{"id":1379,"date":"2016-03-16T02:34:06","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T06:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/?p=1379"},"modified":"2016-03-16T12:30:29","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T16:30:29","slug":"flawless-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/?p=1379","title":{"rendered":"Flawless Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chang1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chang1.jpg\" alt=\"chang1\" width=\"100%\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chang1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chang1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sim Chang, a Taiwanese artist interested in photography and human disconnect, released a series of works in 2010-2014 entitled &#8220;Flawless Love.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chang2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chang2.jpg\" alt=\"chang2\" width=\"100%\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chang2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chang2-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chang&#8217;s work utilizes Japanese anime culture, juxtaposed by tradition and modern technology.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chan3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chan3.jpg\" alt=\"chan3\" width=\"100%\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chan3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chan3-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>iPads replace self and turn into a faux reality. Chang&#8217;s work questions our perception of the world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chang4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chang4.jpg\" alt=\"chang4\" width=\"100%\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chang4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chang4-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>How do we express our identity as an individual? As a culture?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chang5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chang5-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"chang5\" width=\"100%\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chang5-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chang5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chang5.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At what point do we consider something seductive to be grotesque?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chang6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chang6-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"chang6\" width=\"100%\"class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chang6-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chang6-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chang6.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What does it mean to feel safe? Fear of confrontation, imagination derived from the avoidance of problems.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chang7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chang7.jpg\" alt=\"chang7\" width=\"70%\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chang7.jpg 527w, https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chang7-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Screen Generation interprets life from second-hand, online experience. Limited by convenience.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chang8.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chang8.jpg\" alt=\"chang8\" width=\"100%\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chang8.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/chang8-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chang writes: &#8220;Falling in love with their own imaginations may be a much more beautiful truth than reality.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Spectacle Entry by Elizabeth von Kaenel.<br \/>\nSim Chang&#8217;s work can be seen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractionmagazinejapan.com\/cn24\/cn112\/pg1051.html\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/simchang.see.me\/\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sim3000\/collections\/72157632242506881\/\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sim Chang, a Taiwanese artist interested in photography and human disconnect, released a series of works in 2010-2014 entitled &#8220;Flawless Love.&#8221; Chang&#8217;s work utilizes Japanese anime culture, juxtaposed by tradition and modern technology. iPads replace self and turn into a faux reality. Chang&#8217;s work questions our perception of the world. How do we express our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1379"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1379"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1413,"href":"https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1379\/revisions\/1413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surfingthespectacle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}