https://yenyenjuilaistudio.com 賴妍叡 Yen Yen-Jui Lai Tue, 21 Dec 2021 18:28:24 +0000 https://yenyenjuilaistudio.com en https://yenyenjuilaistudio.com/I-Keep-Swimming-But-Never-Reach-the-Land Mon, 20 Dec 2021 14:42:15 +0000 賴妍叡 Yen Yen-Jui Lai https://yenyenjuilaistudio.com/I-Keep-Swimming-But-Never-Reach-the-Land I Keep Simming But Never Reach the Land 上岸 2016 plaster,speaker,video 30 x 30 x 15 cm <img width="4200" height="2800" width_o="4200" height_o="2800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2b60a303768d92e905dfd6eda240c9136dba4ec6b870220d148cf3f4369ed325/Yen-Jui_Lai_MFA-70.jpg" data-mid="127851519" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2b60a303768d92e905dfd6eda240c9136dba4ec6b870220d148cf3f4369ed325/Yen-Jui_Lai_MFA-70.jpg" /> <img width="3456" height="2304" width_o="3456" height_o="2304" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/469d32cd4c86245b6f149609c43a552e54096dcadf2430e6e1871ae844553b04/33.JPG" data-mid="127851616" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/469d32cd4c86245b6f149609c43a552e54096dcadf2430e6e1871ae844553b04/33.JPG" /> <img width="2816" height="1880" width_o="2816" height_o="1880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/08d5a53fbd8bc4017a2de6191b6a0afd49a9516030d7f682f486d9a3401aa1a3/22.JPG" data-mid="127851612" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/08d5a53fbd8bc4017a2de6191b6a0afd49a9516030d7f682f486d9a3401aa1a3/22.JPG" /> <img width="2816" height="1880" width_o="2816" height_o="1880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f09c135d4a092f9a4f72f26a992b71f8c1e8873060bb2631cdddd17ffc4d3421/36.JPG" data-mid="127997822" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f09c135d4a092f9a4f72f26a992b71f8c1e8873060bb2631cdddd17ffc4d3421/36.JPG" /> <img width="4200" height="2800" width_o="4200" height_o="2800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2a9eb94f0234f1b8b1c0ca735eb8059128cccfc96bcedfca46d96c0745a90d86/Yen-Jui_Lai_MFA-69.jpg" data-mid="127851554" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2a9eb94f0234f1b8b1c0ca735eb8059128cccfc96bcedfca46d96c0745a90d86/Yen-Jui_Lai_MFA-69.jpg" /> <img width="2275" height="1945" width_o="2275" height_o="1945" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5e499548f40f08c5f403ffccfab26cfd1c49afd939ff26dab225e7ed5b1fc996/rrr.jpg" data-mid="127998209" border="0" data-scale="56" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5e499548f40f08c5f403ffccfab26cfd1c49afd939ff26dab225e7ed5b1fc996/rrr.jpg" /> I crossed twelfth time zone to be in New York, and the distance from home seems so far. As an international student, my time in New York is limited. I always face pressure to make the best of my finite time over here. In the spring of 2015, I suddenly had a strong urge to go home after staying here for a long time, but I could not. The loneliness hurt me, so I built an individual theater to share my sadness. I Keep Swimming But Never Reach the Land is a video installation about a swimmer losing his direction in the ocean of time. I created an animation about a swimmer who keeps swimming in the ocean but never reaches the land. The video looks quiet, but it is about struggle. If I stop swimming, I will sink under the waves. We all have helpless and lonely moments in our lives, and it feels like no one can help you to overcome the situations. I built an individual theater in half-spherical shape with a plaster, so only one person can see the video at a time, because this is a very personal and a delicate moment of sadness. There is a speaker hidden inside the plaster, which plays the sound of the ocean with the video. The closed space inside the theater changes the feeling of the sound. It becomes very deep and dark, like a nightmare in your consciousness. https://yenyenjuilaistudio.com/The-Third-Window Mon, 20 Dec 2021 14:42:15 +0000 賴妍叡 Yen Yen-Jui Lai https://yenyenjuilaistudio.com/The-Third-Window The Third Window窗 2014 book, acrylic, and marker. 