Anonymous
“I dream of a mirror. I see myself with a mask, or I see in the mirror somebody who is me but whom I do not recognize as myself.” – Jorge Luis Borges, 1985
In the series “Anonymous”, Zody Tseng is questioning the reality of self- portrait by employing a scientific self-analysis system for censoring the artist’s self-identity – what is the ability of the self-portrait, and what is the truth hidden behind it?
The sentence “Where is Yu-Ting Tseng?” is being displayed in Braille, which is composed of 70 black and white photographs. These photographs are all the artist’s (Zody Tseng’s) self-portraits – picked from 108 the artist’s headshots that have been taken from angle 0 to angle 360 (every 10 degrees) in high angle, eye level, and low angle.
“Yu-Ting Tseng” is the artist’s real name (Zody Tseng is the artist name), which represents artist’s real inner-self – looking for Yu-Ting Tseng is equal to looking for the truth of the self-portrait. Can a self-portrait unveil the reality hidden behind the photograph, or what is the reality of a self-portrait when it becoming a vehicle to perform, and to create personas? Is the self still the same person when going through the mechanical and technological image-making process?
The body of work invites the viewer to come closer, yet keep the distance when looking through the whole group of photographs. The viewer should pay attention to detect every slight differentiation, and to gather all together for solving the puzzle.
“Anonymous” plays the concept of the ambiguity of self-portrait, trying to construct, deconstruct, and reconstruct the reality of identity. Wondering if the truth of “the self” can be fairly represented when self-portraits are playing roles of myriad personas, performers, and conveyers?
To wander between the ideas of “what you can see” and “what you can read”, the series of work aims to break the cliché of self-expression.
In the series “Anonymous”, Zody Tseng is questioning the reality of self- portrait by employing a scientific self-analysis system for censoring the artist’s self-identity – what is the ability of the self-portrait, and what is the truth hidden behind it?
The sentence “Where is Yu-Ting Tseng?” is being displayed in Braille, which is composed of 70 black and white photographs. These photographs are all the artist’s (Zody Tseng’s) self-portraits – picked from 108 the artist’s headshots that have been taken from angle 0 to angle 360 (every 10 degrees) in high angle, eye level, and low angle.
“Yu-Ting Tseng” is the artist’s real name (Zody Tseng is the artist name), which represents artist’s real inner-self – looking for Yu-Ting Tseng is equal to looking for the truth of the self-portrait. Can a self-portrait unveil the reality hidden behind the photograph, or what is the reality of a self-portrait when it becoming a vehicle to perform, and to create personas? Is the self still the same person when going through the mechanical and technological image-making process?
The body of work invites the viewer to come closer, yet keep the distance when looking through the whole group of photographs. The viewer should pay attention to detect every slight differentiation, and to gather all together for solving the puzzle.
“Anonymous” plays the concept of the ambiguity of self-portrait, trying to construct, deconstruct, and reconstruct the reality of identity. Wondering if the truth of “the self” can be fairly represented when self-portraits are playing roles of myriad personas, performers, and conveyers?
To wander between the ideas of “what you can see” and “what you can read”, the series of work aims to break the cliché of self-expression.
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