Coast to Coast (thesis book)
Edition of 30, May 2023
English and Chinese
12.7x17.78cm, 124 pages, softcover, perfect bound
This essay contains four bodies of work created during my graduate studies, all of which take place on either the West or East coasts, incorporating performance, photography, and video. In the first half of the paper, I examine how the theme of “displacement” is established in my initial works, and highlight the significance of the state of “being displaced” in my process of imaging and (re)understanding the ocean.
At the core of the thesis, I investigate the wave-piloting of Marshall Islanders and a particular cartographic model, the “stick chart,” which is a mnemonic device embedded with the voyager's somatic memories, personal experiences, and travel stories. The video essay Coast to Coast(Preamble) combines travel shots with the retrospective narration of my encounters along the Pacific Coast, serving as a visual capsule awaiting retrieval by my future self—an embodiment of my own ‘stick chart.’ I perceive myself as a storyteller who engages in ‘mapping’ rather than merely ‘using’ a map, as a way of unearthing and retrieving those unarchived objects and latent narratives.—in this, I retrace my steps and those of my ancestral predecessors, who once lived their lives in proximity to and guided by the ocean.
excerpt avalable:
https://volume-1.org/S-2023-Coastal-Mnemonics
For more information, including inquiries about purchasing,
please contact rendering.jpg@gmail.com
从海岸到海岸（论文）
这篇论文包含了我在研究生项目阶段创作的四组作品，它们结合行为、摄影和录像，都是在海岸上展开的实践。在文章的前半部分，我回顾了“移置”这一概念是如何在我初期作品中建立起来的，并强调了“被移置”这一状态在我对海洋进行成像和重新理解的过程中成为一种必需。
在文章的核心部分，我研究了马绍尔岛民的波浪驾驶系统和一种特殊的制图模型——“棒状图”，这是一种内嵌了航海者的身体记忆，个人经验以及旅行故事的助忆装置。在旧金山制作的散文电影《从海岸到海岸（序言）》结合了我在太平洋沿岸旅途遭遇的视觉素材和想像性叙述，作为一个视觉胶囊，等待未来的自己取回——它成为了我独属的“棒状图”。我始终将自己视为一个“绘制”而非“使用”地图的旅行者，以此来发掘和检索那些未归档的对象和潜在叙事——在此过程中，我不仅追溯自己的脚步，也回溯我祖先的足迹，他们曾经生活在海洋附近，并受海洋的指引。
Edition of 30, May 2023
English and Chinese
12.7x17.78cm, 124 pages, softcover, perfect bound
This essay contains four bodies of work created during my graduate studies, all of which take place on either the West or East coasts, incorporating performance, photography, and video. In the first half of the paper, I examine how the theme of “displacement” is established in my initial works, and highlight the significance of the state of “being displaced” in my process of imaging and (re)understanding the ocean.
At the core of the thesis, I investigate the wave-piloting of Marshall Islanders and a particular cartographic model, the “stick chart,” which is a mnemonic device embedded with the voyager's somatic memories, personal experiences, and travel stories. The video essay Coast to Coast(Preamble) combines travel shots with the retrospective narration of my encounters along the Pacific Coast, serving as a visual capsule awaiting retrieval by my future self—an embodiment of my own ‘stick chart.’ I perceive myself as a storyteller who engages in ‘mapping’ rather than merely ‘using’ a map, as a way of unearthing and retrieving those unarchived objects and latent narratives.—in this, I retrace my steps and those of my ancestral predecessors, who once lived their lives in proximity to and guided by the ocean.
excerpt avalable:
https://volume-1.org/S-2023-Coastal-Mnemonics
For more information, including inquiries about purchasing,
please contact rendering.jpg@gmail.com
从海岸到海岸（论文）
这篇论文包含了我在研究生项目阶段创作的四组作品，它们结合行为、摄影和录像，都是在海岸上展开的实践。在文章的前半部分，我回顾了“移置”这一概念是如何在我初期作品中建立起来的，并强调了“被移置”这一状态在我对海洋进行成像和重新理解的过程中成为一种必需。
在文章的核心部分，我研究了马绍尔岛民的波浪驾驶系统和一种特殊的制图模型——“棒状图”，这是一种内嵌了航海者的身体记忆，个人经验以及旅行故事的助忆装置。在旧金山制作的散文电影《从海岸到海岸（序言）》结合了我在太平洋沿岸旅途遭遇的视觉素材和想像性叙述，作为一个视觉胶囊，等待未来的自己取回——它成为了我独属的“棒状图”。我始终将自己视为一个“绘制”而非“使用”地图的旅行者，以此来发掘和检索那些未归档的对象和潜在叙事——在此过程中，我不仅追溯自己的脚步，也回溯我祖先的足迹，他们曾经生活在海洋附近，并受海洋的指引。
