房间里的月亮 The Moon In My Room
摄影、灯箱片 /Photograph
与霓虹灯群组毗邻的灯箱作品〈房间里的月亮〉，起因于某年中秋，北京因雾霾之害而无法赏月，卢征远于是上网搜寻「月圆」图象，然后关掉室内照明对着计算机屏幕，用手机拍下了这张「一轮明月在天，一支手机作伴」的露馅照片，他以此戏写了网络世代透过虚拟自我满足的另一种过节庆经验，也凸显了两种现实相冲或互补的各种「语境」关系—来自生活现实的缺憾，可以从虚拟现实中予以补偿，但终究只是一种替代……
Located near the neon lights is the light box piece, The Moon in My Room. The piece was inspired by heavy smog in Beijing during Mid-Autumn Festival one year, with the moon completely out of sight due to the haze. Lu then found an image of a full moon on the Internet and captured an image of the moon on his computer screen with his cellular phone and with the lights switched off in his room, resulting in this photograph showcasing the moon brightly in the sky and accompanied by the glare of his phone. This is the artist’s satirical way of expressing how the internet generation goes about celebrating the holiday through simulating self complacency. The artwork also focuses on the two sets of conflicting or complementary realities with different contextual relationships, reflecting on the notion that perhaps life’s deficiencies can be compensated in virtual reality; However, it is ultimately just a form of substitution…