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The idea of creating this artwork was obtained by accident: combining a scene from my favorite movie "Green Snake" (1992) and my lamp, a very normal object that I have been using for lighting every day. What has made this particular scene unforgettable for all the audiences is that the mythical, unrealistic and delicate emotional state between the mermaid-like 'White Snake' and the 'Green Snake' which has been portrayed flawlessly by the actresses. Nevertheless, as I was watching the movie and empathized by the out-of-this-world beauty of this movie, the realistic lighting from the lamp alongside the laptop dragged me back to reality, which is how the movie was produced inside a studio with all the artificially made landscapes and lightings as well as the dying youth of the actresses. Hence, I was reminded that when people pursuing beauty, they want it to be completely separated from the daily-life but in fact, beauty is inseparable from the reality a...