"Without Pause" resides at DiQiCun, a global art village on a farm and restaurant in Wudi, China in the Shandong Province. Nineteen artists from nine different countries, were invited to live on this farm for five weeks during which they each designed and oversaw building of their own large scale, outdoor sculpture on the farm grounds. The project was sponsored by the Shandong Xin Jiayuan Green Industry Development Co., Ltd. and Wu Di Yi Network Culture Media Co., Ltd. with aims to draw more people to the Wudi village and promote art inspired by the landscape of the country side.
The work "Without Pause" is conceptually inspired by the constant often invisible change that occurs within nature that is out of human's control completely. The white forms on top the poles are inspired by the shape of mushrooms and mycelium, an almost magical natural phenomena. Mycelium is the fiber from which mushrooms grow, it exists within soil and connects all mushrooms in an area through this fascinating fiber. Mycelium is the largest organism in the world and grows in places in the soil in which other plants cannot penetrate. I believe this material is a great metaphor for the world- no matter where we live in this vast world, we are all fundamentally connected in being human- we all love, we all have happiness and sadness in our lives and we can prosper in the most difficult conditions. Additionally we are all effected by nature whether we can acknowledge it or not. When the wind hits these forms they turn according to the direction the wind is blowing. Wind itself, is possibly the most mysterious element being that it has no form and is only visible when it interacts with other objects. This work gives shape to the invisible forces of nature that move us all.
I believe it is important to acknowledge all the people who helped see this project to fruition. This work could not have been created without the help of the translator Yun Lee who helped me convey my vision to the directors and all the people who worked on this is Wudi and Beijing. A special thanks to the workers who dug the holes and poured the concrete, and made fun of my terrible Chinese as they welded the fiberglass forms onto the poles and the fiberglass technicians in Beijing who patiently made my oddly shaped forms come to life and welcomed all my amazement and questions when I visited this factory. The process of creating this work was truly humbling and I learned so much. An essay explaining more about the process and experience building such a big work will be posted soon.
Materials: Fiberglass, metal poles, cement.
Read more about the project and see the other artist's work here:
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The work "Without Pause" is conceptually inspired by the constant often invisible change that occurs within nature that is out of human's control completely. The white forms on top the poles are inspired by the shape of mushrooms and mycelium, an almost magical natural phenomena. Mycelium is the fiber from which mushrooms grow, it exists within soil and connects all mushrooms in an area through this fascinating fiber. Mycelium is the largest organism in the world and grows in places in the soil in which other plants cannot penetrate. I believe this material is a great metaphor for the world- no matter where we live in this vast world, we are all fundamentally connected in being human- we all love, we all have happiness and sadness in our lives and we can prosper in the most difficult conditions. Additionally we are all effected by nature whether we can acknowledge it or not. When the wind hits these forms they turn according to the direction the wind is blowing. Wind itself, is possibly the most mysterious element being that it has no form and is only visible when it interacts with other objects. This work gives shape to the invisible forces of nature that move us all.
I believe it is important to acknowledge all the people who helped see this project to fruition. This work could not have been created without the help of the translator Yun Lee who helped me convey my vision to the directors and all the people who worked on this is Wudi and Beijing. A special thanks to the workers who dug the holes and poured the concrete, and made fun of my terrible Chinese as they welded the fiberglass forms onto the poles and the fiberglass technicians in Beijing who patiently made my oddly shaped forms come to life and welcomed all my amazement and questions when I visited this factory. The process of creating this work was truly humbling and I learned so much. An essay explaining more about the process and experience building such a big work will be posted soon.
Materials: Fiberglass, metal poles, cement.
Read more about the project and see the other artist's work here:
http://www.cenews.com.cn/xzb_3498/xzblbxw/201711/t20171108_856905.html?from=groupmessage&isappinstalled=0#10006-weixin-1-52626-6b3bffd01fdde4900130bc5a2751b6d1
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