Breathe
Nov 2022 — Dec 2022


The project revolves around a traditional Tibetan painting from my hometown, the thangka. The thangka visualizes the central Buddhist idea of emptiness - "All natural things have birth and death, there is no eternal existence. Only one's own nature is eternal." Thangka expresses the nature of eternal existence by painting natural elements in their most perfect state of stillness, giving the symbolic meaning of "eternity" to perfect things.

I distort the life process of the natural elements to visualize the "moment". It forms a dichotomy with "eternity". To show the flowing state of the soul conveyed by the thangka. By relying on digital technology to create dynamic patterns, and using wax to turn the patterns into solids. The final projection is a combination of digital projection and physical performance to show the beauty of the "moment" from birth to dissipation of matter. It conveys a sense of Buddhist feeling.

Handmade pure white candles by incorporating smoky lines into floral shapes. The beautiful, flowing form and the burning candle together demonstrate the flow of life through life and death. Pure white flowers bloom in the darkness with dots of colour from the light and melt away as they burn.

Contact.

Email:xiaochenge19@gmail.com

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