【空島】

• 2011
• 145×145×5cm
• 壓克力顏料

智慧型手機和平板電腦以驚人的速度蔓延在我們的日常生活，它幫我們建立了一個新的、隨身的虛擬空間。尤其在公共場所，它讓每個人變成孤島，或者說虛擬漂浮的「空島」，空島裡面繽紛華美、自給自足、自己圓滿。如果這個智慧型電子產品的背面如果刻上蘋果標誌，甚至能給人一份小小的優越感，只要躲進螢幕顯示得畫面裡，就能很確實地幫我們躲掉與陌生人四目相對的尷尬；取代而來的是整個空間瀰漫著一股凝滯不動氣氛的新尷尬。我常認為，這些忙著自轉的空島，體現的不是現代人極端忙碌的生活步調，而是極端寂寞卻不敢跨越寂寞的疏離。
 
【An Island in the Sky】

• 2011
• 145×145×5cm
• Acrylic paint

Smart phones and digital tablets are being infused into our daily life in an astounding pace. They have helped construct a new and portable virtual space. Especially in public spaces, these devices isolate individuals thus turning each individual into isolated islands or virtual floating “islands in the sky”, which are colorful, self-sufficient, and self-satisfactory. If these smart electronic devices carry an Apple logo it can even provide people with a small sense of superiority. As long as we are behind screens, we can avoid feeling embarrassed when making eye contact with strangers. Instead, the entire space is filled with a new fixed atmosphere of embarrassment. I always thought that this revolving island reflects not only the extremely fast pace of life now but also the alienation that people in extreme loneliness dare not to walk across.