlers and was suspended as a multi-armed light source. What appears decorative compresses the female body and the trophy into a single visual logic, where suspension and illumination simultaneously serve possession and display. Through ornament, the logic of violence is sustained, rendering the body a spectacle to be viewed, possessed, and managed. Through dismantling, reassembly, and combustion, the work exposes the power structures embedded within ornament. When the chandelier is burned, the order attached to it collapses. This process operates as an interface between language and flesh, interrupting the discipline imposed on the body and reconfiguring it as a site of resistance and self-definition.
我审视身体与权力、装饰性与身体暴力之间的纠缠，并将枝形吊灯作为这一机制的物质化呈现。 在十六世纪的德国语境中，一类被称为 Lusterweibchen 的枝形吊灯将女性上半身与鹿角结合，作为多臂光源被悬挂于空间之中。 看似装饰性的形式，将女性身体与战利品压缩进同一视觉逻辑之中，使悬挂与照明同时承担占有与展示的功能。暴力的逻辑通过装饰得以延续，使身体成为可被观看、占有与管理的奇观。 通过拆解、重组与燃烧，作品揭示了隐藏在装饰之中的权力结构。当吊灯被焚烧，原本依附其上的秩序随之瓦解。这一过程被视为语言与肉体之间的接口，用以打断施加在身体之上的规训，并将身体重新转译为抵抗与自我定义的场域。