#ttm

#TTM is a video work based on internet slang which refers to various kinds of slang used by different people on the Internet. The primary motivation for using a slang unique to the Internet is to ease communication. However, while Internet slang shortcuts save time for the writer, they take two times as long for the reader to understand, according to a study by the University of Tasmania. On the other hand, similar to the use of slang in traditional face-to-face speech or written language, slang on the Internet is often a way of indicating group membership. 

In #TTM-talk to me, the artist uses English internet slang to show a contextless dialogue that seems both familiar and strange to our daily talk. The words or characters are readable, but is with their none directly accessible meaning. The work addresses these differences in the world of digital experience and uses aesthetic means to reflect the communication relationships set in motion by the digital revolution in an internet culture that has become an everyday occurrence.

#TTM 是基于网络用语(英语)的视频作品，其指的是互联网上被广泛使用的简化语言。使用网络用语的主要动机是简化沟通。虽是简化沟通，但也有这样两个有趣的事实，其一，根据塔斯马尼亚大学的一项研究，尽管互联网语快捷键为作者节省了时间， 但它们花的时间却是读者理解的两倍（首先你要把简化的语言翻译成正常的语言，再去理解正常的语言）; 其二，与在传统的面对面对话或书面语言中的口语语言类似，网络用语常是指示出某种社群身份的一种方式。

在 #TTM 作品中，艺术家使用英语网络用语编造了似有似无的上下文的对话，我们对这样的日常对话而既熟悉又陌生。单词或字符虽是可读的， 但组合在一起确无法直接被翻译出。 这样的网络用语恰恰要求使用者是某种默认的社群成员，他们大多是一种数字近亲(digital siblings)，共享着一类社群语言。该作品展现了人们在数字世界与现实世界体验的差异，并使用艺术化语言来反映在互联网文化中已成为日常的数字革命所引发的语言变异。