My Way Home is Through You by Shuang Li | 2024

My Way Home is Through You video installation, 4:25 min, 2023

Exhibited in the Group show "A Cosmic Movie Camera" at Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement 2024 at Centre d’Art Contemporain Geneve from 24 Januray - 16 May, 2024.

The work "My Way Home Is Through You" centers on a stock image featuring a castle that was included in a family photo album the artist, Shuang Li, had while growing up in China.

After moving to Geneva, she encountered the castle by chance and discovered that the building pictured in the stock image turned out to be a juvenile prison. In the video, a young Chinese actor delivers a text written by the artist that intertwines themes of incarceration and the ubiquitous nature of stock imagery. As the video unfolds, it explores the collapsing boundaries of time and distance. It delves into the gaps and voids created by global circulation systems, offering a reflection on the complexities of nostalgia, homesickness, and entrapment.