Four Boxes, 2012
Wood, plastic, metal and
transparent adhesive c-print collage on glass
(1) Ed Merritt’s Diary: 9(W) x 22(L) x 30(H) cm
(2) Folks’ Drawer: 13(W) x 35(H) x 40(L) cm
(3) Emma’s Book Cabinet: 26(W) x 35(L) x 39(H) cm
(4) Personal Mailbox: 9(W) x 22.5(L) x 31.2(H) cm
Diaries, drawers, bookshelves, and mailboxes—how might these four tools for storing and transmitting information be interpreted by different people? When someone else intrudes upon them without warning, stepping into another’s privacy, in what ways can minds and spirits connect?
I followed four individuals: first, visiting a friend’s home to photograph the small bookshelf in their living room; then, reading through and downloading a stranger’s diary from the internet; next, opening my parents’ bedroom drawers while they were out, seeing both traces of them and more of myself; and finally, writing a letter to myself, using my own mailbox to respond to each of them.
日記、抽屜、書櫃及信箱，這四種用作寄存及傳遞信息的工具在不同人身上會如何被演釋？當他者貿然進犯其中，落入別人的隱私，人與人的精神可以怎樣交流？
我追蹤了四類人，首先到訪一位朋友家中，拍下其大廳裡小書櫃的照片；在網上讀遍及下載一個陌生人的日記；待父母外出時，打開了其房間抽屜，看到他們及更多自己的身影；最後，寫信給自己，以個人的信箱給各人作回應。
