三个单元计划｜陈镜宇：“完成”似乎从来都不存在

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你是什么时候开始艺术创作的？最初是什么激发了你的创作欲望？

When did you begin creating art? 

What initially inspired your desires to create?

大概在我还没上学的时候就开始创作了吧，好奇心的驱使，内心的天马行空都能呈现，当时不了解什么是艺术，但是兴趣驱使自己去实践、去解惑。

开始就是对中心化标准画的反叛与突破。寻找不到共鸣。当然我在后续实践中去不断的验证，小时候我想当一个科学家，很显然我不是。艺术可以不讲理。

I started to create before I entered school. Driven by my curiosity, my inner imagination could be presented, I didn't understand what art was at that time. My interest drove me to experiment and figure out the confusion. From the beginning, I couldn't find resonance as I rebelled against and breakthrough from the centralized, standardized approach to drawing. Of course I went on to validate it in my following practice. When I was a child, I wanted to be a scientist, but obviously I'm not, as art doesn't have to follow reason.

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笔触和线条的变化与特殊性在你的作品中几乎是“刺点”一样的存在，是什么驱动着它们产生？

The variations and features of brushstrokes and lines are almost like ‘prick point’ in your works. What drives their production?

我在画画的时候事先没有太过于规划和预设，笔触跟线条大概是思绪与推演的过程跟痕迹。

I don't have too much pre-planning or pre-assumption beforehand when I paint. The brushstrokes and lines are likely the traces of my thought process.

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注意到你有时会在架上绘画中使用综合材料，这是出于一种什么样的考量？使用不同创作媒介对你的艺术表达有什么影响？

I've noticed that you sometimes use mixed materials into your easel paintings. What drives this choice? What is the impact of using different creative media on your artistic expression?

材料的介入大大拓展绘画的边界性，同时也拓展了对物的思考。不是为了材料而材料，单一材料的表现性，是一种反观态度。

The intervention of materials greatly broadens the boundaries of painting, while also expanding the thinking of objects. It's not about choosing materials for their own sack, rather, the expressiveness of a single material is a kind of reflective attitude.

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在失序和虚无中寻找自我是你作品中的一个重要主题，这些创作背后有什么样的思想或情感驱动？

The quest for self-discovery amidst disorder and nothingness is an important subject in your works. What kind of ideological or emotional drive is behind these creations?

恰巧是内观外观同时结合的体现，在事物具体化后会出现过程的缺失与断裂，我更多是思考万事万物的联系性和包容性，上升到对一个超越人本身维度的思考。

This theme happens to embody the simultaneous of internal and external perspectives, the gaps and discontinuities of process that occurs when things become concrete. I think more about the connectivity and inclusiveness of all things, elevating my thought to a dimension that beyond human existence.

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在你的创作中似乎能看到推翻、建立再推翻的过程，最后呈现的作品与最初设想的会有很大不同吗？对你来说，通常一件作品怎么才算“完成”？

There appears to be a visible process of overthrowing, rebuilding and re-overthrowing again in your creations. Is the final work often different from your initial vision? For you, what criteria do you use to determine when a work is 'finished'?

画一张画就像是在一个修罗炼狱里修行，我是在探索中自洽。每次面对一张绘画的开始，我都觉得自己不会画画，结束体现自身的局限性，也可能是个开始，“完成”似乎从来都不存在，我还活着画面就未完成。

Drawing a picture feels like practicing in a Shura purgatory, through this exploration that I find self-harmony. Every time I start a painting, I feel like I can't paint. The end reflects one’s own limitations, or maybe it marks a new beginning. 'Completion' seems never exist—as long as I'm still alive, the picture remains unfinished.

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你的作品有时呈现出从生成走向消亡，最终回归各自的命运的思想，这种关于命运或循环的概念对您意味着什么？

Your work sometimes presents the idea of moving from creation to extinction, ultimately returning to each individual's destiny. What does this notion of destiny or cycles mean to you?

尊重每一个个体，重新认识自己。

It represents respect for every individual and a renewed awareness of oneself.

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你特别爱对一些“终极问题”刨根究底，也常常从哲学中汲取灵感。可否分享困扰你的，或者说你视为人生之彼端的那些问题有哪些？你是如何看待这些问题的？

You have a deep passion for exploring 'ultimate questions' and often draw inspiration from philosophy. Could you share some of the questions that trouble you, or that you see as the far side of life? How do you perceive these questions ?

当我开始不惧怕死亡，我会想我为什么来到这个世界，没有遗憾和怀疑，可能我就不需要存在了。更替跟迭代下，总会有新的生命去延续。

When I no longer fear death, I start to question why I came into this world. Without regrets and doubts, maybe I don't need to exist. Through cycles of renewal and iteration, there will always be new life to carry on.

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能否请你分享一下目前比较关注的主题，以及会如何表现在之后的创作中？

Can you share with us the themes you are currently focusing on and how you plan to express them in your subsequent creations?

道可道非常道

Expressible way is not the eternal way.

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这次展览的主题是“流动的本能”，你怎样理解“流动”这种状态与你自身及创作的关系？

The theme of this exhibition is 'Flowing Instinct.' How do you perceive the relationship between the state of 'flowing', yourself and your creations?

展览是对自我的反思。我自己不重要，这个世界会越来越美好，我的流动就像一颗种子。

The exhibition is a reflection on my ego. My self is not important, the world is continuously improving, and my flow is like a seed.