Sunday, October 16, 2011

Artist Statement: Time

What is time? Time is a part of the measuring system used to sequence events, to compare the durations of events and the intervals between them, and to quantify rates of change such as the motions of objects. The objects of my films have different durations. The mountains were formed millions years ago and its changes are invisible in hundreds years. The trees germinated a few decades ago and they grow in hundreds years if environment is stable. The human beings rarely live longer than a hundred years and they are changing significantly each year. However, human's memory could last generations by generations in different forms, such as an oil portrait, a diary, or a photograph. If we take a look of our films after ten years, the mountains and trees will probably still stand in the same places with similar shapes. But ten years  will give a great influence on every people we shot, they might be married or divorced, successful or desperate, rich or poor, alive or dead.... time will tell....

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