Chan Oi Yan graduated from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Australia with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, majoring in Photography. During her studies, her work was selected for the Taipei International Photography Festival and exhibited at the Pingyao International Photography Festival. In 2023, she was chosen by her academy to participate as one of the exhibitors at Fine Art Asia. Additionally, a foreign collector acquired one of her works from the ancient tree photography exhibition organised by the Madame Mei Women’s Association.
“/imagine prompt Home”
The concept of an ideal home varies profoundly from person to person, even among family members who’ve shared the same spaces and experiences. From childhood to the present, my home has remained untouched by renovation, prompting conversations with my parents and sister about our visions off that elusive dream renovation.
In this exploration, I sought to uncover each of our ideals by asking my family members to describe their ideal residences. I then synthesised these visions into a singular directive, inputting our collective thoughts into artificial intelligence (AI) to generate imagery. The resulting photographs, printed instantly, masquerade as spontaneous captures of the present moment.
Additionally, I employed both a traditional instant camera and a digital camera to document our living spaces—the living room, kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom. The final exhibition interweaves AI-generated instant images with those taken in reality, revealing the distinct truths brought forth by big data and tangible experience.
This work also explores the relationship between memory and images through conversations with family: virtual images generated by real commands, while the so-called virtual is indeed the family’s association with home. The illusion in reality and the reality in illusion are interlinked.
Equipment
Camera: Fuji X-Pro 3 , Fujifilm instax SQUARE Link