Shuang Li 李爽

Æther marks the continuation of the artist’s reflection on personal subjectivity and its entanglement with an increasingly immersive and omnipresent online culture. The concept of leakage is an ongoing theme that threads the visuals and the script written by the artist. The work examines how one’s body, desires, and sense of self seep into and become enmeshed in highly mediated and manufactured realities. The artist wishes to focus on the a ective relationships tied to the architecture of information technology and the transformation of images caused by a new division of labour. The camgirl persona has evolved into a 24/7 performative service illuminated by digital screens within this imaginary new world. Highlighting the dissolution of boundaries between work and leisure, leakage becomes an imperfect transmission between physical life and its translation into pixelated objects and virtual backdrops. Rather than being entirely subservient, the artist imagines an intervention into this dialogue between avatars and viewers, mirroring and demonstrating the tension as well as the potential of this new dynamic. Li often draws inspiration from her media studies training to create the vocabulary for her survey into the virtual versus the real, expanding the language of her research to embrace cross-disciplinary collaborations with the 1990 年生於武夷山；現生活並工作於柏林。 Berlin-based music duo LABOUR (Farahnaz Hatam and Colin Hacklander).

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Born in 1990 in Wuyishan. Lives and works in Berlin.

ÆTHER, 2021, Video installation, 12'30", installation dimensions variable. Commissioned by Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, courtesy of Peres Projects, Berlin, and the artist.《 ÆTHER 》，2021 年，錄像裝置，

《Æther》標誌着藝術家對個人主體性的反思，及其與無處不在又令人深陷的網絡文化間的 糾纏 關係。在李爽創作的視覺與文字中，「滲漏」的概念貫穿始終。我們的身體、慾望以及自我 意識都 統統滲入並纏繞進一個高度人造的現實之中。藝術家試圖關注當代勞動分工所造成的資訊 科技結構與圖像編輯，以及它們相互依賴的關係。在電子屏幕的光閃下，視訊女孩在網絡幻想 世界中進化成為一項無休無眠的表演服務。工作與娛樂間逐漸模糊的界限固然不可忽視，「滲漏」 在此將現實生活不甚完美地轉換為像素化物體與虛擬背景。藝術家在作品中的角色 並非 完全被動，她想像介入網絡虛擬化身與觀眾間的對話，反映、闡釋 這一新互動模式的張力以及可能性。李氏常藉助 她在媒體方面的學術訓練來開展她針對 虛擬之於現實的探詢，同時在創作 中與柏林音樂雙人組 LABOUR

SHUANG LI 李爽

（Farahnaz Hatam 與 Colin Hacklander）跨領域

合作，延展自己 研究的語言。

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