Arts Thread

As society races ahead in tech and industry, I find myself adrift in an era marked by relentless efficiency and velocity. This constant forward motion has instilled in me a fear of time’s relentless march. In confronting the walls of my temporal cage, I use this project to seek a new perspective of looking at time.Through personal journey and observation, I have come to understand that it is within nature’s rhythms and cycles that our perception of time shapes and sharpens, revealing the true tempo of existence. By capturing the essence of natural phenomena—whether it’s the quiet strength of dead trees or constant movement of ocean waves—I seek to represent the myriad faces of time itself. This is not just a rebellion against the measurement of time as mere units but an invitation to witness time as a phenomenon of natural evolution. Reflecting on my Chinese background, I delved into my research from the Chinese traditional concept WuXing (five elements) : is used across various fields to explain a wide range of phenomena such as cosmic cycles. In order to pronounce these five elements, I explored my ceramic language through different glaze recipes, texture techniques and various firing processes. Each block presents a different duration but without a number revealing. My goal is to let the audience perceive the duration of each block through their senses, rather than me telling a specific number. Let this project be a gateway to a renewed understanding of time, where each moment is not counted but lived, and time itself becomes a space for contemplation, connection, and liberation from the confines of our self-imposed cages.