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Death Cards
死亡卡
2021
Archival inkjet print
30 x 25 cm
死亡卡
2021
Archival inkjet print
30 x 25 cm
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In "Death Cards" (2021), I remake death cards issued by Germany. They were distributed mostly in 1945, the final year of World War II. I remove and deconstruct the signs on the uniforms, the text except for the date the soldiers died, and the religious images printed on the cards. "Death Card" attempts to reject the personal information determined by the government and society of their time as well as the history and interpretations made by later generations. I refocus on each individual person who was so close to surviving the war.
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〈死亡卡〉（2021）再製了5張二戰德軍印刷的戰亡紀念卡。藝術家選擇了於1945年過世的士兵紀念卡，其中有兄弟在短時間內陣亡並被印製在同一張、戰爭結束前幾天陣亡的士兵、以及戰爭結束後身故的軍人。除了肖像與死亡日期之外，其他紀念與軍事文字、軍服上的標誌、宗教圖案的人臉與符號皆被抹除或部分更改，並重新依照原物件比例印製。〈死亡卡〉將符號與文字的意義破壞，移除了意識形態並強調個體的人，原物件雖描述死亡，卻也更大的強調了對生命的唏噓：無論是離活過戰爭如此接近，或即使戰爭結束卻仍死去。
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