This work is a meditation on the relationship between desire, power, and the self. By visualizing the body as a "burning bullet hole," it challenges viewers to reflect on their own role in the dynamics of the gaze and the mechanisms of power that shape identity. It is an exploration of how desire consumes and transforms, leaving scars that define the self in the face of external forces.
The artwork draws from philosophical and psychoanalytic theories of the gaze, particularly its role in shaping subjectivity, power, and self-perception. The "burning bullet hole" serves as a central metaphor, representing the viewer's body as a site of transformation, caught between the consuming fire of desire and the violence of introspection. The eye, as both a literal and symbolic element, embodies the duality of scarcity and longing, while the gun signifies the mechanisms of power that mediate these dynamics.
The work positions the viewer in an antagonistic yet participatory role, forcing them to confront their complicity in the act of seeing and being seen. The internalization of the gaze is visualized as a "burning" process, where the viewer’s body becomes both the object and subject of desire, blurring the lines between observer and observed, victim and perpetrator.
Interactive Moving Image Installation
18 August 2021
Hutuo River bank,
Shijianzhuang, China