Grandma's Fridge - Food Re-editing
I turned my attention to my grandma, who played a vital role in my life. After I was born, she moved from the familiar countryside to the city to bring me up. She was stubborn, keen on getting petty advantages, and loved to collect all the useless things in her daily life. She was very ordinary, but her love for me was selfless. Since I moved out, she has lived a solitary life.
The long-term portrait comes from a personal relationship of emotion and trust. I spent three months photographing my grandmother on film and recording some of our daily conversations.Turning the camera on my grandmother took courage for me at first, as I also had to face the reality of my loved one's ageing. I wanted to express my fear of my grandmother's "sudden" ageing and my thoughts on how to take responsibility for my family. Rather than a journey of reconstructing memories, this was a bold rethinking of my own growth.
Ultimately, I chose to take an object from her daily life, the fridge, and make an installation. I mixed the actual and ready-made materials with food images, a microcosm of the older person's current living conditions and habits. Many of the vegetables and fruits had been stored for a long time. Each item was disassembled and photographed, making it an installation of individual works.
Through the re-editing of the various foods accumulated in daily life, the materiality of everyday life and the reality of materiality are presented. With this dense image, the "objects" were spread out. It highlighted the "morbid" obsession of the older generation in storing food and implicitly criticises the neglect of the elderly living alone by their relatives.
At the same time, the porject hopes to draw attention to the elderly who live alone and to discuss and reflect on the general topic of "ageing.". We will all grow old and learn how to cope with loneliness.