K1 + U1 = K2 + U2, 2020-21
Pen, gouache, watercolour, ink, pencil, gold leaf on paper 183 x 113 cm When you are stuck in any kind of mental problem, the only person who can get you out, is you yourself. This work deals with this circle of energy, that the things you create are also the things that fill you up again. The heart in the middle is a sea urchin, spikey on the outside, soft and vulnerable on the inside. The swimmer put a golden ball (made with gold leaf) back into the heart. The seal at the bottom left is playing with a plastic octopus toy, which is of course totally wrong, and it fills me with dread to think that my son might not be ready to dive in time for him to enjoy the richness of coral reefs before they go extinct. “I had the thought that maybe when wild animals become extinct, they will simply carry on as existing in our imagination or as cuddly toys (like the dinosaurs)” ( Sally Weintrobe, Psychological Roots of the Climate Crisis: Neoliberal Exceptionalism and the Culture of Uncare) The title is an equation regarding the conservation of energy K1 = initial kinetic energy U1 = initial potential energy K2 = final kinetic energy U2 = final potential energy |
〈K1 + U1 = K2 + U2〉, 2020-21原子筆、不透明水彩、透明水彩、水墨、鉛筆、金箔、紙
183 x 113 cm 當你陷入某種心理問題時,唯一可以幫助自己擺脫困境的人便是自己。這幅作品探討了能量循環──你創造的事物正是讓你感到「滿出來」的事物。位在畫作中間的心臟是顆海膽,牠的外部帶滿了刺,內部卻是柔軟又脆弱。一名游泳的人正將金球(用金色葉子製成的)放回心臟。在畫作左下側有一隻海豹正在玩塑膠製成的章魚玩具(這完全不對!每次想到「當我兒子長大準備好要潛水享受珊瑚礁的豐富性,但它們可能已經滅絕」這件事時,我都感到相當地害怕)。 「我有個想法:也許當野生動物滅絕後,牠們僅會在我們的想像中或是變成可愛的玩具(如恐龍)繼續存在著。」( Sally Weintrobe 《氣候危機下的心理因素根源:新自由主義下的例外主義與漠不關心的文化》) 作品名稱是一套能量保存的公式 K1 = 初始動能 U1 = 初始位能 K2 = 最終動能 U2 = 最終位能 |