JOYJOE

My creative theme originates from my self-chosen English name, "JOYJOE." When this name is translated into Chinese, it happens to be a homonym of my Chinese name. I consider it to be a representative symbol for me. I am constructing an inner world of "JOYJOE," where I gather self-perception from everyday life while also paying attention to external forces that influence individuals. My world is both personal and public, and everyone is welcome to enter.

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EXHIBITION SITE

EXHIBITION SITE

Painting works focus on the individual identities of queer individuals and the existence of gender perception in social groups and everyday life. My inspiration comes from my experience as a member of the queer community, as well as the individual feelings in traditional Chinese families and social environments, and the influence of the environment on self-awareness.

My sculptures are set in space, creating a distant echo with the paintings. I use my childhood image as a prototype to create baby masks. They are continuously replicated 24 times and arranged on the "stage" on the ground. This is a kind of tracing of my past self and a part that points to the continuous shifting and changing of self-awareness. At the same time, the concept of "replication" is also related to the installation work.

Unlike the more explicit personal feelings in painting and sculpture, my installation work is inspired by the fiction of everyday events and the fabrication of real performances. It revolves around using everyday objects to create fictional narratives and explores the viewers' experiences and their impact on events. The index finger is the externalization of my subjective consciousness, and I use this identical consciousness materialized product as the master copy that I continuously replicate. Meanwhile, the reality is worn away in the passage of time, leaving a "trace" as a "document". This is based on the fictionalization of reality, pointing to people's experiential cognition of events and the misinterpretations that arise from it.