王宁德创作《有形之光》的方法避开了将图像固定到纸质媒介表 面上的化学过程,转而将一张完整的图像在透明胶片上有组织的 进行碎片化,当暴露于特定的照明时,呈现出来的就是一幅完整影子的图像。最终的结果是,艺术家直接用光绘画,通过电脑和人手的劳作过程创造出幽灵般的图像。 王宁德通过《有形之光》这一系列影像装置作品来审视摄影过程的本质和奥秘,利用了摄影的过程而并非制作出严格意义上的照片。《有形之光》系列里的作品所呈现的效果更接近于老式的照相暗盒——一个仿佛悬浮在现实本身之上的幻影。此外,这些由数百个单位组成的网格图像颠覆了传统摄影惯常所见的独幅裁剪的作品。 “有形之光“是将一张完整的照片分割、计算、压缩和裁切,直立之后碎片的影子叠加还原成一张完整照片的影子图像,这个动作过程至关重要,所以也可以把它看成是一种过程的记录结果,它让我们联想到今天“碎片化”(Fragmentation)的生活和图景。 一幅照片里拍摄的无论是什么,终究只是一些光化反应,即使你相信它是可以替代对象本 身,那个对象也已经不存在,或者改变了。 这个和佛教里的空性有影射。我们用观念艺术来比对观念摄影,这些作品属于观念摄影。作品向观众呈现图像的同时,提示自身的虚幻,质疑我们对世界认知的正确性。 ——王宁德 WANG Ningde's approach to Form of Light Series avoids the chemical process of affixing an image to the surface of a...
WANG Ningde's approach to Form of Light Series avoids the chemical process of affixing an image to the surface of a paper medium, instead taking a complete image and fragmenting it in an organized manner on a transparent film, which when exposed to specific illumination, presents an image of a complete shadow. As a result, the artist paints directly with light, creating ghostly images using a computer and human labor. WANG Ningde investigates the nature and mystery of the photographing process in his Tangible Light series of video installations. WANG employs the photographic process rather than creating images in the traditional sense. The installation in the Form of Light Series have the appearance of an old- fashioned camera obscura- a phantom suspended above reality itself. Furthermore, these grid photographs, which are made up of hundreds of components, defy the single cropped image that is commonly seen in traditional photography.
WANG Ningde's approach to Form of Light Series avoids the chemical process of affixing an image to the surface of a paper medium, instead taking a complete image and fragmenting it in an organized manner on a transparent film, which when exposed to specific illumination, presents an image of a complete shadow. As a result, the artist paints directly with light, creating ghostly images using a computer and human labor.
WANG Ningde investigates the nature and mystery of the photographing process in his Tangible Light series of video installations. WANG employs the photographic process rather than creating images in the traditional sense.
The installation in the Form of Light Series have the appearance of an old- fashioned camera obscura- a phantom suspended above reality itself. Furthermore, these grid photographs, which are made up of hundreds of components, defy the single cropped image that is commonly seen in traditional photography.