Key words of my project:
Odd
Ambivalence
Gray
Fairy tale
Alienation
I am an international student. I feel exciting and fresh when I came to US. But in the mean time I also lack the sense of belonging that I'm afraid of the new place. This kind of ambivalence go with me for now. I suddenly realized that how I always do things in ambivalence way. Like skydiving. It's scary for me. But I will still do it. This kind of ambivalence comes from my culture background and education. In traditional Chinses culture, we prefer to be a normal person. The "normal" here means don't be different from others. Don't be special. And also required us do things that you don not like to do.But I love arts and I learn it from childhood. In art world, we prefer to be special. Do what you like to do. I grow up in these two totally different values.
I awalys try to escape the traditional culture values but I can not. That is the reason of why I'm ambivalence.
I will present this kind of ambivalence in my project. I choose doll to be main element. Dolls in normal values are used to be symbolize pretty and cute. But I'm going to built an odd satge with cute dolls. The first big satge will be bulid by mushroom and three dolls. These three dolls are stand or sitting around the mushroom. They are in same space but they looks alone. I have the same feeling like them. I do not live alone, but I feel alone. The mushroom present the world you know and you do not know. The second and third stage is stand for the feeling when you sit in your own world. I use tiny dolls to creat tiny stage.
I'm looking at Takanori Aiba and Katsuya Kamo these days.
I choose the walkway space to display my project. The big one stage will be in the middle of the walkway sapce and on the floor. Another two little stage will be hanging on the wall.
