Against Step

2019

8 channel video installation
(1 HD video projection, 14’ in loop, 8 video at TV in variable lengths: 1’05” to 4’01” in loop)
CRT TV, projector, media player, rear projection
Installation size variable

逆踏是一種身體修練，通過不斷變換身體的表現（如腳步接觸地面的方式、身體的精神狀態、有意識的小動作），從而避過「步態識別」的監控（這是一種通過辨識人的慣性和肢體動作來識別身份的系統）。諷刺的是，監控系統試圖識別人並進行評分，將人分類物化，而逆踏則是一種放棄個人特質、捨棄自我的修練，進行一種不被定義、持續反抗的踏舞。這個作品由手機拍攝日常的路人短片發展而成。

Against Step is a physical practice that involves continuously changing bodily expressions (such as the landing of each step, the mental state of the body, and conscious small movements) to avoid gait recognition surveillance (a system that identifies individuals based on their habitual and physical movements). Ironically, while the surveillance system attempts to identify and score people, categorizing and objectifying them, Against Step is a practice of abandoning personal traits and self-identity, engaging in a dance of continuous resistance and defiance. This work is developed from short clips of pedestrians captured on a daily basis with a mobile phone.