Jing Huang

If the distance between China and North America is 7723 km, 然后 what is the distance between the previous me and the current me? If t在这里 are 12 hours between home and 在这里, what time is it 现在? When a new life meets an old one, that moment draws me close. Tasting newness and oldness at the same time, I become the distance and difference; I am t在这里, 在这里, 然后, 现在.

Language for me is a lens to sense culture, 身份 and location. My voice changes when I speak another language. Stepping away can intensify focus. Interest shifts and switches 在这里 to t在这里, back and forth. Art practice and life experience bound tightly. I move around, my work continues to change my point of view. Living and moving among cultures, histories, 值, languages, and assumptions always brings more – a question or an answer?

In my recent work, I have been exploring nature, 身份, miniature, dislocation, cultures and conventions. Comparing and utilizing the symbols and 值 from the east and the west, I trace my past, find my position. The scene 现在 looks ambiguous - it is neither the picture of my hometown nor the view of 在这里. It is something extracted from a recollection of experience and imagination; it comes from a person who appreciates the past and embraces the possibilities of the future.