Bigger on the inside, 2019
Gouache, watercolour, acrylic on paper 183 x 140 cm⠀ This mixed media work on paper deals with notions of escapism into nature, climate change denial and eco grief. The work uses decalcomania, a technique often used by Max Ernst in the early 1900’s, providing an accidental starting point on which I can react instinctively, using gouache, watercolour, and ink. The resulting work is a fictitious coral, inspired on corals seen off the coast of Taiwan where I often go snorkelling. The coral has elements which resemble parts of the human body, celebrating nature and how intertwined human life is with it. As the coral reefs are dying and our planet is overheating, in the corner of the reef is a woman simultaneously becoming a part of this world and is hiding from it all, in climate change denial or eco depression. The title of the work is borrowed from the British television series Dr Who, where the “tardis” is a magical time traveling police phone box, which can travel through space and time to save the world and many other planets, and it’s much “bigger on the inside”. With the title I refer to the fact that although coral reefs only take up less than 1% of the ocean floors, they support over 25% of all marine life and half a billion people’s lives are dependent on coral ecosystems. The title also reflects the hope that somehow we can turn back time and still save planet earth.⠀⠀ |
〈內心比較大〉, 2019
不透明水彩、透明水彩、壓克力、紙 183 x 140 cm 這幅使用混合媒材的紙上作品探討逃避主義與自然的關係、全球暖化否定說以及氣候悲痛期(對環境破壞或氣候變化造成的損失的心理反應),並使用馬克思·恩斯特在二十世紀初期經常使用的轉印技術(decalcomania)。透過這個技法,我得以使用透明水彩、透明水彩與墨水憑著直覺下筆創作,繪出虛構的珊瑚,繪出我在台灣沿海浮潛時所獲得的創作靈感。畫作中的珊瑚與人體有些相似之處,頌揚大自然以及人類與自然密不可分的關係。正當珊瑚礁在逐漸消亡、地球持續過熱之時, 在礁石一處有名女性同時成為這個世界的一部分。她躲藏起來,不願面對全球暖化否定說或是生態憂鬱症。 作品的名稱借自英國電視劇《超時空奇俠》。劇中有個叫 Tardis 的警察電話亭,它能夠穿越時間與空間拯救世界與其他星球,而且「它裡面比較大」(《超時空奇俠》的經典台詞之一)。 藉由這個名稱,我想點出儘管珊瑚佔整個海底面積不足 1%,卻孕育著超過 25% 的海洋生物,維持五億人的生活。此外,〈內心比較大〉同時反映了人類的希冀──時光倒流好以拯救地球。 |