Process1
I have collected secrets in various ways and made QR codes and found ten separate tree holes to put QR codes and labels with secrets written on them - from people of different ages and genders.
If you scan the QR code with your phone's photo function, the following ten secrets will appear (see attached image and video)
Work1
Shush!
20*30cm*10 examples, 2022
Photographs
Work1Reflection
During the tutorial with Marsha, she suggested that the 'note with the secret' and the 'secret QR code' elements be repeated in the tree hole. At first, I thought both necessary elements appeared together. Because in the process of collecting secrets, some people gave me their secrets in notes that they carried with them, while others gave them in the form of verbal conversations or recordings. So I felt the labels were natural in the later stages of the creative process and used the note + QR code consistently. However, through reflection, I also decided that the element of secrecy did not need to be repeatedly represented and that it was sufficient to keep only the QR code
Exhibit1
And by exhibiting these pictures, I noticed that a lot of people would scan these QR codes with their phones, and a guy even scanned all ten secrets.
Meanwhile, in this experimental exhibition, I discovered through observation - that people have a desire to talk and a strong desire to pry.
Process2&Sketch
For the composition, I looked up different versions of King Donkey Ear, including Andrea Vaccaro's 'King Midas' and images of kings created by other artists
Work2
Midas' Ear, 2022
30*40cm, Acrylic, oil stick and chalk pastel on canvas
When I worked on the painting, I tried to recreate my feelings when I first heard the story as a child, and I used cool and warm colours to reflect the happy and bad endings.
The moon and sun in the drawing also correspond to the positive and negative
Exhibit2
For the exhibition, Liv Preston, the curator, suggested that I choose to paint a representative element that appears in the drawing on the door opposite, and I decided the moon - would be a clue to lead the viewer's curiosity. When they noticed the moon on the door, they could turn around and see the drawing on the wall, which was an interesting curatorial idea for me.