렛 차이 (Rhett Tsai), <악을 유혹하기 (Luring Bad)> (2026)

3채널 4K 디지털 렌더링 영상 / 컬러 / 사운드 중국 푸젠성 어장의 집어등 빛이 만들어내는 초현실적 풍경을 CGI 기술로 재구축한다. 인공의 초록빛이 바다와 하늘의 경계를 허무는 가운데, 어부와 운전자라는 두 인물의 꿈을 병치하여 주체와 대상의 구분을 해체한다. 본작은 아시아에 대한 역사적·인위적 이미지 소비 방식에 의문을 제기하며, 현실이 미디어에 의해 해체되고 재포장되는 문화적 현상을 비판적으로 고찰한다. 인물들의 코 고는 소리와 기술적 구성 요소의 결합은 현대 아시아의 지오폴리틱스와 문화적 정체성 사이의 긴장을 가시화한다.

Rhett Tsai, Luring Bad (2026)

Three-channel 4K digital rendered video / Color / Sound (2 × Stereo 2.0 + 1 × Silent), 3 videos - 10:12, 15:41, 04:33

Luring Bad (失钓) is an experimental CGI animation that can also be presented as a three-channel video installation. The project presents a green dreamscape produced by artificial light from squid fishing, inspired by real fishing grounds along the Huangqi Peninsula in Fujian, China, which are dubbed the “Fujian Aurora (福建极光村)” on China’s social media platform RedNote (小红书). This fishing-light technique is widely used across Asian waters. It illuminates coastal waters and skies, spans regional boundaries, and blurs distinctions between human, nonhuman, and island landscapes.

Drawing on my field research at the Huangqi Peninsula, the fishing grounds are digitally reconstructed. The protagonist, modeled on a fisherman I observed (via the virtual avatar of artist Guangli Liu), inhabits two intertwined dream sequences: a driver snores while crossing a sea bridge, and a fisherman dozes while scrolling short videos amid the green-lit squid catch. Each dreams of being the other, dissolving the distinction between dreamer and dreamed.

Luring Bad conveys concern, doubt, sorrow, and helplessness toward historical and artificially constructed images of Asia. It seeks a critical perspective beyond the spectacle of green light, reflecting on a cultural present where realities are dissected, repackaged, and transformed. By juxtaposing snoring with green light, and embedding vocabulary from Yoshimi Takeuchi alongside leftist compositions by Yellow Magic Orchestra, it explores enduring tensions in contemporary Asian geopolitics and cultural identity