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        希望可以保留作品與個人生命經驗和生活日常之間的關聯，首先從觸手可及的材料比如生活用品或者批量生產的工業製品中獲取所需要的元件或參照，再經過解構、重組或拼貼，建立一個自我運作的系統。近年的實踐中常用到計算機編程、時序機制和擴聲系統，將前述材料組裝成一個自我激發的、生成式的、有機的整體。這些被創造出來的有機體，幾乎都會發出聲音。由於聲音在非理想真空環境中無法躲避 ，這些空氣里的漣漪或固體內的振蕩會波及到空間中的所有觀察者。材料和結構造成的或者數字程序自生的聲音就像一顆顆不同形狀、不同尺寸投入湖中的石頭。通常人依靠光來識別、體驗、記錄曾經身處的時空，而聲音也許是另一種維度的入侵式的具身體驗。創造這樣或別樣的聲景體驗，是當下進行中的創造性實踐之一。
與這個木盒面對面大約兩個月的時間，最終為著未來有可能發生的迭代而決定捨棄那些永久的結構性破壞，嘗試盡可能保留其最原始外貌的同時，構建內部組織：借助物件運動和聲響，創造一個半封閉的內在空間，週期性地和外部空間進行信息交換。創作過程中大概有幾個畫面在腦海中一再閃過：生活過的居所，聽過的粵語流行歌，遊玩過的電子遊戲，徒步路過的山林湖海，無數晝夜交替...... 似靈魂出竅後回頭窺探，看這道半掩的黃色大門裡那枚一直準備升空的火箭。
展覽現場錄像 ✴︎ YouTube         My works seek to remain closely connected to personal experience and the textures of everyday life. It begins with materials that are easily accessible, household objects or mass-produced industrial products, used as components or roots of reference. Through processes of deconstruction, reconfiguration, and collage, these elements are assembled into a self-operating system. In recent practice, computer programming, temporal mechanisms, and sound reinforcement systems have frequently been employed, allowing these materials to coalesce into a self-exciting, generative, and organic whole.
These constructed organisms almost invariably emit sound, which cannot evade its surroundings in a non-ideal, non-vacuum environment, the ripples in the air or vibrations transmitted through solid matter inevitably reach every observer within the space. Sounds produced by material structures or generated autonomously through digital processes resemble stones of varying shapes and sizes cast into a lake. While humans often rely on light to perceive, experience, and document the time and space they inhabit, sound may constitute another dimension—an invasive, embodied mode of perception. The creation of such soundscapes, or alternative modes of sonic experience, remains an ongoing creative pursuit.
Spending nearly two months facing this wooden box, a decision was ultimately made to abandon any form of irreversible structural intervention, allowing room for potential future iterations. While preserving its original outward appearance as much as possible, an internal organization was constructed instead. Through the movement of objects and the emergence of sound, a semi-enclosed inner space is formed, periodically exchanging information with the external environment.
Throughout the process, certain images repeatedly surfaced: places once lived in, Cantonese pop songs once heard, video games once played, forests, lakes, and seas passed on foot, countless cycles of day and night. It is as if, after a moment of disembodiment, one turns back to glimpse a half-open doorway, behind which a rocket stands, always poised for launch.
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