Sunday, November 18, 2007

14QK展覽


展覽很厲害,只用了10天時間籌備。楊陽一鼓作氣說我們要做一點事情,連場地也沒有,材料資助是$0蚊的情況下,即時召集到2、30個designers artists參與,我想可能大家也覺得作為創作人要出點聲。多個artists 的作品是新作,大家日以繼夜趕工完成。昨天開幕所見,作品一點也不賴。題材方面不限於14K,有些是關於64、97、南京、東京大屠殺。阿Luke, 林嵐的作品叫人忍唆不已。朋友都說以為我會做些激D的作品,我答此時無招勝有招嘛。雖然沒有甚麼宣傳,只有明報和SCMP刊登了消息。開幕也有很多人來,4,50人擠滿 gallery和馬路。很開心Para/site能辦這類緊貼本地文化的作品。

My work for《藝術回應拾肆個QK》多人展

《藝術回應拾肆個QK》多人展
November 17-24, 2007 at 4:00pm
上環普仁街四號地下Para/Site藝術空間 Para/Site Art Space, G/F, 4 Po Yan Street

我的作品題目:
14K
2007
100cm x 70 cm
07年11月,因家居設計物件店有「拾肆K」字樣的T恤出售,被警方大舉搜查並逮捕了店員和設計師。店主強調設計只是一個玩笑,並無意製作黑社會物品。

事件令我想起兩個概念:一個是Gestalt理論,這個理論的基本概念是,我們看東西,必須要同時看這東西的脈絡,才能得到一個較整全的概念。單看14K或許可以簡單看成是一個社團的名字,但若看它是怎樣被製造,怎樣被使用,在那種情況下出現,那14K的意義便有可能只是一個玩笑,一個足金含量的稱號,14000的代號或只是一個門牌。

另一個是符號學(Semiotics)的概念,符號由能指(signifier)和所指(signified)組成。若套用現在的例子,能指是14K,所指可以是社團名稱、門牌或數字代號。能指和所指並沒有必然的關係。符號在文化中的定義可以是歧義、不定和多變的,並容許再創造。

基於以上的理解,加上作一個藝術工作者,我用多個14K作材料創造了一個抽象的圖像。圖像隨心構成,邊看邊砌,並沒有特定的意義指向,希望可以藉此開拓一個較廣闊的想像空間並引發更多14K的新定義。

In November 2007, the Hong Kong Police searched branches of a design product shop and arrested shopkeepers and the designer of T-shirts that printed with Chinese words ‘14K’. Owner of the shop emphasized that this was only a joke and the shop has no intention to manufacture any product connected with the triad society.

This event made me think of 2 theories. One is Gestalt theory. The basic idea of this theory is that we have to see things in their own context. Then we can have a better perception of the things. We should not just see part of the things. If we simply look at ‘14K’, we could think of the name of the triad society. If we see it with its context, it can be a joke, 14000 or just a doorplate.

Another theory is Semiotics. The component of a sign consists of signifier and signified. If we use 14K as an example, the ‘signifier’ is 14K, and the ‘signified’ can be the name of a triad society, the sign of a number or a doorplate. The signifier and the signified have no essential relationship. Sign nowadays can have a lot of meanings. It is not fixed and it is changeable. Its meanings can be recreated.

According to my understanding, and as an artist, I use “14K” to create an abstract painting. I did it spontaneously and automatically. The image does not carry any specific meaning. It can be many things or it can be nothing. The aim is to open up the imaginary space and generate new meanings for the sign ‘ 14K’.

Friday, November 2, 2007

護膚2

最近天氣乾燥,少不免要搽一點lotion。有一次,覺得自己下巴很油,於是用洗臉膏洗了一次臉。說不用護膚品,還是用了一次半次。這樣彈性一點,也沒所謂。但我發覺自己原來有一些很儍的想法。不用護膚品,好像失去了盼望,失去了改善肌膚的朌望。當然,我立刻糾正自己,自己中廣告毒太深了,用那麼多護膚品這麼多年,皮膚也好不到那裡去。