Sarah LAI Cheuk Wah

《無休止的兜轉》Endless Rotation, 600 x 401 px, GIF File Format, 2011

這是我用我的畫所組成的gif 圖，是整件作品的一部份，各位可以隨意使用和收藏。作品的題目命名《無休止的的兜轉》，所以特別用上gif檔，因為這個做法沒有了video需要設定的duration，也比較貼近我每次看到迴旋處的想像——如果一架汽車去不到任何的地方，只能夠在迴旋處不斷的兜圈，情況會是怎樣？這個景象很大程度令我聯想到，當一個人很長時間糾結在某一些問題上，可能是有關失意、迷惘、甚至完全質疑自我價值的時候，總之可以好多原因，在人生某些時刻好像看不到盡頭。這些困擾通常沒有外人可以幫得到，而外人也只能夠旁觀著當時人。但其實…其實這種處於困擾和被看的狀態可能可以是幾好笑的——要不斷兜圈喎，頭唔暈ga？人都癡線啦，真係諗起都覺得論盡…但當然，我可能就是當時人，或者我是我自己的旁觀者甚至是其他人的外人…
無論如何，這次展覽的作品主題都是圍繞我目前面對—些解決不到的問題時，自我應該保持如何的狀態。除了上述介紹的作品，另外四件作品包括《渴睡的汽車》，其實我覺得畫面上遇上意外的汽車是在休息或是在曬太陽的；《寒冷的旗幟》的主角是一枝代表勝利的哥爾夫球旗，但在冰天雪地之下它本身的象徵好像變得毫無意義；《安全島》是一個位於海中的浮臺，我覺得這個「安全島」的意義在於，當我在描繪它以至其它作品的時候，當下全神專注的狀態能夠為我帶來精神上的安然，但當我離開這個「島」時，如同我離開繪畫這個過程，我也只能夠像其他觀眾凝視甚至以旁觀的姿態面對作品；《雙重出口》的意念靈感來自於Gallery Exit的理念口號：「Every exit is an entrance somewhere else - Tom Stoppard.」所以Exit應該要買下來做生招牌的！Fans買亦得！最後我想特別多謝的包括Ron Lau，他是《無休止的的兜轉》的特約（技）模特兒，他在現場真的兜了很多個圈。阿禧、Sunday和Furze都分別幫了我一些大大小小的忙。另外還有我的藝術家男朋友Samuel的超凡手工藝和技術支援，大部份的框架都是由他來操刀，他曾經形容我自認為做得不錯、誤差只有0.2 cm的畫框是crap…真係多謝晒。黎卓華
二零一二年十一月二十一日
This GIF image composed by my paintings is part of my new work “Endless Rotation”. It is very welcome for everyone to use or collect it. To present the movement, I chose GIF file format due to the media has no duration setting like video art. It fits my imagination when I see the roundabout – if a car cannot reach anywhere but only can keep driving and spinning around the roundabout, then how will the scene be? The vision reminds me of a situation when someone faces personal struggles endlessly. The status can be about self-disappointment, confusion and even total suspicion of the value of one’s own existence. No one can help these kinds of problems. The bystander can only look at the insider. The situation sounds heavy to both. However, it can be ridiculous and clumsy at the same time when we can step back and look at it. Don’t you feel dizzy even crazy if someone just keep spinning and struggling? It seems nicer to take it easy. Of course, it is very possible I am one of the struggling people; even I think it is so ridiculous and clumsy.In this coming exhibition “Safety Island”, I try to provide some suggestions of how to face and deal with the personal difficulties for myself and even other people. Besides “Endless Rotation”, there are 4 more works. In “A Drowsy Car”, I personally imagine the upside down car from the accident is just taking a break or even sunbathing. “A Freezing Cold Flag” is a Golf Flag in the snow. Its symbolic value that always represents victory becomes meaningless due to the cold weather setting. “Safety Island” is a floating platform in the sea. The zone normally provides swimmers to have a temporary rest. For me when I depict the platform and even the other works, the highly concentrated moment can provide me a certain level of comfort and relief. But when I leave the “island”, which means I leave the depicting process, I can only be a bystander like any audience to contemplate and observe the work with distance. “Double Exit” is inspired by Gallery Exit’s idea slogan, “Every exit is an entrance somewhere else – Tom Stoppard”. So I recommend Exit or their fans to collect this work!At the end, I would like to thank Ron Lau to be the stunt model for “Endless Rotation”. He really drove and kept spinning around the roundabout nonstop. Hei, Sunday and Furze gave me some big helps too. I would like to thank my artist boyfriend, Samuel, for his exquisite craftsmanship and technical support. He made most of the frames for the show. He used to comment my handmade frame with only 0.2 cm inaccuracy is crap… thanks again!Sarah Lai
Nov 21, 2011