SimSky Series

The series of “SimSky” is a collection which wants to express a concept of boundary; also this is a live experience of living in a city.

The inspiration comes from the aerial view of the sky in the city. Sim has transformed this into sharps, symbolic means and signs, and put these together through the traditional handmade wooden frame, in order to show different types of variety in a human’s life.

Humans have always attempted to apply mathematical logic to quantify the structure of material and immaterial substance with units of measurement. The desire to transpose limits within the infinite world and at the same time, seek limitless within these defined limitations still remains ambiguous.

When Chinese character “空” [Kōng]  is used as a unit, what structure would it quantify? What material/immaterial substance would it evaluate?

“空” could be sky;
“空” could be air;
“空” could be space;
“空” could be free;
“空” could be symptoms;
“空” could be nothing at all?

Since ancient times, cities have been developed to improve the quality of lives. In modern phenomenon, the lives of humanity have been compromised by the development of cities as it continues to destroy the natural environment. Building of cities might be one of man’s greatest achievements; ironically, this achievement is detrimental to many co-existing in the world.

This collection is a symbol of a modern life in the society, but it has also represented how the society changes the nature. Sim thinks that the process is the key spot of making this collection.

From shaping the outlines and calculating the angels of the frames, turning these into some real wooden frames with canvas, painting the views on them, this process is one of the elements in the creation. So Sim has used photographs and videos to record the whole making process. These records have been showing how Sim is using the mathematic methods to create the angles which are full of accuracy and complexity, chopping the sky views into some weird pieces. All of these have become a measureable sky view, which is the concept of  “空” [Kōng] .

At last, Sim used  ” cm² “  to show the size of the art works, this is not just about the actual size only, but also showing the boundary of every object which existed in our daily lives. These are something that we cannot see through the eyes,

Sim Chan

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