When you lose something you cannot replace

當你失去了，而不能取替

「當你破碎了，才懂得溫柔」 Medium:

Pine tree branch, artificial pine needles, LED panels & display system, steel stand, 3:00 animation

松樹枝，彷真松針， LED 面板及顯示系統，鋼架，3:00 視像

「當你破碎了，才懂得溫柔」

作品是一個數碼盆景，嘗試以一些電子部件，去修復一棵破碎的松樹。 日本有一種叫「金繼」的工藝，以黃金去修復破損了的陶瓷器。而「呼繼」工藝就是以不同的破件去併合成一個新器具，藝術家嘗試以科技和人造的物料去實現「呼繼」的修復概念。

藝術家在宣紙上寫了200多個不同的松字，這些筆跡結合 AI (stable diffusion) 去生成不同樹的枝幹視像，嘗試去取代松樹消失的部份。AI 提示字 (Prompt) 和部份原始碼也會在畫面上出現。

The work is a digital bonsai, attempting to repair a broken pine tree using a digital object.

In Japan, there is a craft called ‘kintsugi,’ which uses gold to mend broken ceramics. The ‘kugi’ technique combines different broken pieces to create a new object. The artist tries to realize the concept of ‘kugi’ repair using technology and artificial materials.

The artist wrote over 200 different characters for ‘pine’ on rice paper, and these writings were combined with AI (Stable Diffusion) to generate images of different tree branches, attempting to replace the parts of the pine tree that have disappeared. The AI prompts and some original code will also appear on the screen.

“When you lose something you cannot replace” will be showing in @galerieoraora from 11 Jan - 8 Feb 2025 in the show Digital Rhythm