Hangzhou Triennial of Fiber Art 2022
Eine Auswahl von Werken mit Informationen. 18. Okt. - 4. Dez. 2022, China. Thema: Being Theoria. Chefkurator: Liu Tian und Kuratorenteam. 62 Künstlerinnen, Künstler und Gruppen.
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Left:
You Are a Circle, Expanding (So Below). 2021
Video, 7:40 min
You Are a Circle, Expanding consists of a rotating device and a slow-motion video, which are placed on opposite sides of a large black structure. As two sides of the same structure, they respond to the phrase “as above, so below” at both macro and micro levels.
Stars circle the night sky around the rotational axis of Earth. If you capture their motion through time-lapse photography, you’ll get numerous concentric circles—“as above”. Touch the water with the tip of your finger, just short of breaking the surface. If you capture the droplets falling in slow motion, the ripples will turn into numerous concentric circles—“so below”.
Right:
The Nearest Labyrinth to the Sky II. 2020
Wool, mixed silk
280 × 210 × 2cm
Juxtaposing the biological (the pattern of cranial sutures) with the astrological (the natal chart), the artist responds to the interpretation of our relationship with the universe in mystical doctrines with her own exploration of the relationship between body and mind. The cranial sutures, which are flexible during infancy, would gradually fuse as the body grows and leave behind a unique pattern on the skull, just like the natal chart that records the position of the stars at the moment of one’s birth. These maps are born out of our first breath; they contain the original elements of our life’s stories, and they develop with us through time (as the cranial sutures close and the energy of the stars is activated). The mystery of this inner duality makes it hard to comprehend until we have completed our life’s journey. Until that moment (if it’s not too late), the maps will always be above us: carved into the flesh and blood of our skull, hanging in the starlit sky.
© Photo, text: Hangzhou Triennial of Fiber Art
Eine Auswahl von Werken mit Informationen. 18. Okt. - 4. Dez. 2022, China. Thema: Being Theoria. Chefkurator: Liu Tian und Kuratorenteam. 62 Künstlerinnen, Künstler und Gruppen.