13 x 19 cm <img width="3456" height="2304" width_o="3456" height_o="2304" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/34faa2121608804906f8d401d19b4d02cd5ddd734988ac8c63a0305efb56f898/_MG_9478.JPG" data-mid="127852221" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/34faa2121608804906f8d401d19b4d02cd5ddd734988ac8c63a0305efb56f898/_MG_9478.JPG" /> <img width="3456" height="2304" width_o="3456" height_o="2304" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/489cde2da832523db0d0fb18d9e1813e1207068d2ac9181f10a149d494447d6b/_MG_9472.JPG" data-mid="127852220" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/489cde2da832523db0d0fb18d9e1813e1207068d2ac9181f10a149d494447d6b/_MG_9472.JPG" /> <img width="3456" height="2304" width_o="3456" height_o="2304" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d8a8765055992986d56a569866f4057787a4b2bab5bf7c8105e894baee51dc0a/_MG_9467.JPG" data-mid="127852219" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d8a8765055992986d56a569866f4057787a4b2bab5bf7c8105e894baee51dc0a/_MG_9467.JPG" /> There is also a desire in my mind to create something, and to tell stories. The desire finally became bigger than my confort zone in 2014, and I decided to leave my island. I remember when I first came to Brooklyn, I asked for a studio with three windows and a lot of sunlight. We need to understand, you cannot get everything you want in life. My studio has a big wall with two windows, but is missing one. The first thing I did in New York was to build a missing window for my studio. Since religion has an impression of brightness and energy, like a sun in my imagination; I found a Christian choral book in an old bookstore, and made it into a window. https://yenyenjuilaistudio.com/Trinity Mon, 20 Dec 2021 14:42:15 +0000 賴妍叡 Yen Yen-Jui Lai https://yenyenjuilaistudio.com/Trinity Trinity 2021 ink, tape, watercolor on paper 23 x 31 cm <img width="14930" height="9559" width_o="14930" height_o="9559" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/927f89acc44914d7d2f507707f562ecbe4e98776ffc6ca8a6ed621685d78d566/210907145355-big-adobeRGB.jpg" data-mid="127855914" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/927f89acc44914d7d2f507707f562ecbe4e98776ffc6ca8a6ed621685d78d566/210907145355-big-adobeRGB.jpg" /> https://yenyenjuilaistudio.com/Foundation-1 Tue, 21 Dec 2021 14:38:21 +0000 賴妍叡 Yen Yen-Jui Lai https://yenyenjuilaistudio.com/Foundation-1 Foundation 2020 ink and colored pencil on paper 18 x 26 cm <img width="6789" height="4479" width_o="6789" height_o="4479" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b9aa20f48a670a4398d35c74e72727100845b4de2bfda1883a48fb808bf82558/2.jpg" data-mid="127931759" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b9aa20f48a670a4398d35c74e72727100845b4de2bfda1883a48fb808bf82558/2.jpg" /><img width="14625" height="14625" width_o="14625" height_o="14625" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bc7d1d389c7923562db610dfe1a223715a571eb03ccd1fbdad506b05f197a0a0/210111105843-big-adobeRGB.jpg" data-mid="127931760" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bc7d1d389c7923562db610dfe1a223715a571eb03ccd1fbdad506b05f197a0a0/210111105843-big-adobeRGB.jpg" /> Foundation II 2021ink and colored pencil on paper18 x 26 cm <img width="7927" height="5442" width_o="7927" height_o="5442" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/733d2806b829bf859931fb0c0a1912c357b369bed4429fddde80842bd508fb32/211220144746-big-adobeRGB_.jpg" data-mid="132458566" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/733d2806b829bf859931fb0c0a1912c357b369bed4429fddde80842bd508fb32/211220144746-big-adobeRGB_.jpg" /> https://yenyenjuilaistudio.com/Stone-House Tue, 21 Dec 2021 13:55:30 +0000 賴妍叡 Yen Yen-Jui Lai https://yenyenjuilaistudio.com/Stone-House Stone House 石屋 2015 pencil on paper 23 x 30 cm <img width="14845" height="11075" width_o="14845" height_o="11075" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aa70153b5ef12ef8cf5aaa10616f40b635aaf8fb39de84924502dae20044dcbc/210907150255-big-adobeRGB.jpg" data-mid="127926907" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aa70153b5ef12ef8cf5aaa10616f40b635aaf8fb39de84924502dae20044dcbc/210907150255-big-adobeRGB.jpg" /> https://yenyenjuilaistudio.com/Foundation Tue, 21 Dec 