"Absurd Fairgrounds Chronicles"
The theme of this collection is mobile amusement parks. The motivation for this project stems from my experience as a cross-disciplinary photography student. Transitioning from the Chinese art context to the British social environment, I felt lost during my first few months in the UK, unsure of what subjects or themes to capture.
An unexpected opportunity arose when my friends and I visited London’s renowned Winter Wonderland. This event is a temporary attraction, set up annually around Christmas and usually assembled and dismantled within just two or three days. This rapid and ephemeral transformation was a significant cultural shock for me, as I had always perceived amusement parks to be permanent fixtures. However, the transient nature of Winter Wonderland, despite being a highly famous theme park, piqued my interest greatly.
Determined to explore this concept further, I decided to document various amusement parks from a third-person perspective in a documentary style, across different region.
游乐园荒诞纪实
在圣诞节前后我与朋友参观了伦敦著名的冬季仙境，这是一个意外的机会。这个活动是一个临时景点，每年圣诞节前后设立，通常两三天内即可组装和拆除。这种快速而短暂的转变对我来说是一种重大的文化冲击，因为我一直认为游乐园是永久的。然而，尽管冬季仙境是一个非常著名的主题公园，但它的短暂性却极大地激起了我的兴趣。
为了进一步探索这个概念，我决定以第三人称视角以纪录片风格记录不同地区和国家的各种游乐园。除了伦敦，我还去了美国的加利福尼亚和布莱克浦等地，捕捉这些地方游乐园的短暂瞬间。这些游乐园的独特性和短暂性不仅让我找回了方向感，也加深了我对人、时间和社会景观之间错综复杂的关系的理解。
通过这个系列，我旨在呈现移动游乐园背后的文化和社会意义。我希望探索这些游乐园在当代背景下对人们的意义，并邀请观众从中国观察者的视角体验西方游乐园景观。