Ah~

Stop before the bite.

Wood, Fishing Line, Tin

100cm 3’15 Video

2023.2

It comes from a Chinese post-apocalyptic saying, "Jiang Tai Gong fishes for the willing." I bring myself into the role of the work, the index finger representing the lure, the open mouth a state of stagnation, the coming bite. I frame this state before the bite as a 'provocation' to outsiders who have a predetermined ending in mind, but also as a metaphor for my own 'uncertain and hesitant state'.