honorable mention
Yidan Lu china
title
Parallel Space
My past memories always appear in my dreams in a way that is mixed up with my present life. The fields, the trails in the forest, the reefs in the ocean, and other places that I have played in, continue to extend in the depths of my memory along with my growth. Memories merge with my current life, squeezing out a new dimension. Sometimes I cannot use logic to explain why these dimensions are intertwined in my dreams. They are more like the echo of one world to another, or the friction between lines. These seemingly unrelated landscapes are alternately stacked in the depths of my subconscious in a poetic way.
This is a fine art photography series that shows how the landscape rooted in my memory intersects with my current mood. The different lines are leading the viewer to the scenery outside the picture—the world that is unfolding deep in our hearts.
This series not only reflects my experience of visual memory in my dreams, but also implies that we are not accustomed to the narrow perception beyond physical boundaries which is intrinsically expanded by our minds. A viewfinder limits our view, just like our understanding of the world is limited by our perception. In dreams, it seems that the rules from human society no longer apply. I can finally let go of the imprisonment from the real world and perceive the space beyond intuition.
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entry description
Welcome to parallel space, a place of surreal—but real—existence.My past memories always appear in my dreams in a way that is mixed up with my present life. The fields, the trails in the forest, the reefs in the ocean, and other places that I have played in, continue to extend in the depths of my memory along with my growth. Memories merge with my current life, squeezing out a new dimension. Sometimes I cannot use logic to explain why these dimensions are intertwined in my dreams. They are more like the echo of one world to another, or the friction between lines. These seemingly unrelated landscapes are alternately stacked in the depths of my subconscious in a poetic way.
This is a fine art photography series that shows how the landscape rooted in my memory intersects with my current mood. The different lines are leading the viewer to the scenery outside the picture—the world that is unfolding deep in our hearts.
This series not only reflects my experience of visual memory in my dreams, but also implies that we are not accustomed to the narrow perception beyond physical boundaries which is intrinsically expanded by our minds. A viewfinder limits our view, just like our understanding of the world is limited by our perception. In dreams, it seems that the rules from human society no longer apply. I can finally let go of the imprisonment from the real world and perceive the space beyond intuition.
about the photographer
Yidan Lu was born in China. She graduated in Stage Design in Academia di Brera, Milan, and her second Master’s degree in photography in San Francisco, the United States. Now she based in San Francisco. In her early days, she conducted many exploratory experiments in media, but she believes that photography is a medium that can help her quickly approach “aura”. She likes to repeatedly enhance her perception of objects during the shooting process, leading to the "instant truth". Her work involves topics such as religion, surrealism, spatial boundaries, and mysticism, and she constantly explores the breadth of the current medium. In the meantime, she is also the founder of Tu1Tu, which is an Art public welfare institution and purposes to help Chinese artists gain support from society. At present, this institution has already received the attention and support of the Chinese government and society.back to gallery