Abstract
Light Art, Installation with Multiple Video Projections 光影裝置
I’m a bit overwhelmed by Hong Kong in recent years with its distortions – the absurd political situation, the unstable social order, the unjust human rights situation, the problematic value system and the complex identities of the citizens. The media are all screaming and I am maladapting to all these with the hope that I won’t collapse. I wonder if the direction of my artistic practice would be lost if I lose myself, or whether a profound investigation of such confusion is in fact the meaning of art. With all these in mind, I decided to start this art project “Distortions”.
Eventually, with the passage of time and the development of the project, the focus shifted from the effects of distortion to the dynamic flow and motion in artistic expression. Later on, for the Chinese work title, I decided to use a Chinese idiom instead of a direct translation. “Winding Water, Floating Cups” - this refers to a type of cultural activity in ancient China, where the literati gathered along a winding water path for drinking and cultural exchange. They took their wine with wooden cups floating on the water. This was a tradition to get rid of bad luck. Maybe that is exactly what I need at this moment.
This work includes two parts:
-Maladaptive Self
-Traffic of Thoughts
近年，甚有活著難咽之感。面對一層層的壓抑變形─自我、倫理、認知、權力、社會秩序，外往內壓又內匯成體。這曲面迷陣令我消沉迷惘，自身的壓抑滲入創作。作品的英文名稱(Distortions)是較先定立的，後來作品漸以成形，創作心態亦有些改變，「扭曲」這翻譯已不盡傳神，故借用了中國古時的「曲水流觴」為題。流觴是木製酒杯，浮於宛曲流水，於文人雅聚，作飲酒交流，以化解不祥。也許這一道以柔制剛，美善交流，正是我當下所需要的。
此作品分為兩部份,《望我》及《我望》
I’m a bit overwhelmed by Hong Kong in recent years with its distortions – the absurd political situation, the unstable social order, the unjust human rights situation, the problematic value system and the complex identities of the citizens. The media are all screaming and I am maladapting to all these with the hope that I won’t collapse. I wonder if the direction of my artistic practice would be lost if I lose myself, or whether a profound investigation of such confusion is in fact the meaning of art. With all these in mind, I decided to start this art project “Distortions”.
Eventually, with the passage of time and the development of the project, the focus shifted from the effects of distortion to the dynamic flow and motion in artistic expression. Later on, for the Chinese work title, I decided to use a Chinese idiom instead of a direct translation. “Winding Water, Floating Cups” - this refers to a type of cultural activity in ancient China, where the literati gathered along a winding water path for drinking and cultural exchange. They took their wine with wooden cups floating on the water. This was a tradition to get rid of bad luck. Maybe that is exactly what I need at this moment.
This work includes two parts:
-Maladaptive Self
-Traffic of Thoughts
近年，甚有活著難咽之感。面對一層層的壓抑變形─自我、倫理、認知、權力、社會秩序，外往內壓又內匯成體。這曲面迷陣令我消沉迷惘，自身的壓抑滲入創作。作品的英文名稱(Distortions)是較先定立的，後來作品漸以成形，創作心態亦有些改變，「扭曲」這翻譯已不盡傳神，故借用了中國古時的「曲水流觴」為題。流觴是木製酒杯，浮於宛曲流水，於文人雅聚，作飲酒交流，以化解不祥。也許這一道以柔制剛，美善交流，正是我當下所需要的。
此作品分為兩部份,《望我》及《我望》
| Original language | English |
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| Media of output | Installation |
| Publication status | Published - Aug 2016 |