Welcome, But No Entry

When Lake Michigan freezes over in winter, Americans living on the southern shore of the lake can walk on the ice to reach Canada on the other side. Many people use this as a shortcut to sneak across the lake, as there is no customs on the other side of the lake, and as long as you can stick to crossing the lake like a migrating bird, you can easily set foot on another country's territory. However, every winter there are people who drown trying to walk on Lake Michigan. Every winter, the waters of the lake are magical, attracting one person after another to try and land on the other side on foot, only to end up at the bottom of the lake.

As an artist who used to live near Lake Michigan, I wanted to express my feelings in a highly romantic but sad way, a red carpet that seems to float literally on the surface of the lake, but in fact will sink to the bottom as soon as I step on it.

The red carpet, a section representing the journey to and from, has a beginning and an end. Lake Michigan, the red carpet spread over the water, the traffic cone placed at the end, body and nobody — all of these elements increase the contradiction between vision and cognition. This double negative form enhances the complex relationship between the form, live and space. Through spatial dislocation and untouchable sign, a conscious and behavior-oriented object, it explores the contradictions and limitations of human vision and cognition.