2025
Video Installation
Collaborate with:
Binyang Xu, Wenbo Li, Yumeng Li
In today's social media ecosystem, information dissemination is no longer just the presentation of facts—it has become a theatrical performance. Within this "social media theatre," information is packaged into stories, dramas, or narratives designed to provoke emotional reactions, quickly dominating the language of digital discourse. But how does this emotionally charged social language serve as a key tool for shaping public opinion while simultaneously blurring the line between reality and fiction?
We compare social media to a vast stage where everyone plays a “role” in an ongoing performance, seeking attention through eccentric, exaggerated, or even absurd behavior. These actions establish an unspoken set of collective performance rules, compelling individuals to conform to the expectations of their “audience.” Through this “social media theatre,” users are not only encouraged to perform but are also gradually conditioned, becoming part of the structured digital order.
We created a social media theater that combines digital video with a vintage theater installation, dramatising how social media compels indivisuals to exaggerate their personas for attention, provoking critical reflectiong on digital identity distortion and performative culture online.
在当今的社交媒体生态系统中，信息传播已不再仅仅是事实的呈现——它已演变为一场戏剧表演。在这座“社交媒体剧场”里，信息被包装成故事、戏剧或叙事，旨在引发情感反应，迅速主导数字话语的语言体系。然而，这种充满情感色彩的社交语言如何既成为塑造舆论的关键工具，又同时模糊了现实与虚构的界限？
我们将社交媒体比作广阔的舞台，每个人都在持续上演的剧目中扮演“角色”，通过怪诞、夸张甚至荒谬的行为博取关注。这些举动构筑起一套潜规则式的集体表演规范，迫使个体迎合“观众”的期待。在这座“社交媒体剧场”中，用户不仅被鼓励表演，更逐渐被塑造成结构化数字秩序的一部分。
我们打造了一座融合数字影像与复古剧场装置的社交媒体剧场，戏剧化呈现社交媒体如何驱使个体夸大自我形象以博取关注，从而引发对数字身份扭曲与网络表演文化的批判性反思。
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