by bing-chi wu
Photography, digital collage, giclée print on Hahnemühle Hemp paper (Edition of 3)
h: 19 w: 27 d: 1 (cms).
The landscape shot from the rocky shore is in the northeast corner of Taiwan, facing Japan. The whale origami looks like it is floating above the sea surface as if approaching and drifting away. The landscape and origami form several analogies, such as natural and artificial, rock and paper shapes, rock faces and geometric elements of the paper sculpture, and reflection on sea waves and different brightness with the granular on paper surfaces. In terms of culture, since Japanese origami profoundly influences the art of origami in the world, origami could be a trans-cultural medium. Both Taiwan and Japan are island countries. Taiwan was once under Japanese rule. As the origami representing Japan combined with the coastal scenery of Taiwan, it is quite a metaphor for political geography. In the natural world, whales are ecological guardians. Whale excrement is an essential nutrient for the growth of various algae, and the carbon dioxide of deceased whales sealed in the seabed can help mitigate climate change. Nevertheless, pollutants from human activities affect whale immune and fertility systems. Some whales die of accidental ingestion of garbage. The noise of ship engines affects the judgment of whales, making them difficult for communicating and hunting. As matters stand, are we still blind to these? In the creative practice, photography is used as a poetic means to freeze time; 'folding' is the creative channel to interact with and transform time; collage could be a method to make time in series. I ultimately use digital collage to merge landscape and origami images and adopt inject-printing to enclose these ideas into a work.
£200
£200 (Unframed.)
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