Love Lost, 2023
Love Lost, 2023, is an immersive installation that includes space, smell, sound, photography, sculpture, readymade, artist book, video, and time.
“Love Lost” is an emotional response to toxic love. It is trapped, and controlled, but when you decide to leave, you feel your dependence and intense reluctance.
The attachment of the ropes represents the constraint in the relationship from external to internal, which contradicts bonding.
This is the third piece from the
“Man No Tears, 2020” ceramic
sculptural vase series.
Everyone or man is not ashamed
to cry at the funeral or cry at their
own funeral. All gender rules,
societal expectations, our own
rules, and our expectations will be
all gone until we die. Then we may
realize life is short, and start to
think about “I really should take a
risk, break a rule, do whatever I
want, but why didn’t I do that?”
In the Love Lost installation
setting, the meaning is slightly
changed into life too short, what
we need to experience is an
experience that we are meant to
experience. Without any regrets in
loving someone, even loving in
pain; too shall pass.
Little Blue Book (Lost Lookbook)
It collects the feelings about
crush, regret, love, desire, and
reconsideration about living every
day as the last day before the
doomsday.
Poetry and photographs are
written and taken during that
current time frame.
Rethinking about all the
connections between humans,
having a crush on someone,
lover, friend. If tomorrow is the
end of the world, what would I do
differently? if there is another
parallel space, what would I say
differently? There is no if - we
should do whatever we want
without any regret.
Readymade (Smoked Cigarettes)
Whenever I feel depressed,
I will smoke cigarettes. I think
smoking is similar to deep
breathing exercises.
At least just one minute, take me
away from everything that I am
feeling despair to fix.
These cigarettes leftover are
collected after every time I smoke
to ease my emotions.
The two photo series both represent the external and internal
feelings in the relationship, which is apparently peaceful and
harmonious, but internally trapped and constrained.
feelings in the relationship, which is apparently peaceful and
harmonious, but internally trapped and constrained.
It was an intuitive decision to display the photo as a crucifix.
This is the best representation of God’s unconditional love,
sacrifice, and redemption. When this meaning applies to the
Love Lost installation, it automatically becomes a ceremony
about love and loss. The crucifix enhances the torment and
sacrifice of toxic love, shows the opposite side of
unconditional love, but also the death for extrication.
This is the best representation of God’s unconditional love,
sacrifice, and redemption. When this meaning applies to the
Love Lost installation, it automatically becomes a ceremony
about love and loss. The crucifix enhances the torment and
sacrifice of toxic love, shows the opposite side of
unconditional love, but also the death for extrication.
Love Lost performance
Performance: Avery WeiSound: Tian Ai Guo
Direct and created by Yan Liang
I believe marriage is the highest praise for love, thus, I chose to
dress her as a bride. In the “Love is an unpredictable madness”
video, I allow Avery to perform her free will, and the table becomes
her playground. After her performance, each still life that she
interacted with became a symbolic object. It enhances Vanita's idea
from historical still life painting into video. Everything on the screen
love, body, and still life is the transience of life.
I think every time there is disappointment in my relationship, my
rose petals will fall, but after I will try to communicate our problem
or convince myself that everything will be fine. The peeling and
reversing rose happening at the same time represent the effort it
takes in the uncertainty stage.
A coincidence fact happening in the installation is that the roses’s
petals fall naturally every day, and the school cleaner will help me
clean the floor every day. This spontaneous happening echoes
Avery’s peeling and reversing rose to action.
dress her as a bride. In the “Love is an unpredictable madness”
video, I allow Avery to perform her free will, and the table becomes
her playground. After her performance, each still life that she
interacted with became a symbolic object. It enhances Vanita's idea
from historical still life painting into video. Everything on the screen
love, body, and still life is the transience of life.
I think every time there is disappointment in my relationship, my
rose petals will fall, but after I will try to communicate our problem
or convince myself that everything will be fine. The peeling and
reversing rose happening at the same time represent the effort it
takes in the uncertainty stage.
A coincidence fact happening in the installation is that the roses’s
petals fall naturally every day, and the school cleaner will help me
clean the floor every day. This spontaneous happening echoes
Avery’s peeling and reversing rose to action.
Love Lost rose installation
Time plays an inevitable role in the rose's
blossoming and decay representing love
starting with beauty and sweetness, but
changing negatively through time.
In May 25, 2023
The ending of the grad show
I changed my installation for my audiences to participate
Pick a rose to burn,
We burn pain together.
Happy ending.