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
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, devastated yet incredibly resilient, on which three emerged holes 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，满目疮痍却坚韧无比，其上出现的三个破洞仿佛一张正在尖叫的脸。
If "history" had a body, it might resemble this work, carrying within it a process of desiccation.
如果“历史”亦有身体，可能也像这件作品般承载了一段风干的过程。