Long-focus Videographer

The work was shot in Chongqing where Yu Guo lives. The artist utilises a camera with 8000mm digital zoom to capture the farthest objects that lens could reach. Because of the refraction of air and the limit of distance, the images that taken from kilometres away becomes blurred. Yu Guo continually adjusts the focal length in the process of shooting. Then, these unclear and ambiguous objects are inserted into the original or different video clips by re-editing or a collaging way. Through the misplacement of vision and the transformation of context, the original information and reference split in the images. Yu Guo attempts to interrogate the physical distance between himself and object, the relationship between subject and object in the video, and then re-examine the individual relationship and psychological distance in real life.

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China Gate

China Gate

2011

Little Feet

Little Feet

2006

The Hog’s Dice Legend of Saint Egg

The Hog’s Dice Legend of Saint Egg

2018

Under the Split Light

Under the Split Light

2011

SCAR

SCAR

2015

WILD GRASS

WILD GRASS

2017

WHO IS MY LORD

WHO IS MY LORD

2017

MAGUEY

MAGUEY

2016

THE CROCODILE WITHOUT A TAIL

THE CROCODILE WITHOUT A TAIL

2022

The Temple

The Temple

2013

SMOKE

SMOKE

2009

On the Way to the Sea

On the Way to the Sea

2010

Midu

Midu

2019

The Gone Buddha

The Gone Buddha

2018

Waiting for God

Waiting for God

2012

Fear and Trembling

2009

Church Cinema

Church Cinema

2009

The Yukou Paper

The Yukou Paper

2009

Born Wasted

Born Wasted

2017

Singing on the Construction Site

2019