I started by experimenting with texture, mixing olive stones, dried olive leaves, wood sawdust, dried avocado pulp, yellow earth clay and other materials with agar, glycerine and water. I placed them into small containers to set. After a long exposure to sunlight, they developed many small cracks. especially the olive stones, which split open in a way that reminded me of tree bark.
The combination of kaolin and agar felt smooth and cool to the touch. The wood sawdust had a lovely herbal smell and a beautiful grainy texture. The dried olive leaves curled into slender strips, already visually striking on their own, needing no extra treatment.
These textures gave me a strong urge to paint. I became curious about what might happen if I combined them.
I placed all of the raw materials and the cracked textures around me. Once I had heated the agar and water mixture, everything was ready. I quickly poured it into the container, and my body reacted instinctively, selecting, arranging, or pausing briefly in hesitation.
Perhaps it was because the building we stayed in was surrounded by orange trees, olive trees, and the sound of cicadas, the first image that came to me was a tree. The humidity and temperature on the island dictated how fast the material would solidify, and I had to trust my instincts within that short window. Under the urging of the scorching sun, on a ground mixed with soil and straw, I followed the voice of the material and the intuition of my body, and completed this series of biomaterial paintings.
(The full video is available on my website. link in bio.)
起初，我尝试用Olive stones, Dried olive leaves, Wood sawdust, Dried avocado pulp, Yellow earth clay等材料混合Agar, Glycerine, Water放在容器里，做成一块一块的肌理。在太阳暴晒后它们变成了一块一块的裂纹。尤其是Olive stones在烘焙纸上裂开后很漂亮，让我想到了树皮的质感。 kaolin和Agar结合后质感滑滑的，冰冰的，wood sawdust很好闻，像是草药的味道，颗粒感也很美。 dry olive leaves卷曲成小长条，本身就很漂亮。 这些肌理让我更有绘画的冲动，我想知道它们如何结合在一起会是什么样的。
于是，我将所有材料和裂开的肌理们摆放在我的四周。当我煮好琼脂与水的混合物后，一切准备就绪，我将它们迅速的倒入容器里，身体也随即做出即时的反应，挑选，摆放，或是短暂的犹豫。 也许是我们所居住的建筑物被桔子树、橄榄树和蝉鸣声包围，当我开始尝试用这些肌理绘画的时候，出来的第一个意象便是树。岛上的温度和湿度决定了凝固的速度，我需要在极短的时间里信任自己的直觉。在烈日的催促下、泥土混合着稻草的地面上，我跟随着材料的声音、身体的直觉，完成了这一系列的biomaterial 绘画。
谢谢fengyang帮我拍摄视频
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