Tracing II  軌02

2023
Ink on paper, mounted on 200 sheets of Xuan paper
​水墨紙本，托裱於200張宣紙上
105 × 188 × 2.8 cm

I cut a piece of sandpaper in rounded shape, with which I grinded against a sheet of inked paper. Each action of rubbing creates trace. The ink particles verged and overlapped continuously between erasure and emergence, as sand grains rubbed against the paper surface. The traces scratched by the sandpaper reflect changes in the feelings of the moment through strength, speed and rhythm, either heavy or light, slow or fast, thinking or emptying, which have certain commonalities with my understanding of ink and brush.

我將砂紙剪裁成圓塊，在渲染墨底的紙上研磨。每一個研磨的動作會擦出一道痕跡，砂紙與宣紙間產生的顆粒又再重新劃在紙上，過程不斷在墨碎的「消逝」與「產生」中相互交疊。砂紙劃過的痕跡透過力度、速度及節奏表現著當刻的感受變化，或重或輕，或緩或疾，或思考或放空，與我理解的「筆墨」產生一定共性。