Projects
- GatewayInteractive video installation 60 x 80cm A fast paced video of layered, abstracted crowds of people is played on a screen concealed behind a door. The flickering of light from the video when the door is closed tempts the viewer to look inside. It encourages the viewer to physically interact with the work. Sound is activated by a switch when the door is opened to surprise and confront the participant. The triggering of audio when the door is opened emphasises the actual gesture of opening and closing the door. Through this installation, the door is explored as a symbol of human control. The door simultaneously isolates and connects spaces acting as a physical barrier, but more importantly as a psychological one. The psychological symbolism of the door manifests within language, films, and art forms. "Behind closed doors", "as one door closes another opens", "doors of opportunity" are common sayings within language. Literature and films often use open and closed doors to reflect a characters emotional and psychological situations. Whether a character is trapped behind a closed door, or can not gain access into a space because of a closed door, it gives us the sense of their lack of control. Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights makes use of such symbolism throughout the novel; while the protagonist in Orson Welles' film The Trial, based on Franz Kafka's novel, is helplessly being pushed and pulled through various doors while being locked behind others. Doors can often be observed as portals. The main character in the film American Beauty passes through the threshold of a door into his own dream. Children's films such as Narnia and Monsters Inc. are centred around the idea portals, which suggests that the understanding of the language of doors begins at a young age. This installation is only a small representation of some of my thought processes revolving around the powerful symbolism and language of the door.
- DisconnectedAt home, we stare at screens all day. We watch films and scroll through the internet experiencing things through the digital world rather than going out and interacting with the ‘real’ world. When we do go out, we either stare at our phones to avoid ‘awkward’ moments when we do not want to speak to someone at a bus stop, in a waiting room, in an elevator. We isolate ourselves through our digital devices, to distance ourselves from the increasing density of people around us. Although I also want to express our attachment to these digital devices, my main aim is to contrast the image on the device with the real subject. Keeping the image on the device in focus and the real subject in the background to express how we experience the world through a screen - the device is a barrier between us and the experience of reality. Disconnected series developed when I went on holiday with my family and I realised I had fallen into the same trap as everyone else. I had queued up to get up close to a Da Vinci painting and took a few snaps with my camera. As I walked away, I was overwhelmed with frustration: I could not recall what the painting was of! Even though I looked at the painting through my camera, the information had not been absorbed. From then on I became very wary of what I chose to take photographs of. I made a commitment not to take photos of art works, landmarks, monuments or anything touristy. I would stop to appreciate and engage with the objects directly. I relied on the belief that if something were really that important to me, it would leave an impact on my memory. Instead, I began documenting other peoples’ mindless habits of photographing.
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Work history
Sales Assistant
Customer service orientated store. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills required to build up relationships with customers.
- Designated key-holder; trusted with the responsibility of opening and closing the shop
- Practice one-on-one customer service; emphasis on actively listening and really getting to know the customer in order to find the perfect running shoe that suits them
- Actively greet customers and maintain a level of conversation during their store visit
- Maximise sales at every opportunity without compromising customer satisfaction
- Learn product knowledge in order to provide accurate and useful information to customers
- Operate tills and handling financial transactions
Sales Assistant
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Working as part of a team in a sales driven, fast paced retail environment, with a focus on delivering outstanding customer service. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills required to build up relationships with customers.
- Actively greet customers and maintain a level of conversation during their store visit
- Operate tills and handling financial transactions
- Maximise sales at every opportunity, meeting sales targets
- Maintain superb visual standards within the store
- Deal with all customer complaints in a professional and courteous manner
- Ensure all Health & Safety procedures are effectively carried out
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Skills
- Fine Art
- Multi-media Artist
- Digital Photography
- Adobe Muse
- Adobe Indesign Photoshop
- Premiere Pro
Education
Fine Art
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International Baccalaureate
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29 points: Math HL, Physics HL, Art HL, Economics SL, English SL, Chinese SL, Theory of Knowledge in Art
Awards
BA(hons) Fine Art
University West of England, Bristol
International Baccalaureate
29 points, Chinese International School, Hong Kong
http://www.cis.edu.hk/