Observation Study
Dimensions: 20 x 28 cm each print
6 prints in total
Medium: photopolymer, video projection
In summer 2013, a humpback whale was spotted floating and sleeping in Inside Passage, Alaska. As it sleeps, scientists found that it breathes roughly every three minutes, which differs from the sleeping pattern of humans. Jun was fascinated by the whale’s biological clock, and human’s attempt to study other creatures using a self-centred method by comparing the others against themselves.
A set of six photo-polymer prints was created as hand-drawn, fake documentation indicating the whale’s ‘breath moments’. Meanwhile, a projection of slides of these prints appearing every three minutes is displayed alongside the prints. The viewers have to wait to see the whale, forcing them to experience time in an unfamiliar perspective.
2003年夏天，在阿拉斯加内湾航道一只座头鲸漂浮在水面上睡觉。科学家的观测团队注意到它睡着的时候每三分钟呼吸一次，比游泳时慢了三倍，更不用说和人类相比了。艺术家被这一事实吸引，由此思考自己对于时间的感受：人类时间是一个自我为中心的概念。她想用“人造感”来突出人的视角，通过观察鲸鱼的时间传达一种对时间的不同理解。这系列版画由六个艺术家制作的“鲸鱼呼吸”的瞬间组成。画面质感上，想要达到影像资料档案的效果，选择版大于纸避免了压痕的同时保留了自然的划痕和残留的墨迹，并且在图片下方有手写的时刻点，伪装成一份观察记录。
在系列版画的基础上，其中一张画被替换成一个投影。鲸鱼的影像大约每三分钟出来一次，其余的时间是一片空白。艺术家想要通过这一装置创造“瞬间”和“持续时间”两种体验，并邀请观者体验“三分钟的呼吸间隔”对于人类的感觉。到无论等待与否，观者可以期待着那个与鲸鱼相遇的瞬间。