AM I ALL ALONE HERE? (ENGLISH VERSION)我在這裏一個人孤伶伶嗎? (英文版)
2008
AM I ALL ALONE HERE? is a text-based work showcasing the artist’s signature quick-fire narration flashing on screen against a dramatic soundtrack. With a robotic and oddly calm voice, the protagonist calls for attention as he frenetically bursts out existential questions. As the animation unfolds, his plea triggers our anxieties and evokes a sense of disorientation.
YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES (established South Korea, 1999) combines their own texts with mostly self-composed jazz music into rather simple Flash animations. Avoiding the complications of interactivity, graphics, illustrations, banners, or even colours, these pieces tell stories about everyday life, personal relationships, politics, and the art world. Their funny, witty, sometimes provocative texts formulate a new kind of poetry for the twenty-first century.