Hanging in the night like a ghost
The younger generation of students walks alone after school in the middle of the night. Anxious, depressive, evasive, and uncertain states have become the inherent characteristics of their spirituality. This daily scene is like a national fable mentioned by Fredric Jameson, “the great country and lonely ghosts.”
Inspired by archival photography, I expect to extend photography technology to a research method, from establishing my information collection to exploring China’s education system, peer pressure, academic stress, and individual spirituality. By remaking the ghost image that existed in the history of photography, I intend to emphasize the position of “ghost” in modern society.
In this project, I walked around a surrounding high school, and recorded a large number of publicity propaganda slogans, awaiting parents, walking students, residential buildings. I attempt to build a mysterious narrative among these clues. In my opinion, the concept of ghosts has been integrated with modern life. Invisible pressure has become a product of social culture. I hope to transform this intangible power into a concrete object or image, that explores the nature of pressure and the development of education.
