System-Awakening No.0 - No.30
Type: Brooch
Year: 2018 - 2019
The Evil Eye Reborn: Talismans for the Digital Era
This body of work narrates the symbolic rebirth of the “Evil Eye” within the context of the digital age.
As electronic devices become as pervasive as the air we breathe, and digital technologies continue to redefine human experience, a critical question arises: In an era increasingly shaped by algorithms, do we require new forms of talismanic protection?
Guided by this inquiry, I engaged in an experimental dialogue with 3D printing technology. By intentionally retaining artifacts resulting from procedural errors and machine imperfections, I integrated technological “flaws” into the visual language of the works. This collab- orative process between human and machine explores profound questions: Can computational systems develop traces of autonomous thought? Is there affective potential within technology? Could machinery exhibit a form of embodied spirituality?
In response to the expanding influence of artificial intelligence, I adopt a position of deliberate neutrality—neither endorsing nor opposing its advancement. Instead, I employ the motif of the eye within a series of brooches, conceived as symbolic amulets. These pieces serve as metaphysical buffers, intended to safeguard human essence against potential alienation induced by technological extremism.
Within my practice, jewelry functions as a transtemporal medium—a conduit connecting versions of the self across time. Symbolic art, in this framework, becomes a linguistic instrument for inner cultivation. This theoretical underpinning informs my use of the eye, an ancient symbol imbued with layered cultural meanings.
There exists an interstitial domain between the tangible and the imperceptible. While the eye apprehends the visible, it remains blind to phenomena such as emotion, consciousness, and dark matter. Yet these invisible forces participate in deep reciprocal exchanges that structure reality. Through the symbolic lens of the eye, I seek to materialize these intangible relations.
The series comprises 30 works that collectively articulate a philosophical cycle. The first 22 pieces trace the eye’s gradual awakening, while the final eight transition toward abstraction and void. The thirtieth work coincides with the zeroth—collapsing endpoint into origin. This circular structure serves as a metaphysical inquiry into themes of life and death, genesis and closure, and the eternal recursion of where we come from and where we are going.
魔眼新生：数字时代的护身符:
这是一个关于"恶魔之眼"在数字纪元中重生的叙事。 当电子设备如空气般渗入生活的每个角落，当数字技术重塑着人类的生存方式，一个问题悄然浮现：在这个被算法定义的时代，我们是否需要一种新的护身符？这一追问引领我踏上一场与3D打印机的对话。我刻意保留打印程序错误产生的肌理与形态，让技术本身的"失误"成为创作语言。在这场人与机器的合作中，我们共同探索：计算机能否形成自己的思维痕迹？科技是否潜藏着情感？机器是否也具有某种灵性？
面对人工智能的崛起，我选择不以支持或反对的姿态示人。取而代之的，是以"眼睛"为象征创作了一系列胸针作品。这些虚拟护身符，试图在符号层面构建一道屏障，守护人性本真，抵御技术极端化可能带来的异化。
对我而言，珠宝是超越时间的心灵媒介，是连接"自我"的永恒桥梁。而符号艺术，则更像是一条通向自我修行的语言学通道——这也是我选择"眼睛"这一古老符号的深层原因。
世间存在着一片介于有形与无形之间的领域。眼睛能捕捉可见的光影，却难以透视情感、精神与暗物质的维度。然而正是这些不可见的连接，构成了世界深处最深刻的互惠关系。我试图通过"眼睛"的符号，为这些无形之力寻找视觉载体。
系列中的30件作品构建了一个完整的哲学循环：前22件描绘眼睛逐渐苏醒的过程，后8件则转向虚空的演化。第30件作品即是第0件，终结与开端在此重合。这个无限循环，不仅是对生与死的隐喻，更是对起源与终结、来处与归途的永恒叩问。