Wu Chi-Tsung 'Wire I', (2004)
Image taken from: (http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/artesmundi2006/chi-tsung/)
Today I attended the first of the Whitworth Talks at the Whitworth Art Gallery.
The Artist speaking today was Wu Chi-tsung. He spoke about his work from past years up to present. His work was interesting and seemed to portray a lot of manipulation in his work process using different means from video, photography and installation.
One of the pieces that struck me the most in his talk, was a piece that he created using a piece of mesh and projecting it onto a wall, and through movement the mesh changed and gave a different illusion every time it moved. He created machine type objects to make his pieces work, which seemed very complicated. This theme of juxtaposition in his work reoccured. The machinery creating an illusion that of something that looks quite simple, peaceful and organic.
It was interesting to see and listen to the journey the Artist had and is still on, and how creating pieces all the time moves onto different things. His work all had a similar style, very muted and peaceful, I thought. Also in context of speaking about your work an audience, preparation is key. When going through the different stages of work on his computer his lecture flowed quite nicely and was interesting to listen to all the way through.
When being shown the movement on 'Wire I', I liked how the simple the lines appeared on the walls and could see a connection in how they looked like a drawing, similar to the work I enjoyed putting together. Rather than be caught up in the mechanics of how it all works, what struck me was the the projection itself.
