Certainty of Fluidity

Title: Certainty of Fluidity

2022, 1.4x1.7x0.2m

Degradable biomaterial/ oyster shell + branch

Trapped in a family religious dispute, the artist reflects on the significance and functions of faith and concludes that the ultimate goal is to deal with the tragedy of death, unjustifiable sufferings, and the vindication of dogmas.

Unlike traditional amulets, which lose their power when exposed to water, the bio-degradable amulet made of oyster shell reflects the artist’s oceanic identity, a symbol of the ever-renewing of life and death. It demonstrates how the artist gradually defines a fluid certainty in water and how she deals with the fear of death with faith in water.

作品以牡蛎、树枝等可降解生物材料为媒介，阐述水体是如何作为信仰之泉去对抗生命中的不确定性和命运终极问题。我出生于港口城市宁波，逐水而居。受困于家庭宗教信仰的矛盾以及自我身份认同的缺失，我回到水体之中，以流动的异质性重新寻找信仰和自我的归属地。母亲每年都会为我求各种护身符，且叮嘱不可碰水，否则就会失去庇护的神力。而我反其道而行，以可降解的、脆弱的、刚好符合我与母亲体型大小的生物护身符，向自然力量致敬，体认流动的、非单向的生死循环和自然神性。愿潮水能将我的祈福送回我的家人身旁。