Click Ten｜《事物之影》参展艺术家谢红东

谢红东窥探肉眼无法发现的熟悉地域的微观景观。他的照片让人联想到透过海上轮船的玻璃地板或太空卫星的玻璃天花板观看时的感受。新的世界和可能性出现，有时神秘得令人心跳加速。

谢红东对周围自然世界的摄影研究不是捏造，也不是数字合成，而是真实的。他在黑暗中发出光亮，揭示我们无法轻易看到的东西。他的搜索、发现和创作过程在很大程度上是直观的、诗意的，是对自身存在的一种自我反思和沉思。就像在潜意识中漫步一样，他的创作过程需要时间、敏感和毅力。谢红东说：“人生的经历可能很零碎，相互碰撞、分离，但最终会像叶脉一样在茎部重聚。”这是他作品的核心。我们穿梭时间，走得很远、很远，有时会迷失方向，但创作行为是将谢红东与自然、家乡和他自己联系在一起的纽带。

文/ James Elaine

Xie Hongdong peers into the microcosmic landscapes of familiar territories yet undetected by the naked eye. His photos evoke the feelings one might have if looking through a glass floor of a ship at sea or through a glass ceiling of a satellite in space. New worlds and possibilities appear, endless in hope and wonder in their sometimes heart-stopping mystery. 

Xie's photographic investigations into the natural world around him are not fabricated or computerized, they are real. He sheds light in the darkness and reveals what we cannot readily see. His process of searching, finding, and creating is largely intuitive, poetic, and a form of self reflection and contemplation on his own existence. Like taking a walk through the subconscious, his process takes time, sensitivity, and  perseverance. “The experiences of life can be quite fragmented, colliding, separating, but eventually they reunite like the veins of a leaf at the stem,” states Xie. This is the heart of his work. We travel far and wide through time and space, get lost at times, but the act of creating is the tie that binds Xie to nature, home, and to himself.