Shape in motion
Circle is a flat figure complies with abstract and closed appearance that covering radius and diameter.
The ancients first explored the circle concept from the sun and the moon on the fifteenth lunar calendar. Hence a circle contains two types including external form layer and abstract form in terms of ancient Chinese aesthetics. While it is composed of curves and 360° in shape in terms of forms, accompanying smooth, rounded and peaceful characteristics.
The ancient Chinese have connected the circle with the sky. The “circle” and even the metal-shaped implements and patterns are regarded as the symbol of the heaven and the gods, which carrying with a rich universal experience, at the same time, the concept of “the round heaven” is deeply rooted in public subconsciousness.
The progress of industrial civilization has driven the infinite development of manufacturing industry in modern times. After the second industrial revolution, traditional handicraft industry has been replaced by mechanization, and a large number of tools have been created, while the functional significance of round “tires” has been multiple endowed.
I have imagined the material and landscape into regular and irregular shapes through the environmental perception in my works, then tried to create and change their original kinetic habits through photographic records. Only in this way the relationship between static and dynamic is presented in the arbitrary space, which is filled with infinite confrontation.
