II · NIGHTFALL DISQUIET
Enter Chien et Loup
第二章 · 向晚意不适
2017
Terrazzo
Various size
2017
Enter Chien et Loup
第二章 · 向晚意不适
《狗狼暮色》
2017
Terrazzo
Various size
2017
水磨石
尺寸多样
“Entre le Chien et le loup, the hour of magic as stated inancient Hebrew, when ‘one cannot distinguish a dog and a wolf’. Between the
shift of day and night, there’s magic in the eight, nine minutes.” (Zhu Tian-wen)
The cusp of dusk is similar to synchronic overlaps of time. Its transformations, unexpectedly indistinct, dusk warps into anticipation for gatherings and dispersions. Between light and twilight, hope and fear, emptiness and the presence, people tend to merge with their shadows – I become parts and partial to “myself” and “my shadow”. Since the liminal and the transformative are often subtle, it is only through visual comparison would we approach the enigma of ephemerality.
With these notions, the artist drew seven sets of coexisting yet contradictory concepts from literary resources regarding Entre Chien et Loup and transcribed them onto seven terrazzo slates in large-dimension. The intentionally mixed aggregates obscure the viewer’s perception (both for reading and viewing), just as we have to squint our eyes in identifying the dog from the wolf at nightfall.
The cusp of dusk is similar to synchronic overlaps of time. Its transformations, unexpectedly indistinct, dusk warps into anticipation for gatherings and dispersions. Between light and twilight, hope and fear, emptiness and the presence, people tend to merge with their shadows – I become parts and partial to “myself” and “my shadow”. Since the liminal and the transformative are often subtle, it is only through visual comparison would we approach the enigma of ephemerality.
With these notions, the artist drew seven sets of coexisting yet contradictory concepts from literary resources regarding Entre Chien et Loup and transcribed them onto seven terrazzo slates in large-dimension. The intentionally mixed aggregates obscure the viewer’s perception (both for reading and viewing), just as we have to squint our eyes in identifying the dog from the wolf at nightfall.
“啊狗狼暮色，magic hour。希伯来古文云，‘人们无法辨认是狗是狼的时刻’，白日将尽与黑天交替之际，这里有魔术的八、九分钟。”（朱天文）
黄昏时，临界不再表现为边境，而是一种共时的叠加；变形也不再被视为反转，而化身成一轮蠢蠢欲动的聚散。在光与暮光、希望与恐惧、虚空与现身之间的混沌地带，人与影逐渐融合——于是我部分地是“我”、部分地是“我的影子”。由于临界与变形皆太过细微，唯有穷尽目力去比照，才有可能接近这转瞬即逝的秘密。
艺术家由此出发，从相关的文学素材里提取了七组在黄昏时共存但对立的概念，将其转化为巨型的水磨石板。混杂排布的染色石子困扰着观者的“读”/“看”，正如暮霭沉沉时，我们被迫眯起双眼，方能辨认来客是狗或狼。
