Mayday
M’aider
2022
stepladder，speakerphone，radio，stainless steel chain，wire，hemp rope，coarse cloth，locks
Duration 1:18
Mayday is a distress signal from a ship or plane in distress.
The work was originally conceived as a kidnapping, about the fear generated in the kidnapping and thus a cry for help.
We are held hostage by our time, which is afraid of the politics we face today, global epidemics, natural disasters, wars, terrorist attacks, the dominant public opinion, the injustice done to women and even the fact that technology is advancing too fast. But what is particularly desperate is that no one believes that anyone will be saved in Mayday. As a result, Mayday will be a formal performance, monotonous and passionless. It was an act of self-consolation.
In the events described above, humans lose their proper human posture. Are humans dogs? Is the person on the other side really human? And where is the line between cyborgs and humans? Contrary to biblical accounts, in this kidnapping, humanity loses the privilege of salvation.
All that happens after 2019 will be like a plane crash for us. When it comes, we can only pick up our transceiver and shout Mayday to those elsewhere who are suffering.
The work was originally conceived as a kidnapping, about the fear generated in the kidnapping and thus a cry for help.
We are held hostage by our time, which is afraid of the politics we face today, global epidemics, natural disasters, wars, terrorist attacks, the dominant public opinion, the injustice done to women and even the fact that technology is advancing too fast. But what is particularly desperate is that no one believes that anyone will be saved in Mayday. As a result, Mayday will be a formal performance, monotonous and passionless. It was an act of self-consolation.
In the events described above, humans lose their proper human posture. Are humans dogs? Is the person on the other side really human? And where is the line between cyborgs and humans? Contrary to biblical accounts, in this kidnapping, humanity loses the privilege of salvation.
All that happens after 2019 will be like a plane crash for us. When it comes, we can only pick up our transceiver and shout Mayday to those elsewhere who are suffering.
Mayday是遭难的船或者飞机发出的求救信号。
这个作品在最初被设定为是一场绑架。对于在这场绑架中所产生的恐惧而进行的一场求救。
我们被这个时代所绑架，因为我们如今所面对的政治、全球疫情、自然灾害、战争、恐怖袭击、主流的舆论导向、对于女性的不公甚至是因为科技发展过快而感到不安。但是尤其绝望的是，在这场求救中并不相信得救。所以，这场求救就会很形式、很单调、其实也没有激情。是一场自慰的行为。
在以上所说的事件中，人类丧失了人类应有的姿态。人类是狗吗？求救的那一边又是否是真正的人类。赛博格和人类的界限又在哪里。与圣经中不同，在这次的绑架中，人类反而丧失了被救赎的特权。
2019年之后发生的所有，对于我们就像是一场坠机。当它来临时，我们也只能拿起无线电，向其他地方正在受难的人们喊出Mayday。
这个作品在最初被设定为是一场绑架。对于在这场绑架中所产生的恐惧而进行的一场求救。
我们被这个时代所绑架，因为我们如今所面对的政治、全球疫情、自然灾害、战争、恐怖袭击、主流的舆论导向、对于女性的不公甚至是因为科技发展过快而感到不安。但是尤其绝望的是，在这场求救中并不相信得救。所以，这场求救就会很形式、很单调、其实也没有激情。是一场自慰的行为。
在以上所说的事件中，人类丧失了人类应有的姿态。人类是狗吗？求救的那一边又是否是真正的人类。赛博格和人类的界限又在哪里。与圣经中不同，在这次的绑架中，人类反而丧失了被救赎的特权。
2019年之后发生的所有，对于我们就像是一场坠机。当它来临时，我们也只能拿起无线电，向其他地方正在受难的人们喊出Mayday。
