mirror
Mirror
2017
Glass
134 x 45 x 1cm
Sometimes you can see your own reflection through a piece of glass, and sometimes you do not, which is similar to a daily situation: you can see some comes out and some are not.
There is a term “glass closet” where homosexuals live when they think nobody can tell they are gay, but everybody really knows.
Lyrics from the song “Take a Look Around” by The 2Bears, included in the soundtrack of a gay drama series Looking (Created by Michael Lannan, 2014 - 2015):
”You can stay if you want to“
You can leave if you want to
Make believe if you want to
Is engraved.
It is never an easy decision to be who we are exactly, consider that we live in different countries with different cultures, different constraints (and supports). There are friends of mine facing different struggles in their life everyday regarding their sexual orientation. I would like to use this work to encourage them that no matter what identity you are, in what shape you are, there is always a place (physical/mental) for you to stay.
Sometimes you may feel like there is no one to support you and all you seek is just a "blank" page (as if you look into a transparent glass randomly); one day this glass work broke and transformed into small fragments in the studio accidentally without any disturbance. The work transformed into another format and the this accident added one more poetic element to this work that and for sure one can choose to stay or to leave, and no matter what form and shape you are in, whenever you look into the work under a sunny day, actually god tells you that: you can always stay to live honestly and to shine as the way you are.
And I support you in whatever decision you make. Please stay.
鏡子
2017
玻璃
134 x 45 x 1 厘米
有時候你能在一塊玻璃看到你自己的倒影,有時你則不能,這就如日常生活常見的情況:有時你可看清一些人「出櫃」,有時看不清楚。
中文有一名詞「玻璃櫃」用以形容某些同志以為別人不知道他的性取向,而其實所有人都知道。
刻蝕了同志電視劇“Looking”(由 Michael Lannan 於2014 - 2015創作) 的原創配樂歌曲“Take a Look Around - by The 2Bears”的其中一句歌詞
“You can stay if you want to” (如果想的話你可以留低)
You can leave if you want to (如果想的話你可以離開)
Make believe if you want to (如果想的話你可以假裝)
於作品上。
當考慮到大家各自不同的國藉、文化背景、限制(或支持),其實要確實地做自己並不是一個容易的決定。每天我身邊都有朋友為自己的性取向而感到掙扎。本人希望透過這作品來鼓勵他們,無論你的身份是什麼,你的形狀是什麼,世界上總有一個地方(物理上/心靈上)可以給你留下來的。
有時候你可能會覺得沒有人支持你而你一直找尋的都只是「空白頁」(就好似你隨意看穿一塊透明玻璃一樣);有一天這塊玻璃作品在沒有被騷擾的情況下在工作室意外地倒下,並轉化成一堆細碎的玻璃粒。作品轉換至另一種方式而這意外亦為作品加添了一個詩意的原素,無論你以什麼方式存在,當在陽光之下你看著這作品,其實上帝在告訴著你:你從來都可以以自己的方法閃亮而真誠地過活。
而無論你的決定是什麼,我都會支持。請留下來。
2017
Glass
134 x 45 x 1cm
Sometimes you can see your own reflection through a piece of glass, and sometimes you do not, which is similar to a daily situation: you can see some comes out and some are not.
There is a term “glass closet” where homosexuals live when they think nobody can tell they are gay, but everybody really knows.
Lyrics from the song “Take a Look Around” by The 2Bears, included in the soundtrack of a gay drama series Looking (Created by Michael Lannan, 2014 - 2015):
”You can stay if you want to“
You can leave if you want to
Make believe if you want to
Is engraved.
It is never an easy decision to be who we are exactly, consider that we live in different countries with different cultures, different constraints (and supports). There are friends of mine facing different struggles in their life everyday regarding their sexual orientation. I would like to use this work to encourage them that no matter what identity you are, in what shape you are, there is always a place (physical/mental) for you to stay.
Sometimes you may feel like there is no one to support you and all you seek is just a "blank" page (as if you look into a transparent glass randomly); one day this glass work broke and transformed into small fragments in the studio accidentally without any disturbance. The work transformed into another format and the this accident added one more poetic element to this work that and for sure one can choose to stay or to leave, and no matter what form and shape you are in, whenever you look into the work under a sunny day, actually god tells you that: you can always stay to live honestly and to shine as the way you are.
And I support you in whatever decision you make. Please stay.
鏡子
2017
玻璃
134 x 45 x 1 厘米
有時候你能在一塊玻璃看到你自己的倒影,有時你則不能,這就如日常生活常見的情況:有時你可看清一些人「出櫃」,有時看不清楚。
中文有一名詞「玻璃櫃」用以形容某些同志以為別人不知道他的性取向,而其實所有人都知道。
刻蝕了同志電視劇“Looking”(由 Michael Lannan 於2014 - 2015創作) 的原創配樂歌曲“Take a Look Around - by The 2Bears”的其中一句歌詞
“You can stay if you want to” (如果想的話你可以留低)
You can leave if you want to (如果想的話你可以離開)
Make believe if you want to (如果想的話你可以假裝)
於作品上。
當考慮到大家各自不同的國藉、文化背景、限制(或支持),其實要確實地做自己並不是一個容易的決定。每天我身邊都有朋友為自己的性取向而感到掙扎。本人希望透過這作品來鼓勵他們,無論你的身份是什麼,你的形狀是什麼,世界上總有一個地方(物理上/心靈上)可以給你留下來的。
有時候你可能會覺得沒有人支持你而你一直找尋的都只是「空白頁」(就好似你隨意看穿一塊透明玻璃一樣);有一天這塊玻璃作品在沒有被騷擾的情況下在工作室意外地倒下,並轉化成一堆細碎的玻璃粒。作品轉換至另一種方式而這意外亦為作品加添了一個詩意的原素,無論你以什麼方式存在,當在陽光之下你看著這作品,其實上帝在告訴著你:你從來都可以以自己的方法閃亮而真誠地過活。
而無論你的決定是什麼,我都會支持。請留下來。