2013
Installation
Machetes and mirrors
80 (H) x 100 (W) x 100 (D) cm
創見資訊股份有限公司,台北,台灣 典藏
The artist composed this installation by assembling common Taiwanese knives into a shape resembling a childhood puzzle piece, similar to a Lego. Every time this work is installed, the pieces are combined in a different fashion, producing a different sculptural shape that reflects the life stage and mood of the artist himself. Taking a domestic object as its base, the work represents the artist’s unstable idea of “home.”
這件作品運用同年的組合玩具概念，我試圖將各式各樣組合的形態轉換經驗，或生活階段性的變化。作品也會不斷的依著時間，空間而改變，隨著生活經驗，去建構一個可能的立體狀態。物件的重複構成了每天日常生活的循環，誰也無法擺脫。而物件本質帶有傷害的特性，也是藝術家面對現實生活經驗的自嘲。
《同心圓-小屋》作品，透過刀子的任意組合，亦反映創作者自身對家的狀態。一種不穩定的生活與心理的狀態。刀子的組成在堆疊中會有傷害自身的危險，必須透過組裝演練才能完整將之組合起來。組構的過程，正如同建立一個“家”的概念，反映了我在生活中，面對生活的態度，也如同年記憶中，以玩巧拼遊戲的方式完成，《同心圓-小屋》正是在每一個階段的心境下，隨著思考及經驗的不同，也隨之變化。
I have started to use everyday objects in my artworks since 2011. I kept seeking inspiration from commodities in daily life. By bringing in life experiences and imagination, I made installations by abandoning the originally practical functions of objects.
The idea of this artwork came from an incident. Upon cutting myself when I cooked, I saw my inner self mirrored in the blood and realized the reality of life I’m confronting. People are always in pursuit of better material life under social disciplines in a competitive society. To me, there is just a thin line between a beautiful life and a non-beautiful life. In the artwork, I deploy a concept of resembling toys inspired by childhood memory. I try to transform experiences of various life modes and in life stages into creating. The artwork changes based on time, space, and living experiences. The repetitious objects in the artwork represent daily routines, which no human can avoid in the reality. The dangerous quality of the objects reveals the artist’s self-mocking.
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