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Project Information
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Name:
Three
Year:
2013
Location:
Auckland, New Zealand
Institution:
Taylors College
Supervisor:
Jane Ridall - Hamish Taylor
Author:
Boyuan Cao (Matthew)
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Three (2013) Three Topics:
Time - Mask - Tree Three References:
Salvador Dalí - Edvard Munch - Bill Hammond Three Worlds:
Heaven - Earth - Hell
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Melting clock iterations in three shapes and colours
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TIME “Time doesn’t have shape, time flows, decomposes and reconstructs.”
In this topic, I referenced Salvador Dalí’s work – “The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory - 1954”. This topic analyses the melting characteristic of Dalí’s clock and the notion of clock/time deforms and deconstructed into particles.
The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory - 1954 By Salvador Dalí’
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Melting clock hanging on a tree branch
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Melting clock hanging on a tree branch in details
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Clock painted on canvas, hanging on a tree branch
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Mask iterations in three shapes, colour combinations, and patterns
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MASK “Behind every mask, there inhabited the legend of a memory, together they mark the trail of time.”
In this topic, I referenced Edvard Munch’s work – “The Scream - 1895”. This topic analyses the notion of flow/distortion created by the strokes that are distinguished in colour and weight, narrating a fragment of memory.
The Scream - 1895 By Edvard Munch
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“A MASK IS BORN FROM A PADDLE OF TIME”
“A MASK IS CRAWLING UP”
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“A MASK IS BRANCHING”
“MORE MASKS ARE BORN”
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Trees iterations in three groups
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TREE “It grows, it spreads, it feeds on its past and branches out its future.”
In this topic, I referenced Bill Hammond’s work – “Fall of Icarus - 1995”. This topic analyses the dripping effect of the art piece, similar to the roots of a tree reaching deep down under and the spirit of a tree climbing into the sky in front of the vast landscape. It showcases both processes of development and sedimentation.
Fall of Icarus - 1995 By Bill Hammond
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“A MASK IS SMOKING IN FRONT OF A DRIPPING VEIL WHILE VINES ARE CLIMBING THE DRIPPING TRAIL”
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“A MASK IS WEEPING IN FRONT OF A DRIPPING VEIL WHILE HER SISTERS ARE CLIMBING THE DRIPPING TRAIL”
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“A MASK WITH A TWIG TAIL IN FRONT OF A DRIPPING VEIL WHILE VINES ARE CLIMBING THE DRIPPING TRAIL”
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“A MASK WITH BEARD OF VINES IN FRONT OF A DRIPPING VEIL WHILE THE DRIPPING TRAILS ARE GORWING TWIG TAILS”
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“A MASK IS VAPORIZING IN FRONT OF A DRIPPING VEIL WHILE TREES ARE BRANCHING BEHIND THE DRIPPING TRAIL”
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“A TREE IS BRANCHING IN FRONT OF A DRIPPING VEIL WHILE VINES ARE CLIMBING THE DRIPPING TRAIL”
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Painted masks hovering in the woods
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Painted masks hovering over the woods and a paddle of time
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“PAINTED MASKS HOVERING OVER THE WOODS AND A PADDLE OF TIME IN DETAILS”
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“PAINTED MASKS HOVERING OVER THE WOODS AND A PADDLE OF TIME IN DETAILS”
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HEAVEN “A heavenly cloud of time is dripping masks”
EARTH “Drippping trails sedimented into the earth while trees are branching out masks, reaching up”
HELL “Time flows down a tree trunk forming a paddle while a tree is branching out hellish clouds”
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HEAVEN - EARTH - HELL
You are born from a paddle of time in a
heavenly domain.
You grow up from a pond of time on a hell-
ish land.
You drip down from heaven, sedimented
into hell.
You vaporize from hell, crawling into heav-
en.
When you are on earth, you are both heav-
en and hell.
You are three.
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REINCARNATION - SIX REALMS Getting inspired by the connection between heaven, earth and hell that functions like the life cycle of water. Water vaporizes from down under the earth and condensates in the sky. It falls onto the land and into the earth. The form of cycling leads to the notion of reincarnation that is described in Buddhism consisting of six realms. The realm of gods “deva” (Top), The realm of animals “tiryak” (Top Right), The realm of hungry gohsts “Preta” (Bottom Right), The realm of hell denizens “naraka” (Bottom), The realm of demi-gods “asura” (Bottom Left), The realm of humans “manusa” (Top Left),
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Three variant (2013) Three Topics:
Geometric - Fantasy - Colour Contrast Three References:
Willy Wonka - Alice in Wonderland - Beetlejuice Three Worlds:
Blue - Black - Red
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