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Loneliness -
Visual Language Exploration
This artwork uses a book as a material, intending to explore a visual language of loneliness. The experiment lasted a month. Each week, I took an action to the book: to fold, cut, paint, tear, etc. Then a visual language was abstracted from the actions, which is finally applied to multiple media.
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Process
Step1
I choose a book as a material to explore my visual language. At the first stage, I reshaped the book and observe the book from far to near, both dynamic and static. I found it’s interesting that the book can be seen as a solid whole as well as separate individuals.
Step2
I cut the edge of the book and try to explore the texture of pages other than the texture of the paper. I cut them at equal intervals. I rolled these sequences in different directions or rub them to make them show different textures. At the same time, I rolled the book into different shapes to observe the edges from different angles.
Step3
I fold and rub book pages, then use a brush to paint the wrinkles—different patterns revels. Then, I overlap these pages in various ways to explore other appearances. Also, I cut a part of the book into pieces and try to find patterns in the scatters. I also let the ink splash on the scatter book pages to find patterns.
Step4
Keep exploring in Inks & layers
Step5
Abstract the Visual Language
The book was bought in a period when I was restrained by conventions such as exams, life plans, social expectations, identity bias. The feeling of compression led to a self-enclosed and strong desire to look for a breakthrough. That was an unpleasant memory and I need courage to confront it. When I did the experiment in this artwork, I tried to depict all of the feelings. I hope I can seek an outlet, connect to it and embrace it in the end.
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