Where there is substance, there is space. When substance moves, time is the movement of substance and also records the trajectory of its movement. Human beings have this definition of space and time for their movement. In the "Time Continues in the Space of Movement" (2010) series of sculpture works, Chen Wenqin named each piece with English gerunds to convey the eternal movement of substance. Time records the infinite trajectory of spatial movement in the form of sculpture, and they will continue to move without an end. This is an eternal state of time and space.
Time and space can be easily occupied. Time is intangible, colorless, and tasteless, relying solely on our experiences and feelings. Unable to see, touch and smell, Chen Wenqin pondered how to transmit time into visible and tactile artworks. Like clouds, drifting with the wind, briefly solidified, presenting beautifully; Like ribbons, flowing clouds and flowing water, endless, effortlessly captured. This is the trajectory of time, the movement of substance in space.
