《城市 – 亮》
在當代充滿電子資訊及廣吿的互聯時代中，許多地方都變成了全球化國家。尹氏因此選擇於亞洲開展他的攝影之旅，他分別於香港，上海，北京，台北，東京，首爾和新加坡進行拍攝，在這些大都市中他紀錄下夜間城市裡最繁忙而璀璨的街道景觀。
作品切實了藝術家對亞洲社會現實的敏銳觀察。尹氏的創作過程是有條不紊的，他通過多重曝光的技術，覆疊了一張張國際品牌及廣告牌的圖像，作品的細節透露了城市中人與這些品牌相互依存的痕跡，很有力量地揭示了社會中全球化，消費主義及經濟增長的現象。
我們常常停留在幻想和現實之間，生活中亦無法將自己與這些二維圖像分開。我們從照片中線條的交叉結構看見每個城市獨特的風貌，而每個城市都擁有著其獨特性。實際上，當我們看著不同城市的廣告品牌時，我們就能看到每個城市如何互相產生共鳴。無論是好是壞，全球化有著一股力量吸引我們所有人並統一世界每一處。相反，資本主義亦同時摧毀著我們各地的獨特性。在《城市 – 亮》系列中，我們看到每個城市如何的互相交匯。
In today’s interconnected world of information, advertisements and technology, many places have been transformed into global ones. Simon Chi-Chung Wan intentionally worked on the renowned cities of Asia. Shooting respectively in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Taipei, Tokyo, Seoul and Singapore, in these metropolises he played with the night time cityscapes of the busiest and the brightest street of each location.
The work reveals the artist’s acute observations of social realities in Asia. Wan’s construction of his work is methodical. With the use of multiple exposures he overlies images of international brands, advertisements and even traces of city dwellers lives upon each other. The details of these symbolic icons reflect the social phenomena of globalization, consumerism and economic growth.
These resulting images are powerful. We are suspended between fantasy and reality. Our inability to separate ourselves from these two dimensional images comes on and goes. According to the intersecting structures of lines in these photographs, we are able to see the distinctive urban style of each city and so there remains a sense of individual characteristic. In fact, it is only when we find the common features such as brand names, chain stores and celebrities in the advertisements between the locations that we realize what resonates among them. For both better and worst globalization draws upon us all at some point and unifies the people of the world to function together. On the contrary, the impact of the capitalism has also demolished our uniqueness. In City-Glow, we manage to understand Wan’s perspective of how our societies are interchanging at all times, as always.