Paris Archive
Paris Archive is a digital performance exploring dislocation of time, memory, and place through virtual travel. By reconstructing an imagined journey to Paris entirely within Google Street View, the project captures fragmented, distorted images revealing the tension between material reality and mediated simulation. Presented as “travel logs” on social media, the work creates a recursive loop where virtual experience shapes collective perception. The glitches and misalignments in images metaphorically convey the instability of digital memory, blurring boundaries between object and image, presence and projection. Audience reactions ranged from genuine belief in the virtual journey to deep engagement sparked by recognizing the intentional flaws. Some viewers initially mistook the trip for reality, while others gradually uncovered the layered narrative through the glitches—resulting in unexpected dialogue and reflection on how digital mediation shapes our sense of place and identity. Paris Archive invites viewers to question the reliability of memory and the porous boundaries between reality and representation in a digitally saturated world.
Artist
Yilun Liu
MEDIUM
Mixed Media Installation
Year
2025
dimensions
26 x 21 x 5 cm