LIFE IS FUN

There was a significant increase in interaction when the paintings were displayed in the status of opening in the community. While watching the video, I noticed that most of the people were carrying things when they passed the work. The students had snacks in one hand and study tools in the other. Parents carry school bags in one hand and vegetables in the other. There are even adults with shovels. This is probably the aesthetic of people's daily life in the community, but such a busy life leads to the consequence that they ignore the beauty around them. The image that reflects from the curtains was mostly discovered by the children. Most adults showed an interest in pictures and characters. It also made me wonder if the format of my project could be more interactive, involving busy adults in public art.

 

In the process of the exhibition, especially in school. The teachers would emphasize that children should not touch the work with their hands. But the goal of my project was to give children an experience of playing the art of the scroll, requiring people to touch and scroll with their hands. I think that's probably the reason why people were wary of touching my work at the beginning of the project. From an early age, people were taught not to touch other people's work. So I worry that my project might be misleading the kids into thinking that it's okay to touch the work directly.

 

As for the practice of the new sensibility theory in the research, I think my project has achieved to bring people a new experience. In my interaction with the audience, I realized that most of the audience wanted to know the meaning of the painting from my perspective. But when I refused to tell them what I was trying to do, I found that their understanding of painting was very different. Some people focused on the interpretation of words and thought that modern poetry was beautiful. Some viewers pay attention to the picture and told me that she thinks I created a new way of Chinese painting since Chinese painting has always been about mountains, rivers, flowers and birds in her impression. There are also some audiences who notice the movement of the picture from the image of the autumn walking. I think that partially achieved the goal of my project.

 

For the curtains I set up, only two curtains were made due to the tight production schedule. My original idea was to make a curtain that was the same length as the handscroll.  The children are interested in the pattern on the curtain. By the third day of the exhibition, the children had developed a new way of playing with the curtains. They raised the curtains and passed under them. At first, I was a little worried when I saw them doing it because most of the acrylic plates had sharp ends and I was afraid they would scratch the children. It's a good thing that we have a parent watching over us. It also reminded me that I might need to take this into account in my next project.

 

Finally, I would like to mention that through this project, I deeply understand that children are the main body of cultural input. They are interested in everything around life, it is a wonderful opportunity to train up children's aesthetic abilities. I think in future projects, I will pay more attention to this in the design of the embodiment.