Zehua Wang

The concept of “The Other Shore” in Buddhism interweaves a timeless world, mostly after death, where people will gain permanent peace and love, to against “This Shore” which means our temporal lives. People in this era are cultivated to have a fast and efficient lifestyle, building up the omnipotent social ego but with rare pure time to percept this moment. I use photography as a therapy, trying to extend the time of this second, to draw the viewers for a timeless memory/dream land, to be “ferried away to the other shore”. This is my gentle protest to this era.

The electric lights over our heads in skyscrapers somehow demonstrates the structure of modern society: fragmented, atomized individuals function together in order. It lights up the working space and enables us to work over the night. Only in this very professionally-divided pattern can we co-operate efficiently. However, individuality is forced to vanished under this silent script.

According to the traditional Chinese medicine concept “Qi”, apart from the flesh, there is a flowing energy moves around our body, being the source of inner harmonious transformation, protecting the body and connecting it with nature. I visualized this dynamic system via photography into 6 human-like figures, trying to make it work like totem and inspires people for self-meditation and self-awareness.