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

The Black Shop

11 Caledonian Road

London N1 9DX

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Parallel Site at Space House

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The Black Shop

11 Caledonian Road

London N1 9DX

Visit Our

Parallel Site at Space House

2025 ® Wedge

The Black Shop

11 Caledonian Road

London N1 9DX

Visit Our

Parallel Site at Space House

2025 ® Wedge