郭恬熙作品展
東方基金會及全藝社向本澳藝術愛好者徵集繪畫、版畫、雕塑、攝影、裝置及錄像等不同媒材的作品，在「秋季沙龍2013」（上10時至晚上7時，逢週一休息，東方基金會會址 / 白鴿巢前地）展出。
本地藝術家郭恬熙專注於藝術教育和展覽策劃工作，同時醉心於佛學。近年，她遊歷印度北部山區及青藏地區，深入接觸當地的風土人情，並在「无事 - 郭恬熙」（14/10-24/11星期一至六中午12時至晚上7時，全藝社 / 黑沙環馬路52號廣耀工業大廈10樓）展覽展出一系列最新的攝影、錄像及裝置作品，通過作品讓觀眾一同探討人生與靈性的關係。
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主辦：「秋季沙龍」 - 東方基金會、全藝社 / 「无事 - 郭恬熙」 - 全藝社
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无事的郭恬熙
這些年，常聽聞郭恬熙遊歷印度北部山區及青藏地區，一個充滿神聖及理想的國度，美麗而遙遠，她並開始探求佛學的真義，深入接觸當地的人和情，物和事，了解其宗教、文化及生活等，領悟當下社會人們心靈間倫理的變化，皆為因緣和寬容，世事萬物本是虛幻，很多事物被刻意定義，不斷地建立與破壞，似乎是在失控般的循環，慾望或許令社會不斷加速地前進，我們已無力也無助，回頭或許是虛空一場。
郭恬熙善於以影像進行創作，並用文字記錄旅途上的一些想法，表現多元文化的創作理念，近年作品常展現出佛學的思想觀念。這次展出郭恬熙最近創作的圖像及錄像作品，以裝置的方式呈現，裝置以佛教中的曼陀羅（Mandala）為基本構成，這亦是人性的“壇＂，表現心中無窮盡的宇宙觀，其結構以方形及圓形為主，方形四面分別展示地、水、火、風四大構成物質的影像，表示世事萬物，郭恬熙對於物質的無自性，其本源與靈性的關係，通過作品讓觀眾一同進行探討。大自然萬物都循環有序，對永恆的思索，感受“此刻＂的變幻，當在證明自己的“存在＂，或是瞬間已成為回憶，領會到生命與時空的平衡性。
本無事，郭恬熙表達出一個虛幻的實相，凡事無須太在乎得失，就讓她過去，對生活的憂愁，無奈，或多或少自擾之，如何開脫，相信各有方法。蒼穹大地為依循，郭恬熙對於有與無，有著深刻的體會。
本無物，這或許就是人們最真實和最和諧的狀態，但在當下消費型的社會裡，資源迅速被消耗的今天，擁有，或只是填補心中的空洞，我們其實不需要太多。
郭恬熙追求心靈的自由與自在，她更重視生命本質的釋放，在層巒疊嶂的高山大川，回望追逐不休的生活，彷彿夢一場，深秋將至，紅葉殘落，隨風飄搖，或能找到另一片淨土。
策展人
唐重
AFA Exhibitions
In Nothing Happens - Alice Kok Exhibition (12:00 noon to 7:00pm, closed on Sundays from 14/10-24/11; Art for All Society, 10/Fl., No. 52 Edif. da Fabrica de Baterias N.E. National, Est. da Areia Preta) the local artist, avid traveller, Buddhism adherent, art educator and curator explores the psyche of the Tibetan people in a display of photographs, video and installation works which explore the ‘emptiness’ of all material existence.
In Autumn Salon 2013 (10:00am to 7:00pm, closed on Mondays from 9/11-5/12; Casa Garden, Camões Square) the Orient Foundation and AFA will publicly display a treasure trove of paintings, prints, sculptures, photography, installations and video works of local artists.
Admission: Free
Enquiries: (853) 2836 6064
Organizers: Nothing Happens - Orient Foundation, Art for All Society
Autumn Salon - Art for All Society
date :14/10 - 5/12
Nothing Happens - Alice Kok
Over the past few years, I have often heard that Alice Kok has been travelling to Northern India and the Qinghai-Tibetan region. Sacred and idyllic, beautiful and far off, the Snowland has become home to Alice’s exploration of Buddhism. She has built up contacts and these have allowed her to deepen her understanding of the Tibetan people, their issues and their opinions. Learning about their religion, their culture and their lives, has made Alice realizes that the ethical changes that are taking place in our contemporary society are dependent on cause and effect. Nothing has its own essence as everything is inter-related. While we struggle to define rigid visions of our worlds, so many things have been built and destroyed, only to be rebuilt. It is as though the cycle is driven by desire in which our society appears to move forward has spun out of control. We have become powerless and helpless in the whirlpool of desire. One day, we may open our eyes only to see the emptiness of what has become.
Alice’s talent extends from images to words and it is with these that she records her thoughts in her travel journals. With her multicultural background, her recent works reveals ideologies and concepts found in Buddhism. This exhibition is an installation showcasing Alice’s latest photographs and video work. The installation represents the ‘altar’ for humanity’s vision of the infinite universe, in the form of a mandala. Images of the four elements, earth, water, fire and air, are integrated into the walls of the cube at the centre of which there is a round stage. Breaking everything down into the four elements, and linking our origins to spirituality, Alice proposes an exploration of the ‘emptiness’ of all material existence where independent essence has lost all meaning. While nature continues into eternity, the now is ever changing. As we endeavour to prove our own ‘existence’ in the here and now, the moment has slipped away forever, becoming past memories. Thus realizing the balance of Life, Time and Space.
Nothing really happens. Alice expresses the experience of emptiness, letting go of failure and success. Our sadness and helplessness in life is but a reflection of our own mind. How can we break free? Everyone has his or her own way. Walking her own path, Alice has learnt about loss and gain from her own experiences and has used them to build a deep understanding of life.
Form is emptiness. This is possibly the truest and the most harmonious state of being. However, in our contemporary society, where information is so rapidly being consumed, ‘to have’, is perhaps a way to fill the hollowness of our lives. If the truth be told, we do not need so much.
What Alice is seeking is freedom of the mind. What is more important to her is the release of life’s essence. Climbing up the highest mountains and crossing the widest rivers, she looks back to the restlessness of urban life as if it is but a dream. Arriving to deep autumn, leaves are turning into a deep red. Blown by the wind, they might end up on the other shore to the Pure Land.
Curator
Tong Chong
