The cement-paved roads weave a web of maps, recording the trajectories of human lives. The installation of tactile paving, in particular, further confines the walking routes of specific groups within an even narrower scope. Yet, creatures beyond humanity pay no heed to such urban planning—plants defy the odds, scaling walls and emerging through cracks, while animals leave footprints that transcend the modular cement structures, traversing and living parallel to this network, occasionally imprinting their traces, intertwined with the ordinary lives of every person. In creating this new series of works, I have also sought to experience a state of "derailment" during the process—whether by intentionally working off-center in glassblowing, introducing random textures, or by opening "windows" in cement to disrupt its monotony. Through these unfamiliar methods of creation, I aim to break free from conventional creative habits and integrate this exploration into the final expression of the series.
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水泥铺设的道路，编织着一张张网状地图，捕捉了人们的生活轨迹。 特别是盲道的设置，则更加小范围的限定了特定人群的行走路线。而人类以外的生物们并不会在意这些所谓的城市规划，植物们越过围墙 顺着缝隙绝地求生，动物们的足迹跃出模块化的水泥构件之外，穿梭，平行于这张网络生活着，偶尔留下它们的痕迹，交织在每一个人平凡 的生活中。在这次新作品的创作中，我也尝试着在制作过程里去体验“脱离轨道”的状态，不论是在吹制玻璃时故意偏离中心，随机加入机理， 还是在水泥上打开“窗口”，去尝试打破其沉闷的状态。也是希望通过这些自己并不熟悉的制作过程去突破习以为常的创作状态，将其融入到这组作品最终的表达中。
Glass, Cement, Multi-media
玻璃，水泥，综合材料
2024
Photo credit: Puffer Hu
