Cyberiver
2021
single-channel video
4’39’’
direction, editing, animation
《Cyberiver》試圖呈現社群媒體的‘’給‘’與‘’拿‘’,當今人類在網路上創建各式社交櫥窗,將生活轉為資訊形式上傳,藉此得到更便利的生活順帶獲得自我認同,但上傳的同時網路也正在「下載」你的數據,由此可遙望一股反噬的力量即將到來,無形之手像水一樣滲至各處,交易紀錄、衛星定位,有時滲透到聊天室裡,個人的、非個人的全盤皆收,從此,個資匯集成河無法回收,成為21世紀最大的數位河流,將來由何方掌握不得而知,作者利用《Cyberiver》去攪和對社群媒體及網絡陰謀的想像,嘗試思考對於社群媒體,''個人''為何物。
"Cyberiver" explores the give-and-take dynamic of social media. People create various digital profiles on the internet, turning their lives into data in exchange for convenience and self-identity. However, while we continuously upload information, the internet is simultaneously "downloading" our data. This suggests that a backlash may be imminent. Like an invisible hand, this process seeps everywhere—into transaction records, satellite tracking, and even private chat rooms—collecting both personal and non-personal data. Over time, this stream of data becomes an uncontrollable river, evolving into the largest digital flow of the 21st century, with its control resting in unknown hands.
Through "Cyberiver", the author stirs the imagination around social media's hidden networks and conspiracies, prompting us to question what it means to be an individual in the context of social media.