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Silence brings us together.
沉默使我们相聚In 1990, a hijacking at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport led to a tragic plane crash. The photos from the scene weren’t published immediately; instead, they were gradually released over the next decade. This delay prompted me to consider whether the ambiguity in media reports could carry political significance. I began researching the forgotten identity of the reporter, Wang Hui, and collected the archives he left behind in an attempt to uncover the truth.
"Silence Brings Us Together" is a fictional work based on historical data. The series blends real archival information with fabricated images and documents I created, adding layers to the originally vague reports. By collaging these real and fictional elements, I aim to reconstruct a complete news story. The final product, like an archive, is an immersive simulation of historical documentation. Through a combination of text, images, and videos, the work mimics the way museums display historical events.
The narrative unfolds through the perspective of Wang Hui, a forgotten photographer whose work has been buried in a collectivist society. The work attempts to explore the complex relationship between news truth and fictional news under the grand background of "archives and fiction" and "post-truth era".
距今30多年以前，1990年的广州白云机场发生了因劫机而引起的空难事件。第二天的新闻报道并没有刊登现场拍摄到飞机解体的照片，而是在后续长达十几年的报道中，才陆续刊登了相关现场的照片。我对事件的真相感到好奇，这引发了我对媒体报道、档案图像的思考；并对新闻报道背后被遗忘的图像拍摄者的身份、事件档案、事件真相进行艺术研究。
这是一个基于历史资料的虚构影像作品——作品围绕拍下现场照片的记者王晖所留下的一系列影像档案的调查展开，以整个劫机事件的真实性和图像的“真与假”为线索；并塑造了一位当时在第一线参与报道的摄影记者王辉的形象，试图让叙述变得更加可信。通过编排和设计，尤其是各种图像和材料的折叠、并置、穿插和覆盖，包括对主角的面部的抹除，强化了记忆和真相的复杂性和模糊性。与此同时，借由大量的剪报材料试图让人能回忆起纸媒兴盛时代报纸这一物质媒介本身的触感和温度。
作品同时讲述了在工作环境中被埋没的个人创作者的故事。试图探讨在“档案与虚构”的宏大命题下，新闻图像与个人档案间错综复杂的关系。媒体在社会中的角色及其背后讲述的力量是来自哪里？照片及摄影师本身是否能真正与其所指向和表达的主题相分离？当我们观看以纪实视角呈现的新闻摄影时，又能否只关注摄影性而忽略新闻内容呢？
当然，就历史和真相而言，这些资料同样于事无补。迫使我们再次思考媒体在社会中的角色及其背后讲述的力量。这一篇未被完整诉说的悲剧影像故事，如仅仅肉身陨灭但还未在符号界完成死亡的角色一样，幽灵般萦绕在你我的四方，只有沉默能让我们相聚在一起。