剪紙 Paper Cutting

當文晶瑩看著自己寫的故事,並想著如何處理它,立時想到用切割和雕刻這些紙張的方法去表達自己的情感和思想。通過破壞和建設後,一個人的負面情緒和想像力可以得到釋放。剪紙版本是關於受害者的創傷、性侵犯的誤解、希望有一個互相尊重的社會和鼓勵侵犯者停止罪行。
剪紙這種形式亦是一種傳統的中國工藝,它從前是婦女用來佈置自己家居的一種裝飾品。婦女們會利用剪紙來表達她們的想法,更會彼此分享一些自創的新款式。雖然剪紙普遍並未視為「高雅藝術」,但它是一種心到手到的直接表達方式,能反映內心世界,所以文晶瑩喜歡剪紙,更喜歡與紙對話,挖掘它的特性和潛力,這亦可以是一種尊重。

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When looking at the paper and thinking of how to deal with the stories, Phoebe would like to show her feelings and thinking through cutting and sculpting these paper. The paper cutting version is about the trauma of the victims, the misconceptions of sexual assault, the desire for a supportive society and the encouragement of the offenders to cease committing crime.
For the form “paper cutting” (Jianzhi), it is a traditional Chinese craft which was commonly done by women to decorate their homes. When girls invented some new patterns, they would share them among themselves. They also use Jianzhi to express their thoughts. Although Jianzhi is not regard as “high art”, it is a hands-on way of art expression which can reflect the inner self sometimes. That is why the artist like paper cutting. She like to have dialogue with paper and explore the potential of it. It could be a form of respect. 

Details: http://www.cyman.net/RW/paper/main.htm


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