默童 Timothy

Most of the works depict an era that has never been experienced. Through his keen deconstruction and extension of historical images, those forgotten social moments are presented to the viewer like a dream. In a sense, these images are a collective subconscious reflection that has unknowingly seeped into the minds of every generation.

The series of works "Collective Memory" revolves around the theme of "collective memory", synthesizing the memory of a generation into a relatively stable fragment. Viewers can find similar images in their memory. For group members who cannot experience the "past", collective memory is the basic source of their ethnic identity. Collective memory is not equal to history. It transcends the narrative of historical situations and has been internalized into the thoughts, wisdom, and ideas of an ethnic group or a generation. Values, cultural identity, and spiritual markers that distinguish one from other ethnic groups. If people construct a collective memory, it largely depends on current ideas, interests, and expectations.