OPD3 - Galaxies

maoshu (53049903)

No.175

Name: Galaxies

Artistic statement: 

There may be millions of invisible worlds just around us or far from us in distant galaxies. When we are looking into the sky, just like the paper doll in the box, and only limited space can be seen. So can you imagine that we are also in an analogue “dark box” ?

Actually, I intend to make an abstract world which is analogue to the world we are living in, which can make the audience think deeply about how we are live and the death, as well as the vast infinity of time in the past and future.

OPD#2

I decided to change my idea of making an album because I think to be displayed in an exhibition, a flat surface work cannot attract viewers much and I just came up a new idea of a small installation.

As I have searched about the definitions of ANALOGUE, I will still choose the most common one of it: something that is analogous or similar to something else.

I will put a round glass tank which is full of soil in the box. Inside the soil, I will bury some historical or typical things in the world, which can be seen a little outside of the tank. And a paper man is standing on the soli, looking at the “sky”, which is looking at the viewers too.

 

So the box can be seen as a world itself which is an analogue of the world we are living in. When the paper man in the tank looking at us, it just like sometimes we may look at the sky and think about what the outer space would be.

I believe that we are not the only intelligent life in the space and there may be infinite “boxes” in the world. I just create one by myself, to suggest the viewers the infinite possibilities of the other world may just around us. We will never be the only one.

I have searched a lot about the installation art work, but I didn`t find one that`s similar to mine. I found that most of them are far more abstract than mine, and I wondered that if it means my work was too obvious for art.

And I found some works whose theme is also about the world.

http://www.galerieursmeile.com/artists/artists/ai-weiwei/world-map-2006/workdetail.html

This one uses map to show the vast land of our earth. While I use the more detailed things such as soil, grass or something else.

  

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/20/dasha-zhukova-gallery-moscow 

And this one also use clutter to express the theme.

OPD 1

Some definition of ANALOGUE from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/

1: something that is analogous or similar to something else

2: an organ or part similar in function to an organ or part of another animal or plant but different in structure and origin

3usually analog : a chemical compound that is structurally similar to another but differs slightly in composition (as in the replacement of one atom by an atom of a different element or in the presence of a particular functional group)

4: a food product made by combining a less expensive food (as soybeans or whitefish) with additives to give the appearance and taste of a more expensive food (as beef or crab)

I chose the first meaning because it makes me think of our lives, which are common but so attractive.

I have two ways which are combined in my ISP to show the theme ‘analogue’.

There are many analogous experience in everybody`s life because we are living in the same world. The story of my album told by my paintings and words is about some common experience and feelings in our daily life. As the Bible said,’ There is nothing new under the sun.’ I want to show that as time passes, all kinds of happiness and sorrow can be quite similar to all people.

What`s more, my story will be presented in an analogous way. I plan to spell some key words of our experience with the things which can express the analogous meanings as the words.

The overall arrangement of my album:

 Some draft of the comic: