Peeled 《層層剝落》
A photographic narrative about gendered consumption and the performance of power.
一個關於「被消費的性別」與「權力表演」的攝影敘事。
Peeled is a staged photographic series that critiques the performance of gender, desire, and consumption.
Through symbolic still-life arrangements—bananas, satin gloves, silverware, and velvet curtains this work explores how bodies are stylized, served, and erased under systems of visual pleasure and control.
The absurdity and elegance within each frame invite viewers to question: who is consuming, and who is being consumed?
《層層剝落》是一組精心編排的攝影系列，藉由靜物象徵來批判性別、慾望與消費的表演。
透過香蕉、緞面手套、餐具與天鵝絨布幕等符號性物件的組合，作品探討身體如何在被控制的體制下被塑造、被端上檯面，甚至被剝削。
在荒誕與優雅並存的畫面中，我邀請觀者思考：究竟誰才是消費者？而誰，又正被消費？
Peeled is about the quiet kind of violence we often overlook—desire, consumption, and power.
I use bananas, satin gloves, silverware, and red velvet curtains to stage a scene that feels both elegant and unsettling. Here, the banana is no longer just fruit—it becomes a body, feminized, sexualized, stripped of agency. From whole, to peeled, to sliced, to gone—it mirrors how identity can be reduced to fragments until nothing is left. The satin glove moves with cold elegance, reminding us that touch can be about control, not intimacy.
The red curtain and spotlight turn the images into a performance, or perhaps a voyeuristic ritual. Who holds the knife and fork? Who is watching, and who is being watched? I want the viewer to realize they are part of this act, not just a witness.
At first, the images may seem absurd, even playful. But underneath, I want them to provoke discomfort. Beneath the surface is a critique of how femininity is staged for consumption, of how the body can be turned into a symbol to be judged, erased, or devoured.
For me, photography is a way to expose the systems we’ve been trained to accept without question. Food, sex, power—these symbols shape how we understand bodies and their worth. Peeled is an invitation to look closer, to pause, and to ask what it really means when we consume with our eyes.
Ultimately, this series is about power and intimacy, performance and vulnerability, and how quickly a body can lose its meaning once it is reduced to an object.
《層層剝落》這個系列想談的，是那些隱藏在日常裡的「靜默暴力」——慾望、消費、和權力。
我用香蕉、緞面手套、刀叉和紅色天鵝絨布幕去構成一場看似華麗卻令人不安的戲。香蕉在這裡早已不是水果，而是一個被性化、被消費、甚至被抹去的身體。它從完整，到被剝開、切片，最後消失，就像身份與存在被慢慢切割，最後只剩下殘影。那隻手套優雅卻冰冷，像是在提醒我們——觸碰不一定帶有親密，也可以是操控與物化。
紅色布幕和聚光燈讓整個場景像一場表演，也像一個偷窺的空間。誰在拿刀叉？誰在看？而誰，又成了被看的人？我希望觀者在看這些照片時，也會意識到自己其實正是這場儀式的參與者。
表面上，作品可能帶著一點荒誕和幽默，但我真正想要的是讓人感到不舒服。因為在輕鬆的外表下，隱藏的是對現實的批判——女性如何被訓練去成為一種「可被消費的形象」，身體如何在一場場凝視裡，被剝奪了作為人的完整。
對我來說，攝影是一種揭露的方式。它能把我們習以為常、不曾質疑的系統挖出來。食物、性、權力，這些日常中的符號，不斷形塑我們怎麼理解身體、怎麼評價它的價值。《層層剝落》就是一個邀請——邀請你停下來，看得更深，去質疑我們早已被訓練去接受的東西。
最終，這個系列是關於力量與親密、表演與脆弱，也關於一個身體如何在被化約成符號時，輕易地失去意義。我希望這些影像能提醒我們：不要只是習慣地看，而是要真的去「看見」。