Jiatong Cao
For You (为你）
'For You' is an experimental video artwork series including three moving images with soundtrack and voiceover:
'Painful Telephone Booth（痛苦电话亭）', 'The Red Silk Scarf（红丝巾)' and 'Looking for Fireworks（寻找烟花）' are three videos that explore the self-salvation of women in love.
We can live on carbon dioxide as long as there is love.
Painful Telephone Booth（痛苦电话亭）- an advertisement promoting a new JIATONG Health Products Co.Ltd product called 'Painful Telephone Booth' is a fantasy product that never existed. It advertises that as you make a phone call to Painful Telephone Booth you will forget anything that makes you unhappy.
The Red Silk Scarf（红丝巾）- exploring Chinese women's love outlook in the 1960s. It's a true story based on my grandmother's relationship with her mother-in-law (my grandfather's mother).
Looking for Fireworks（寻找烟花）- is about my own view of love. The video presents the idea of salvation in love and the pursuit of love from the perspective of ecofeminism. 'Fireworks' is a metaphor for love, and the moment of blooming symbolises the perception of love.
