Parallel

During the quarantine period of the epidemic, they stayed at home every day. Life at home is even more peaceful than usual. But this tranquility is in great contrast to the world of messages on mobile phones. In addition to the overwhelming news about the epidemic, there were also continuous wildfires in Australia, political turmoil in other countries, locust disasters and so on... All these news passed Images and images are displayed in front of our eyes through the screen. In Susan Sontag’s "About the Pain of Others", there is also a deep discussion about this. The book mentions that when people look at these images, they have very subtle emotions, sympathy, powerlessness, and A little voyeuristic feeling. The important thing is how we think when we watch. Now this experience of watching the suffering in the distance has been integrated into our daily life. These images are so deeply integrated into our daily life that we are almost used to them. The time and space distance between us and these "disasters in the distance" seems to have been erased, but in fact we can easily turn off the screen and switch to mobile games. So at this moment, we see the images of these distant disasters, what is left behind and what it means.