非常感谢

Maria Baoli

Appreciation towards

Maria Baoli

for providing the following description:

万花筒，一个美丽之物的观察器。Maria Baoli借由万花筒的观察美丽之物的本质，展开她自己独一无二的现实场景摄影作品。

Kaleidoscope is a term derived from the Ancient Greek: kalos meaning “beauty”,eidos, which is form and skopeō, “to look to, to examine

” hence “observation of beautiful forms.

一个放在普通环境中的三角镜反射出对面的另外一个现实。同时质疑公共与私人领域的界限。

镜子，在传统上是私密的，比如放在浴室。而这个系列中放在室外的镜子与城市景观发生互动的同时还成为“内”的延伸。

一个简单的对象便改变了空间与氛围。神秘的场景显现在镜中，真实却又虚幻。

In this serie I play with ordinary scenes where a mere mirror invites to enter different realities. It also questions the limits between public and

private spheres: the mirror, an element traditionally belonging to an intimate space- such as the bathroom- is placed outdoors. On one hand

this intervention enables to interact with the urban landscape and on the other hand the reflection on the mirror reveals an extension of the

inside realm. It messes with the viewer’s preconceptions about ordinary places, thus, these spaces are a playground to experiment and

transform the atmosphere with a simple object. Besides,the faces of the models are intentionally hidden, which can help the viewer to be

placed in this enigmatic scene.

如今这个时代到处遍布联网摄像机，我们的公与私之间的形式界限越趋模糊。万花筒系列作品希望能够建立起看与被看的联系。

This age of constant surveillance with cameras and the internet revolution has lead to an invisible line between intimacy and public life.

We are all exposed to hundreds of cameras and somehow these photographs try to establish a dialogue between the viewer/voyeur and the

observed individual.