“In the illusory city, the imagination of reality exists in old dreams. The streets are like pages filled with writing, roaming around, I am leafing through everything the city wants to tell me. The origins of those thoughts come from my deepest dreams about the city. From dawn to dusk, I thought I understood her entirely, only to realize I had been chasing her shadow. What we call ‘reality’ is merely a projection, just like I can’t find the most authentic flavor which only presences elsewhere.”
All the photos in this “candy” book were taken by Yulin Gu in New York’s Chinatown. The colorful candy wrappers, the semi-transparent images—elsewhere between reality and illusion—have the flavor of nostalgia searching in the dream.
“城市犹如梦境，可以想象到的都存在于旧梦里。放眼打量街道，就像翻阅写满字迹的纸页，城市告诉你所有你应该思索的东西，我好像知道她们的来处，我以为我自己在游览城市，其实却不能了解她的真实面貌。我意识到这是一座影子之城，所有实相，只不过是投影。 就如永远找不到最真实的味道，因为那个味道来自别处。”
这本“糖果书”的照片由艺术家顾宇琳在纽约唐人街拍摄，彩色的糖纸，半透明的图像，真实与虚幻之间是永远在寻找的记忆中的味道。-Publisher
Scroll is housed in a cellophane wrap film.
