Strike

Title: Strike

Medium: Metal chain, burlap fiber, red silk, cotton, sound talking button

Dimensions: 190x28x28cm

Year: 2020

https://youtu.be/0rJS8JSwOKAX

Bell ringing is a time-telling ceremony with a nature of blessing, born in the culture of Buddhism. Before being given the specific function of ringing the bell, "the wooden beam" itself is just a hardwood. Only after being used to ring the bell the wood becomes a tool and is further given the cultural meaning of vigilance, enlightenment, and blessing. I try to destroy and reshape the way it is used by depriving it of its "hard" attributes and adding a sound function, to explore the meaning of the existence of people or objects before they are named and given social definition.