Sculpture (MA)
Sean Tseng
Sean Tseng (b. 1995 in Taipei) works in Taipei and London. He primarily works with sculpture and photography, exploring notions of rhythm from both industrialised materials and natural elements. He is currently researching the dynamics and beauty of attraction between different forms in nature where subtleties lurk and encounters await.
His work has been exhibited in Taiwan, Spain, the United Kingdom, and China in recent years. He has participated in residencies at La Wayaka Current: Desert 23°S (Atacama, Chile) and Cerrado Ecoarte (Brasilia, Brazil). He has been awarded grants for Next Art Tainan 2020, the S-An Cultural Foundation Grants in 2019, and National Culture and Arts Foundation Grants for his project Air, Sunshine, Breeze: the Poetics of Body and Perception (2019-2020) and his previous research in the Atacama Desert.
My practice is rooted in the direct encounters with nature and observations on subtle elements found in natural surroundings, drawing attention to the engagement of phenomenology through bodily experience to explore contemporary landscape narratives. I often creates a space for installation works, or an inner space for photographic works, by combining industrialised materials (such as concrete, acrylic, and metal) with natural elements to create a sense of harmony and gentleness inspired by my bodily experiences in nature. This expression not only reflects a re-examination of the relation between nature and human beings, but also implies the decentralisation of the human race through the process of perceiving my work by embracing the enchanting beauty between the minuscule and the cosmic.
A Swaying String on the Sea (installation view)
A Swaying String on the Sea (detail)
A Swaying String on the Sea (detail)
A Swaying String on the Sea (detail)
A Swaying String on the Sea (detail)
A Swaying String on the Sea (detail)
A Swaying String on the Sea (detail)
A Swaying String on the Sea (detail)
Perceiving the phenomenon of space as a lived experience, I compose the exhibition space with handmade objects that are inspired by landscape narratives. The forms of objects lurk in a continuing circulation—once our body enters, our vision becomes guided, collaging and exploring the space in which the qualities of each object interact with each other and with the space, offering a feeling of flux and energy. Animating the still, I endeavour to orchestrate the materials into an arrangement where things are simply there—connected with each other and waiting to be contemplated.
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Medium:
Printed Fabric, Cello String, Wood, Sand, Acrylic, Paint, Metal, Concrete, Dried Coconut Slices, Artist Handmade Crayon, SaltSize:
Dimensions Variable
Sea of Tenderness (detail)
Sea of Tenderness (detail)
Sea of Tenderness (installation view)
Sea of Tenderness (installation view)
In this work, I manipulate the materials I often use in my installation work and arrange them in a physical space, where I begin to shoot still life photography, seeking balance between the language of the materials and interactions with shadows and light. When placing three-dimensional objects into a two-dimensional space, the forms of things become representations of shapes and colours, creating subtle shifts and differences that spatialise the gaps and intervals in-between. Personally, the experience of gazing makes the perceivable traverse between each form, producing a recurring perception of air flowing in the rhythmic photographic space.
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Medium:
Giclée Fine Art PrintSize:
69x51.75cm /each
When the Wind Blows (installation view)
When the Wind Blows (detail)
When the Wind Blows (installation view)
When the three dimensional again transforms into photographic space, objects become relative and referential to one another. Their colour and shape bring about unique and rhythmic relationships distinct from what is bodily perceived in the physical installation—the sense of rhythm is spatialised and dependant on our relation to the forms in this two-dimensional space, in which the bodily memories of weight and gravity flow. The flux of becoming falls into stillness, quiet but lived.
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