Exist.ID: The Deduction of Life''s Spiritual Image

• Main Authors: Wan-ting Chen, 陳琬婷
• Other Authors: Zong-he Ye
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/58605171392874439070

碩士 === 南華大學 === 視覺與媒體藝術學系碩士班 === 99 === 　　This text aims to explore the essence of “Exist.ID” through existing literature on existentialism, egoism, psychoanalysis, sub-consciousness, semiotics and creative genealogy. Mental images of the soul are expressed in ink through the creative process and its examinations. Meanwhile, formalities and methods of expression are examined through creative self-realisation, and interpreted by means of symbolism and metaphor, constructing a personal creative logic and vocabulary with profound spiritual significance. 　 　　The creative research of this project is divided into five categories, starting out with the “Masked Life” series, which is a string of descriptive investigations of the interactions between individuals, and between individuals and society as a whole. This is followed by “Window to the Mind”, which portrays the original self, the disoriented nature of contemporary existence, the insecurity, mistrust and paradoxical state of mind it breeds, as an investigation of the process of self-identification. The third series is called “Bound Hearts”. It looks at the isolation created by society, the actual and virtual boundaries, and the emotionless, secluded and self-contained auto-dialogue that is projected. The next series “Nihilistic World” explores a multitude of possible forms of existence; it creates a new space by using points, lines and surfaces- the tools of traditional painting. Finally, “The Beginning and End of Life” represents the experiences of the human will, its demands, reflections, and how clashes between the inner and outer worlds push the self to desire release and long for a balanced, harmonic state. Personal creativity is thus replaced with an exploration of life as an ending to the series.