City -the Neon Theater

What kind of unique traits should a city possess?
Taipei, Tokyo, Hong Kong, New York, Paris, Milan…if the facade of these cities were to be extracted, and instead, symbols were used to redefine each place: would each city still possess its own unique existence?

In the artwork, the appearances of ● are transformed from images captured on digital film. The manifestations and layouts of ● are the reemergence of the transformations of a city's individual stance, where the artist plays the role of a translator, and the numerous symbols for each city are turned into an image, and ultimately, the artwork depicts the reappearances of city-like sceneries in a lucid perspective. The texts on the billboard signs in the city are concealed by ●, and behind each ● is a speculation that is using memory to decipher the familiar cosmopolitan culture and consumer society. If we were to describe the city as a modern Neon Theater, as we stand and watch and become satisfied, the flashy lights are allowing us to reach ecstasy, and the feeling then transcends to become a sense of concealed safety. The high rises that mankind have constructed then become another form of derivation, or a type of sign that indicates the ceaseless pursuit for a sense of existence.