I am Handstanding——Wei Xing

I am Handstanding

Wei Xing

I am Handstanding is an interesting video art work. It reminds the audience that they are subject to visual deception. The work uses video technology to give a sense of visual displacement;the reference figure in the image lead the audience to draw
       conclusions about the spatial arrangement without thinking carefully. The audience sees Peng Yu doing a hand-stand against the wall, then, slowly, the hand that is supporting her lifts from the ground, leaving the audience bewildered, thinking that the artist must have used some sort of wiring device. Soon a dog appears on the wall, running across the wall. The artist then suddenly stands up, walk away on the wall, turns off the lights and the video comes to a stop. Only then does the audience
       realize that the artist was merely lying on the ground. Feeling duped, the audience is simultaneously awed by how simple the trick was. Maybe it would have been better for the audience if we didn't reveal the secret, just like not revealing the secret behind a
       magic trick.

我倒立

魏星

我倒立是一个很有趣的录象，轻松明快的告诉观众视觉上被欺骗。作品利用录象制造出视觉空间的错位感，录象中的参照物使人在视觉上不加思索的给出录象中空间位置的判断，观众可以看到彭禹在墙边倒立，慢慢的支撑地面的手离开了地面，这时人们会感到奇异，认为艺术家一定采取了复杂的悬挂措施，很快，一条狗出现在墙面上，在墙面上跑来跑去，仅接着艺术家突然站起来走出墙面，关灯结束。此时，观者恍然大悟，原来艺术家仅仅是躺在地面上而已。观众在觉得简单的同时又隐隐的有一种被欺骗的感觉，也许不揭穿这个错觉对观众更好，就象魔术不要告诉你谜底一样。