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Lost in the Mirror

HD | B&W | sound | 9min03s | 2020

American sociologist Charles Horton Cooley put forward the "looking-glass self" theory in On Self and Social Organization to propose that self-knowledge is formed mainly through social interactions with others, and to teach us that society is a mirror that reflects the self. Inspired by my experience with Cooley's theory, Lost In the Mirror explore the state of recognizing one's self-image amidst the collective unconsciousness that exists in our modern society.

Direct/Script/ProduceZhouyi Ye
PerformanceJiaying Ma, Lan Shen, Zhouyi Ye