Trauma
创伤
Type
Paper Sculpture
纸雕塑
Medium
Abaca paper, Xuan paper, Chinese White Mulberry paper, Chinese grass paper, Japanese kozo paper, gampi paper and mitsumata paper, Chinese kozo paper, ink, charcoal, wood
蕉麻纸、宣纸、中国白桑纸、中国草纸、日本古造纸、干皮纸、三俣纸、中国古造纸、墨水、木炭、木材
Dimension
120cm x 80cm x 10cm (approximately)
Locale
The Body of History
历史的身体
Year
2015
In this early work, I performed like a paper-maker, who mixed a variety of paper materials and text media. The paper inevitably got tightened during the drying process, and some previously embedded wooden strips were like wedges that kept tearing the entire work. In the end, the paper looked like a dried skin, and the three holes within imitated a screaming face.
在这件早期作品里，我化身为纸张制作人，混合了众多纸的材料和文字媒介纸在晾干的过程中不可避免地收紧，事先置入的木条就像楔子不断撕扯着整件作品。最终，纸张像一面风干的皮囊，上面出现的三个破洞又仿佛一张正在呐喊的脸。
If “history” has a body, it might undergo the drying process in this work. My weeks-long making process is like completing a "tribute to ancestors".
如果历史也有身体，可能就像这件作品风干的过程，而自己为期数周的制作更像是在完成一种“致意先人”的行为。