No Man’s Land (2016) | Jeannie Rhyu | mirror, wood, crystals, light, dry ice
“No Man’s Land” uses light to blur the boundary between the virtual and the physical reality.
The mirrored surfaces of the cube reflect the light off each other, creating an infinite virtual space within the mirrors. However this virtual space is merely an illusion provoked by the passages of light. In other words, this space is a no man’s land, unclaimed by any physical conditions or rules. However, by having the video mediate the experience of the sculpture, this no man’s land is captured by the lens of the camcorder. The “space” might not be real but it is now data, a file that “takes up space,” an online object that can be shared, a paradox of space and no space that no one and yet everyone can own - as long as they remain in the alternative reality of this exhibition space.
立方体的镜像表面反射光交相辉映,创造了镜子中的无限虚拟空间。然而,这虚拟的空间仅仅是通过光路创造的幻觉。换句话说,这个空间是一个无主之地,不存在任何物理环境或规则。
然而,视频将这种雕塑一般的经历再现,摄像机镜头成功捕获这个无主之境。在“空间”上可能不是真实的,但它现在称为数据了,一个“占用空间”了的文件,称为一个被在线分享的东西。矛盾的空间非空间结合体,无主又共享属性,称为在这个展览空