The Voyeur
2017
single-channel video
Zheng Nan, The Voyeur, 2017, single-channel video
This work depicts the human psychology of voyeurism, inspired by my flatmate who used to pry into my privacy in various ways, such as deliberately going through my computer files and mobile phone messages. I was disgusted by this behavior, but it made me interested in this kind of mentality of people because, in my observation, I found that most people have this mentality to a greater or lesser extent.
This phenomenon is psychologically explained as being driven by the natural curiosity of humans, and people often gain a sense of pleasure and satisfaction by prying into the privacy of others. Or to get the attention of others, people living in a particular group want to show their status in different ways to satisfy the need to be noticed by the rest of the group. I have used dramatic techniques to amplify the act of voyeurism in the video to show the audience this act.