PORFOLIO MINGHUI MAI


1.THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF SHADOW

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2. 2.DEFINE BY THE FRAME

3.Taste of Thought

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2. 4.THE HAND OF REBIRTH
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5.MYSTERY

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   6.THE MIRROR

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   7.THIS IS A WALL

8.DOOR

9.THREADS OF THE PAST

10.HOUSE AS HEAD

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DOOR
Materials: Video recorded on a mobile phone, digitally edited.

Form: Short Film (Microfilm), Video Installation,2020


The inspiration comes from my growing experience. My parents monitor and control me in the name of love, because I am their private property in their eyes. But for me, this is an act of kidnapping my personal freedom with love. The works take the door as the main line, make transitions through the switch of the door and connect scenes of learning, listening to music, playing games, playing mobile phones, watching TV dramas, sleeping, make up. 
My mother, who didn't appear in the camera,, was taken as the first angle of view, and the conflict was expressed by my action reaction after the prompt or warning sound of her walking and knocking on the door. The works is a nostalgic style with yellow hue, because it shows some memories. At the beginning, the sound of high-heeled shoes hitting the floor was the sound that I was always afraid of. 
The reason why I want to put it at the beginning is to emphasize a paternalistic majesty and the uneasy feeling I felt before the door was opened. The door in this video is a door with its lock core removed. The hole in the lock can facilitate them to supervise whether I am studying or not, and can enter my room at any time. The door has become a symbol of parental authority. 
The exaggerated sound of book turning is the sound I made specially to cater to their hopes, but it is precisely the sound I hate most. Reading blindly suppresses a teenager's pursuit of famous stars, fashion and freedom. Therefore, in my works, it can be seen that the emotions generated by the contradiction between paternalistic pressure and things I like constantly accumulate during the opening and closing of the door and being monitored. In the end, I was angry after being monitored for the endorsement, and closed the door heavily to show the climax of emotions and contradictions. 

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