“光与盐”之策展理念
当代观念艺术作为社会的镜子,如果适当的使用可作为领先倡导的媒体。然而现在这面镜子却注重反映社会中的负面形态和人们心中对世界事物的不满,已经失去平衡、缺乏方向、只流於个人负面心态的渲泄,甚至倡导毁坏、自残、虚空的逃避麻醉、扭曲真实和丑恶的道德观等等。这个被市场炒作和腐朽创作的涂污以至失真、哗众取宠的假镜是需要突破而改变的。
我们坚信,美好的比腐朽的更有吸引力;善良的比邪恶的更有效;真实的比伪装的更可靠。既然在我们心底灵魂深处都渴望着这个世人共识的理想,就不再需要保持静默。
光是一种指引,亮光会为人照亮前面的道路,使路途清晰,并藉着光行过黑暗。光是应该照出来的,却不应也不能躲在黑暗中,光来了,黑暗就无地自容。光明所结的果子就是一切良善、公义、诚实。盐是一种调料,使平淡的有味道,带来滋味,带来享受。更重要的是,盐还有保鲜和消毒的作用。固此,我们既是与别不同,也是需要维持标准的。
Contemporary Art should originally mirror the present state of the society. If it is suitably treated, it can also be a leading media for directional functions. However, this mirror is now found to be distorted which heavily and nearly unexceptionally reflects the negative state of human beings and their dissatisfactions towards the world. We discover that this mirror has lost its stance, lacking direction and has degraded to be a tool of exhaust venting for negativity, even lifting the ideas of malice, self-destructions, emptiness, cowardly tranquilising ostrich, twisting the truth, ugliness, immorality and so on. This misleading mirror being seriously derailed by the unreal speculation of the market, and some decayed forms of creative art requires a change of breakthrough.
We strongly believe that beauty is more attractive than decay, kindness is more effective than evil, and honesty towards truth is more trustworthy than hypocrisy. Indeed from the depth of our hearts this unarguable reality should not be kept unheard.
Light shows the way and it brighten up the road ahead. Light should be allowed to shine outwardly, instead of hiding behind the scene. In fact when there is light, darkness cannot prevail. The fruit of light is every kindness, righteousness, honesty and so on. Salt can bring out taste from flatness, from dullness to entertainment and fulfilling enjoyment. More importantly, salt has its functions as preservative and disinfection. Therefore we are at the same time distinguishable from the others; we are also establishing and sustaining the standard.