INTERPRET:
“That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse”
(Walt Whitman)
As artists and makers, we first interpret – and then are, in turn, interpreted. We must surrender to our process, knowing that when we yield up our work, the viewers’ reaction is entirely their own, beyond our control.
The creative process begins with questions, and when we arrive at what feels like a pause or temporary conclusion for ourselves, presented in the gallery, we are only passing on that line of inquiry.
How do we interpret the images, sensations, and glimpses that perturb us, or excite us, and inspire us? How do we interrogate and translate into our work the values that motivate us? How conscious is our relationship to the material? At the heart of this exhibition, we work to understand our materials and work with them to tell a story that is theirs as well as ours. How do our hands, following motions that may go back millennia, leave marks that feel brand-new? How do we find ourselves through the act of making? Is this process explicit? – do we seek to be known in our work, or by the process that drives it, or do we wish to expose only a part of this?
We come together in this exhibition, to share with you our work, we ask you to participate through the act of viewing, and we seek to further understand ourselves through your eyes. To interpret your interpretation and so begin again.
诠释
“伟大的戏剧仍在上演, 而你可以奉献一首诗。”
(沃尔特·惠特曼)
作为艺术家和制作者，我们首先要诠释——反之，我们也被阐释。当我们展现工作时我们必须沉溺于过程，而观众的反应完全是主观的，是处在我们控制之外的。
创造性的过程往往从问题开始，当我们在画廊里发表当下的结论时，我们只是在传递这条探究的线索。
我们如何解读那些通过感觉和一瞥从而摄动，激励或是启发我们的画面？我们如何审视并转化我们的价值观为作品? 我们与材料的关联意识有多强？这次展览的核心，我们致力理解材料，并与他们一起讲述一个既属于材料也属于我们的故事。我们的手是如何按照可能追溯于几千年前的动作，留下全新的痕迹的？ 我们如何通过创造的行为探寻自己？这个过程明确吗？——我们是否寻求在我们的作品中，或者通过驱动它的过程为人所知，或者我们是否希望只展露其中的一部分？
我们聚集在展览——“诠释”中，与观者分享我们的工作，同时寻求通过观众的眼睛进一步了解自己。现在，请开始你的阐释。