Up until recently I have been in the background of the work, as the director and producer.
I wanted the viewers to complete the work, physically and visually. I have now shifted my
approach. I appear in the work, but not as myself, but rather as a characters from favorite
movies. Francois Truffaut and Tsai Ming-Liang have been special influences for they follow
the same characters over several films, thus over time, creating a mutating identity. Antoine
Doinel and Hsiao-Kang both struggled with growing up in and fitting in their respective societies.
I identify with these characters.
For this new project, la distinction entre un carthaginois et un hexadecagone, au subjonctif
(the distinction between a carthaginian and an hexadecagon, in the subjonctive)
I recreated a scene from les quatres cent coups (400 blows) by Truffaut.
I reshot the scene in which Doinel goes on a fair ride, in a rotor, with me taking his place. For the
installation I projected this recreated scene in a fully functional rotor. The resulting effect is
disconcerting, as the video projected is in synch with the rotation of the rotor, making it appear that
I am actually present and continually going on a ride.