Welcome Refugees
It is a color video, accompanied by natural background sound, of passengers in Venice both inhabitants and tourists. During the eight minutes of the video, you always see the words on the wall 'refugees welcome' and passersby pass by the wall at the same time appearing the shadows of the passersby who passed by earlier.
The shadows of the passers-by can present the history, because from the first day that this city Venice existed, there were tourists and inhabitants. At the same time they can also present the future, because no matter how many years go by, there will always be tourists and inhabitants in this city. That is, in this video you can see the history, the now and the future together. First in Venice there is a protest to react to the new policy of the Venetian government that all tourists have to buy tickets to visit Venice. The theme of the protest is 'tourists go home, refugees welcome'. Like the Biennale theme 'May you live in interesting time' which came from an ancient Chinese curse, it has a counter sense. I made this video to discuss the relationship between refugees and tourists. Who has the authority to define refugee and tourists?
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