2021 13:46:52 +0000 賴妍叡 Yen Yen-Jui Lai https://yenyenjuilaistudio.com/Foundation Foundation ( private collection ) 2021 ink, watercolor on paper 20 x 20 cm <img width="11149" height="11292" width_o="11149" height_o="11292" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/91111d1edea8ac08f82ddd0af5ae2db879ce22a69b4d9a73d24f882d2b29e366/210907153815-big-adobeRGB.jpg" data-mid="127924338" border="0" data-scale="64" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/91111d1edea8ac08f82ddd0af5ae2db879ce22a69b4d9a73d24f882d2b29e366/210907153815-big-adobeRGB.jpg" /> Foundation 2021ink, watercolor on paper18 x 26 cm <img width="7901" height="5407" width_o="7901" height_o="5407" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0d0e0b640ecadba8503e98a5960ef0fd76c2487b1139c917e096b1af06ade87a/211220145052-big-adobeRGB_.jpg" data-mid="132236388" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0d0e0b640ecadba8503e98a5960ef0fd76c2487b1139c917e096b1af06ade87a/211220145052-big-adobeRGB_.jpg" /> https://yenyenjuilaistudio.com/True-North Tue, 21 Dec 2021 13:42:32 +0000 賴妍叡 Yen Yen-Jui Lai https://yenyenjuilaistudio.com/True-North True North正北方 2021 ink on paper 23 x 31 cm <img width="14891" height="10933" width_o="14891" height_o="10933" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ecf13a7751269ee571c4a00c51a7b73b62cff1d0e79683702f807b5f6b7f1807/210907150958-big-adobeRGB.jpg" data-mid="127924053" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ecf13a7751269ee571c4a00c51a7b73b62cff1d0e79683702f807b5f6b7f1807/210907150958-big-adobeRGB.jpg" /> <img width="6633" height="4870" width_o="6633" height_o="4870" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/113467b54f587685b39cfa80eca87e74b0ede1c116a2339e2258e075786d0765/210907150958-big-adobeRGB.jpg" data-mid="128095106" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/113467b54f587685b39cfa80eca87e74b0ede1c116a2339e2258e075786d0765/210907150958-big-adobeRGB.jpg" /> https://yenyenjuilaistudio.com/From-Above Tue, 21 Dec 2021 15:10:15 +0000 賴妍叡 Yen Yen-Jui Lai https://yenyenjuilaistudio.com/From-Above From Above 從上面來的 2018 pencil on paper 15 x 10 cm <img width="6935" height="7474" width_o="6935" height_o="7474" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7202c7f531335db7b68cecaa199cc7b8fe484b8d5aecb8c15c4f5813c0a42565/210907164301-big-adobeRGB.jpg" data-mid="127934076" border="0" data-scale="55" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7202c7f531335db7b68cecaa199cc7b8fe484b8d5aecb8c15c4f5813c0a42565/210907164301-big-adobeRGB.jpg" /> https://yenyenjuilaistudio.com/Doors Tue, 21 Dec 2021 13:39:29 +0000 賴妍叡 Yen Yen-Jui Lai https://yenyenjuilaistudio.com/Doors Doors扉 2021 ink, colored pencil on paper 23 x 31 cm <img width="14961" height="11006" width_o="14961" height_o="11006" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5ad0c00f88b21afe92ef2cb7d22801b71ea6d9f5828cfeb1f03e42b507243511/210907151417-big-adobeRGB.jpg" data-mid="127923794" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5ad0c00f88b21afe92ef2cb7d22801b71ea6d9f5828cfeb1f03e42b507243511/210907151417-big-adobeRGB.jpg" /> <img width="5253" height="3864" width_o="5253" height_o="3864" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e35cde6741d938097d9769f8e4554f2bbc5c2d3c78a5e007970bceee273858c2/210907151417-big-adobeRGB.jpg" data-mid="128095309" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e35cde6741d938097d9769f8e4554f2bbc5c2d3c78a5e007970bceee273858c2/210907151417-big-adobeRGB.jpg" /> https://yenyenjuilaistudio.com/Portrait-of-the-Window Tue, 21 Dec 2021 18:28:24 +0000 賴妍叡 Yen Yen-Jui Lai https://yenyenjuilaistudio.com/Portrait-of-the-Window Portrait of the Window 一扇窗的自畫像 2021 ink on paper 20 x 20 cm <img width="5440" height="5420" width_o="5440" height_o="5420" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/35da0d369569949d2d93c7fee5a24853ed551c2a702507e613712d51bb14b4d6/211220151126-big-adobeRGB_.jpg" data-mid="132235448" border="0" data-scale="64" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/35da0d369569949d2d93c7fee5a24853ed551c2a702507e613712d51bb14b4d6/211220151126-big-adobeRGB_.jpg" />