Zhaoqi Yu

Surplus-enjoyment is a unique concept that explores the relationship between man-made landscapes and non-real spaces, experiential memory and the subconscious. It responds to fears of non-place and mediated space by depicting a space without people but with objects, a liminal space with no concept of time. This is presented through a moving image and game, facilitating an immersive experience that allows the viewer to constantly enter the dream world in order to gain pleasure. As Jacques Lacan's theory of "residual pleasure" suggests, surplus-enjoyment is focused on exploring whether virtual spaces can provide a way to escape or relieve the stresses and difficulties of real life, or whether they can only provide a temporary respite and may even exacerbate existing problems. In the words of the creators of Surplus-enjoyment, "we wanted to explore the idea of creating a space that is both familiar and strange, a place where memory and emotion converge, and where the boundaries between reality and fantasy become blurred". This is achieved through the use of the UE4 engine to recreate the fearful dreams of childhood, interweaving memory and emotion by shaping the inorganic state of pre-life. Ultimately, the concept of surplus-enjoyment highlights the potential for virtual spaces to offer a unique and immersive experience, one that can provide an escape from the stresses of real life and facilitate a sense of pleasure and well-being. However, it also raises important questions about the limitations and potential risks of virtual spaces, and the need to consider real-life solutions alongside virtual ones.

The rabbit is an animal with a great capacity to tolerate pain, even when it breaks a bone, and even when it falls from a height and breaks its internal organs, it does not scream and just waits quietly to die. The rabbit symbolizes people who have been hurt, but do not have the courage or ability to fight back, and violence and oppression are prevalent in society, even verbal or online violence has the ability to hurt others. In Yu Zhaoqi's work, she sees herself as the rabbit in the video, with the carrot symbolizing money, status, or the criteria by which people are categorized by social values. The carrot is both a figurative representation of the rabbit's desires and an instrument of oppression. The sculpted rabbit is forced to be part of the audience as I'm just a little white rabbit, which looks on indifferently at the rabbit being beaten in the video. Yu Zhaoqi states in her own words: "The world's default standards and values oppress me and keep me moving forward, and I don't dare to turn around and talk to the people who are beating me. I don't dare to turn around and confront those who are hammering at me, I don't even know where the road ends. But once in a while I can stop and look around, but the carrots keep knocking at me and I have to wretchedly get up and keep going ......"