Existence of Absence

• Main Authors: Weng,Kuo-Kai, 翁國凱
• Other Authors: 張惠蘭
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/40420556171783377874

碩士 === 東海大學 === 美術學系 === 104 === Our perception always depends on our conceptual realization of “presence” and “absence.” The “Existence of Absence” suggests the actual presence without really participating in it. The “presence” here is not merely about naming the objects, but also substantially experiencing the time and space being taken by the objects, while the both together define the “presence” in front of our eyes and in our minds. Different from the actual presence, “absence” is the invisible presence constructed between the absent being and the vision visualized in one’s memory. Therefore, a clear definition of the actual “presence” never exists. The thesis includes four chapters: the first chapter “Beginning” states how my college and graduate project initiated as well as its artistic development based on my personal and family memory; the second chapter “The Writing of the Negative” discusses the vanishing family images, the use of media of two-dimensional painting and its practice; the third chapter “The Narrative of Space in the Daydream” is an analysis of my space installation, a practice I started in graduate school, and the form of the works; the fourth chapter “Conclusion” lays out the transformation of the whole artmaking process and its effect.