Who changed who?

CHEN JIACHEN

Description

Light - Marble


Light and marble are two materials found in nature, and for me light is like magic.


From ancient times, when people worshiped light, to the present day, when light is created and used, light has harnessed people's instincts-their phototropism.
When I mix LED strips with marble, light seems to use its magic to soften the marble and give it shape. Marble is hard, and the moment it comes in contact with light, it is as if everything changes. The so-called material properties exchanged: the soft strip of light became hard, while the tough marble became soft.


Light has always represented absolute righteousness and correctness, as well as power and majesty. Light represents all positive meanings, as if light creates everything, influences everything and changes everything; but is light really the absolute right? Is the so-called “absolute truth” agreed upon by the world really right?


Light changed the marble, but who changed you and me? And where is the Self?

 

Artwork Details

MediumsWhite Carrara marble, LED light
Year Created2023
Size60x28x26cm (sculpture body)

About the artist

Light gives me the courage to look straight into unknown darkness.