2011
Perception
This piece is an exploration of perception.
When you wear it, the object seems to be made of hard-to-define parts. But when you look into a mirror, a specific angle shows a reflection of yourself wearing a crown and holding an orb and cross. Through your own eyes, you see success, power, and the heavy weight of responsibility.
Yet, this image exists only in your mind. To an outside observer, through the light and shadow, they see birds resting on you—light, free, and ready to fly away. This specific angle gives the image a fleeting feel.
I want to express that when we look at the same thing from different angles and through different mediums, new possibilities always emerge.
The viewer completes this art piece. Rather than standing by as an observer, you are invited to experience it directly in the first person.
During the exhibition, I was happy to see people find even more in the piece. I designed two main characters, but some people found out a third or fourth image in their minds, and some saw nothing at all. I loved every answer—it showed that people were beginning to explore beyond their usual boundaries of perception.
Material & Technique:
Crafted from nylon using 3D Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) technology. I consciously chose not to give it a fine jewellry finish, intentionally keeping it hard to define.
橫看成嶺側成峰，遠近高低各不同，不識廬山真面目，只緣身在此山中。 -蘇軾
這是一個討論”認知“的作品
當你戴上作品時，作品本身是由一些難以定義的構件組成；但透過你的眼睛，透過鏡子這個媒介，在某個特定角度下，你隱約看到了自己正戴著王冠手拿十字聖球，在你的眼裡透過虛的反射你看到自己很有成就很有權力，負荷著責任的重量，但這其實只存在你的眼睛裡認知裡，在旁人的眼中，透過光影這個媒介，看到的卻是一隻隻的鳥兒停在你身上，輕盈且自由自在，像是隨時腳一蹬就會飛走了。
特定角度的設定也給影像一種若隱若現、稍縱即逝的感覺。
我嘗試傳達，對於同一件事物，當你從不同的角度、透過不同的介質，去認識它的時候，還有不同的可能性。
觀者是讓這個作品完整的很重要的部份，設定中希望觀者是第一人稱的參與其中，身歷其境的感受，而非站在一旁的第三者。
展覽時印象很深刻的是，這個物件我提供了兩個可能性，但很開心有人在大腦裡看到第三個第四個東西，也有人說他什麼也沒看到，這個答案我也覺得很好，因為大家開始更多的探索原本認知框框外的世界了。
材質是尼龍，使用3D列印中的雷射燒結(SLS)技術；選擇不將作品做精細的表面處理，不做一般認知珠寶定義下的拋修，有意識的使其維持在一個難以定義的狀態。