The Background of Sliver Mirror
The design of Silver
Mirror was inspired by my observation and reflection of life.
Aluminum foil can be seen everywhere in our life, such as: storage beef, aircraft meals, cigarette packages, etc. Being fuzzy, fragile, and rich in folded changes, metallic luster reflectance is its major characteristic.
Aluminum foil can be seen everywhere in our life, such as: storage beef, aircraft meals, cigarette packages, etc. Being fuzzy, fragile, and rich in folded changes, metallic luster reflectance is its major characteristic.
The Material Comparison
Mirror: non-friable reflective material with smooth
surface and hard texture.
Tinfoil: handicraft products with soft texture and good insulation that generally can be independently layered, folded and distorted.
Aluminium foil: thermo-printing material with hard and smooth texture. Generally, it’s brushed in the paper and easy to be oxidized. Therefore, it cannot be preserved for a long time.
Tinfoil: handicraft products with soft texture and good insulation that generally can be independently layered, folded and distorted.
Aluminium foil: thermo-printing material with hard and smooth texture. Generally, it’s brushed in the paper and easy to be oxidized. Therefore, it cannot be preserved for a long time.
A
Thingking
and Meditation
W
hen people look at the aluminum foil, they can see distorted shapes and
blurred images. It is like looking into a mirror with a vague feeling of their
own existence.
It is like yearning, doubt and even fear towards the unknown future. Then, I
designed it as a symbol of the future based on the rich fold changes and fuzzy
visual effects of the tin foil. Can we really read pages made of only
0.006-0.3mm aluminum foil paper? What kind of content can form contradictory
contrast with the icy texture? Can this form of reading be seen as a
conversation with the unknown?
The Experimental Practice of Sliver Mirror
I combined edible
aluminum foil paper and 120g coated paper as the carrier of tin foil. In terms
of content, I quoted the surrealist and romantic poetry, including the French
surrealist poet Paul Éluard's work: "I make you as great as my
loneliness". I engraved the words by intaglio. The deliverable is a
non-binding concept book that can be flipped or folded at will.
The Carrier of Sliver Mirror
The
most representative poet I chose is Robert Bly, the primary champion and representative
poet of “New Surrealism” (which
is also known as “Deep Imagism”) in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s. He took
life as poem and poem as life, and his passion towards poem never faded. He
tried to break free from poetic rhymes while maintaining the mind of justice.
Exhibition mode:
immersive display
A Silver Mirror concept
book.
A painted slivery weedtree display stand.
A silvery aluminum foil membrane sofa.
A painted slivery weedtree display stand.
A silvery aluminum foil membrane sofa.
The Main Purpose of Sliver Mirror
The rich wrinkles and
vague visual effects of tinfoil are deeply rooted in my mind, and I use it as a
symbol of the future. Then I incorporated in this mirror material, the opposite
of clear and romantic surrealist poetry.
The Creative Idea
Based on
the rich folds and fuzzy visual effects of the tin foil, I made it as a symbol
of the future. I then incorporated the sprightly romantic surrealist poetry
into this mirrored material as opposed to its physical features.
