Multimedia Installation: Multichannel video, single-channel audio, chiffon fabric, barbed wire, wood
30 minutes
60 x 35 x 14 feet / 1828 x 1067 x 427 cm
2019

Land Escape is a poignant exploration of human migration and movement. The travelers in this installation are caught in a mirage, disoriented by the uprooting, the boundaries, and the passage without fixed ends. The absurdity of their conditions is reflected in the surreal landscape created by projected video, chiffon fabric, and barbed wire, which breaks through the confines of the flat image to invade the shared space between viewer and art.

The animal and human masks worn by the travelers symbolize humanity's innate drive to move, explore, and search for a better life. However, in a world where borders are violently enforced, this natural drive is obstructed by strange new lines, and never quite locks back into place. The migrants in Land Escape experience a breakdown of the natural order, and their journey leads them back to the beginning, leaving no trace of their transit except the eternal looping of their video universe.

Only when the travelers pause for a moment can we catch a glimpse of the human underneath the mask. These are not just tricks of light, but real people with old bodies bent by age and young bodies in pigtails, all compelled to move forward and unable to stop for long. In their pause, they contemplate their journey and understand the unending nature of their path. Land Escape is a thought-provoking artwork that challenges us to reflect on our shared human experience of movement and migration in an increasingly divided world.