Uncut — Grow in Silence

Project statement / English

In this project, I use my long hair as both a personal symbol and a site of resistance against social discipline. Through photographing the interactions between my hair and everyday objects, I explore how a once-regulated physical trait transforms into a silent form of defiance. Drawing on Michel Foucault's theory of bodily discipline and Roland Barthes' ideas on the symbolic nature of everyday objects, the project reflects on how external appearances are socially constructed and internalized. By presenting long hair not as a mere aesthetic choice but as a historical trace of identity formation, I seek to examine the tensions between social conformity and personal autonomy within the frameworks that govern our bodies.

项目介绍 / 中文

头发缓慢生长，也把时间留在身体之上。在这个项目里，我把自己的长发视为一种个人记号，也将它作为抵抗社会规训的所在。镜头记录头发与日常物件的相遇，也记录一种曾被规范的身体特征，如何在沉默中长成自己的姿态。

关于身体规训的思考，以及日常物件所承载的象征意义，构成了作品的另一层线索。长发对我而言不只是审美选择，它也留下了身份形成的痕迹。在那些规定身体应当如何出现的框架之中，我想看见社会顺从与个人自主之间，始终没有消失的张力。