text by Ava Pao-shia Hsueh
In my creative experiences, gazing is an unavoidable act during the process of painting, especially at the moment of brandishing brush. The gaze is where the images of the mind and the images of cognition intersect and contrast, as if finding their place among the coordinates. Gestures and thoughts are guided by this process, until the work is complete－forming a “mind map.”
For me, the “mind map” is an image that collects the core concepts or cognitive images related to abstract art. It is a visual image that connects relevant information in a non-linear way. Such connections are an embodiment of the gaze-oriented way of seeing, over the creative process. The gaze guides a dual manifestation of the subjective and objective, bridges the distance between known and unknown, and reconciles cognition and reality.
But how are the coordinates of self-awareness created on that moment the gaze is fixed? What kind of transit line forms the basis of these coordinates? The survey of transit is based on an intersection between two axes that expand outward to impose an objective system of data onto abstract space. Therefore, if the creator chooses to be guided by the gaze during the creative process, then the Moment and the Retrospect become the twin axes of the creative coordinate system. In the process of focusing, they gradually expand into a mind map in which the creator integrates the information received from within and without.
An artwork is a spatial phenomenon of graphical imagery. Its layers reflect a process of evolution, representing the texture, context, and passage of time contained therein. Artwork also maps the space of reality. The intersecting targets catalyze the spread of phenomena themselves. The developmental process of creation is like gazing upon a map that brings reality to life, continually reconciling cognition and reality. Meanwhile, I hope that audiences could also construct and develop their own mind maps based on observation and cognition, leaving behind a mark of the inspirations that gazing has brought to them.
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A Transit Survey－2014 Solo Exhibition
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