Moths at the beginning of the century
Synopsis
In the era of forced cultivation there is a proverb that says “When a person walks further east (Java), the more sugar cane he will see”.
Artist Profile
Kang Le
Kang Le, born in Taiwan, with majors in law and philosophy, is a self-taught visual creator. Taking the society in which he lives as the subject, he captures symbolized time and space as well as individuals that serve as microcosms of historical and cultural lineages. His themes touch on the movements and confluence of groups of people, yet without assuming or inferring their situations or tastes.
Credits
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| Director | Kang Le |
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Director's Statement
What is photography? Creating meaningful imagery? Presenting the world as it is? In this video, I position photographs as objects of viewing. By constantly disrupting the distances and balance between the viewer and the objects, I revert “artistic” photography to piles of photographs, without meaning, sensibility, or values, as something rushing toward the viewer from the other side. In so doing, I challenge the systems of imagery constructed with history.
