Content Core of my project Inspira�on First series: Libera�on-Xing�an figure Name: Lee, Xiu - Chi Website: Xiu ceramic Gmail: aes31148373@gmail.com
Second series: Libera�on-bull dog figure
Coreofofmy myproject: prac�ce: Core In our society, there are many moral standards and restric�ons which we are forced to follow. I always feel a lot of pressure and restric�ons from this. Therefore, I want to be liberated from these restric�ons. This is my profound desire. Answering ques�ons Why it is relevant? It is everyone’s desire to be free from pressures and restric�ons in life. What is the goal of this project? I see my art prac�ce as a release of the mind, just like Art Therapy. Therefore, I hope my work can cure others and have connec�on with the audience.
Inspira�on: A�er I read about Freud ideas* and saw some works based on his ideas I started to believe that the process of making art prac�ce is the reflec�on of our subconscious. In Freud’s opinion the typical form is my super ego which is the conformity that I always have to follow in our society. On the other hand, the broken form mo�f is my id which represents my profound desire for liberty. The ego combines the super-ego and id, so my whole prac�ce is my ego.
*Frued personality theory:
Id: mee�ng basic needs ego: dealing with reality super-ego: adding moral
My previous series: Id (Broken texture or projec�on, desiring for libera�on)
Super-ego (Typical vessel,
Super-ego
(typical, rigid uncrea�ve form)
+
Id
(profoundly desiring, libera�on)
= Ego
(my prac�ce)
First series - Libera�on-Xing�an figure
First series development
I started to think how to express libera�on and conformity. When I think about social restric�ons I think about our Chinese ritual culture, so I started to find out what images could represent this idea. This bronze bell comes from the Zhou*1 dynasty which is the beginning of our holy moral ritual system. On the other hand, the image of desiring I chose is ‘’Xing�an’’*2 which I see as a symbol of our primi�ve desire for libera�on. Ritual bronze bell (represnet super-ego)
Super-ego
ID (primitve desiring)
The decora�on on the bromze bell
*2 Xing�an is a Chinese deity who fights against the Supreme Divinity, not giving up even a�er the event of his decapita�on. *1: This bell was made at the beginning of the Warring States period - a �me of poli�cal fragmenta�on and moral crisis in China. It was in this turmoil that the Chinese poli�cal philosopher Confucius developed his philosophy. Confucius was also a keen musician and saw in music the harmony he wanted to achieve in society.
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First series result ID( Xintang body) -desiring
The aim of this piece is to use oriental elements to express the struggle between the id and the super-ego. A�er I finished this work, I evaluated it. I was not happy with the result. I think the figure is too direct and the image is also too objec�ve. There is no space for imagina�on, and overall this prac�ce is more like a sculpture and not a piece of art prac�ce.
Super ego-restric�on ( square box, ritual decora�on)
My mistake is that I just reproduce every element that I collect and combine these together which is not a crea�ve way to approach my art, and is also very rigid.
Second series- Liberaďż˝on-bull dog ďŹ gure
Second series development: Id (libera�on) elements: 1. 2.
1. Bull dog 2. Bull dog dumbell
This �me I used different elements to develop the same idea. I made a bulldog dumbbell for a client and this works inspired me to start this new series. The reason why I made the form of a bulldog is that bulldogs are a manmade gene�c modifica�on species, therefore they are not born in this figure by nature. For me, they are restricted. The sad facial expression is like a prisoner who desires for libera�on.
Super-ego elements:
1. Dragon robe
2. Babao Ping water
2. Babao Ping water comes from the bu�on of the empire’s dragon robe which means everything in the world. I use rhe mix clay technic to mimic this decora�on on my works and I see this decora�on as a restricion and con formity from our world and society.
Development: A�er doing some sketches and experiments, I decided to make my new prac�ce as a broken scale which could be hung on the wall. I want to express the idea that my limita�ons are just like a shell which I want to break through to reveal my true self. The improvement of this new series is that I did not combine these elements as directly as the previous one. Therefore, it is less rigid and leaves space for the audiences’ imagina�on.
Second series
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