
作品:空無一墨
作品透過簡約的形象及視覺傳達,表現「無中生有」的箇中意義及精神。
創作概念是以一幅純白色畫卷象徵任何的創作個體、媒介;並以透明光膠效果呈現董陽孜老師《九無一有》系列當中四幅「無」字作品的形象。反常的「繪畫」方法比喻創作時該盡量處於「無」的狀態,敢於放下、撇除一些流水式、合理化的想法及作業模式。
創作人要不斷挑戰界限,尋找「無礙」的自由層面;創作人要努力建立「互動」,與其他媒介保持商議的空間,是為「無間」;創作人要嘗試站於不同的角度觀察、思考及解構自己的提案,才有更多創新的可能性,追求「無涯」的探索空間;創作人還要撇除某程度上的「固然」及「熟練」,才能夠開拓出「無盡」的發展及思考空間。《空無一墨》象徵著於有限的客觀條件內,盡量追尋潛在的發展空間。
Work: “No-th-Ink-ness”
This is a work reflecting the idea of “making something out of nothing or nothingness” in an environment of fusing ancient art with contemporary visual culture. The nothingness becomes something through a creative process starting with the ink brush strokes by calligraphy master, Tong Yang-tse and the spirit of her work “X beyond O: Calligraphy-Sign-Space”.
The creative concept is manifested on a pure white scroll which symbolises any creative medium and creative individual. The concept of “nothingness” or “void” in four of the works from the “Nine Voids and One Existence” series by calligrapher Tong Yang-tse is exemplified through the effect of transparency in a piece of plastic optical fibre. “Abnormal” painting and writing methods are metaphors for the importance for entering a state of “nothingness” while creating, in which one is bold and creative enough to let go and rid oneself of mundane and commonplace, reasonable and sensible ways of thinking and creating.
A creator has to challenge boundaries all the time, seeking a realm of “no hindrance”; has to establish “interaction” incessantly, encouraging discussions and allowing “no gap” between himself and other media; he has to see things from various and more perspectives, ponder and re-examine on his own premises in order to create a “boundless” space for exploration and endless innovative possibilities; he also has to discard the concepts of “certainty” or “skilled” to a certain degree so as to open up an infinite and “inexhaustible” space for imagination and development. “No-th-Ink-ness” symbolises the infinite potential of developing something out of some limited conditions and the endless possibilities of creating something out of nothing or nothingness.
