化石宴 Fossil Feast
《化石宴》的创作源于我童年时对自然标本的收集。当时，我无法解释为何这些化石让我着迷；它们既是“可拥有之物”，又是我无法真正抵达的世界的遗存。后来回看，我意识到这种收藏不是对知识的积累，而是一种对连接的寻找——一种为这些物质残余构筑可供栖身的叙事空间的冲动。在随后的实践中，这些既无语境、又无功能的物被我逐渐转化为叙事节点：它们不是被定义、被归档或被解释，而是以“可被激活的材料痕迹”的形式存在，等待观者根据自身的经验、记忆、文化结构重新编织叙事。我的作品始终以这种“痕迹的激活”为方法论，将材料从其原本的系统中抽离，使它们进入一个去分类化、开放且可重新命名的场域。
《化石宴》是由八道菜组成的完整料理。其中的每道菜品都由真实的古生物化石与新鲜的食材组成，如已灭绝的菊石与其近亲章鱼并置一席，或将远古近灯笼海胆的化石与现存马粪海胆共同呈现。化石与食材之间的关系并非隐喻，而是一种在地缘、演化或物质结构上微弱却真实存在的关联。化石的“味道”必然是不可知的，但通过周围食材的形态、质地与香气，它获得一种可供感知的替代性现实。《化石宴》所使用的材料横跨多个地质时期，包括奥陶纪菊石、马达加斯加海胆化石、更新世河篮蚬、中生代肉食性恐龙蛋化石、始新世无盾龟化石、白垩纪蜉蝣化石与泥盆纪珊瑚化石。这些化石与章鱼、海胆、蔬菜与蛋等当代食材一同构成作品的物质基础。
The making of Fossil Feast originates from my childhood practice of collecting natural specimens. At the time, I could not fully articulate why these fossils fascinated me; they were objects I could physically possess, yet they belonged to a world fundamentally beyond my reach. In retrospect, I have come to understand that this act of collecting was not driven by an accumulation of knowledge, but by a search for connection—a desire to construct a narrative space in which these material remnants could momentarily reside.
In my subsequent practice, objects that were once without context or function gradually became narrative nodes. Rather than being defined, archived, or explained, they exist as “activatable material traces,” awaiting reconfiguration through the viewer’s own experiences, memories, and cultural frameworks. My work consistently operates through this methodology of activating traces, extracting materials from their original classificatory systems and placing them into a de-categorised, open field in which they may be renamed and re-encountered.
Conceived as a complete meal composed of eight dishes, Fossil Feast brings together real palaeontological fossils and fresh ingredients. Each dish juxtaposes extinct species with their contemporary counterparts, such as an ammonite paired with octopus, or an ancient sea urchin fossil presented alongside a living sand urchin. The relationship between fossil and ingredient is not metaphorical, but grounded in subtle yet tangible connections of geography, evolution, or material structure.
The “flavour” of fossils remains inherently unknowable; however, through their proximity to contemporary ingredients—through form, texture, and aroma—they acquire a perceptible, substitute material reality. The materials used in Fossil Feast span multiple geological periods, including Ordovician ammonites, Madagascan sea urchin fossils, Pleistocene river clams, Mesozoic carnivorous dinosaur egg fossils, Eocene soft-shelled turtle fossils, Cretaceous mayflies, and Devonian corals. These fossils, combined with octopus, sea urchins, vegetables, and eggs, constitute the material basis of the work and are documented through still-life photography, forming the final images of the project.
天渊 High Sky & Abyss
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蓬莱 PengLai
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琼台 Jade Platform
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龙鸾 Dragon & Phoenix
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玄冥 Water God
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玄冥 Mayfly
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从森 Jungle Forest
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瓓珊 Sound of Jade
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