Wei Vivi Zeng (MLA II)
Live Portrait
The interpretation of Asian aesthetics through framed landscapes
This project is a pretty inspiring practice to investigate how people define a single-space, also to reflect upon how the aesthetic perception of human can be manipulated by the techniques of enclosure.
The project frames the common plant in the United States according to Chinese aesthetics in order to demystify the exoticism associated with Chinese Art.
In a landscape space, I study the artistic technique which strategically hides the wholeness and reveals a minimal part , to display the immeasurable, aesthetic quality of the plant. By gaining the particular attention against a white background, the perceived objects create a sense of curiosity and new understanding different from it original image. This technique of hiding and revealing is my way of defining the framing of classic Chinese Aesthetic.
Image credits:
Page 2: Ryan Estep, Skin Fawn.
Page 3: Ryuei Nishizawa, Fukita Pavilion.
Page 4: Octavi Serra, Unknown.
Page 5: Tom Holmes, Tony Matelli, Eileen Quinlan, and Heather Rowe, Undone.
Page 6: Bernard Rudofsky, Costantino Nivola, Nivola House-Garden (Garden Wall).
Page 7: Myoung Ho Lee, Tree.
The Immeasurable Enclosure Fall 2019
Live Portrait
The interpretation of Asian aesthetics through framed landscapes
This project is a pretty inspiring practice to investigate how people define a single-space, also to reflect upon how the aesthetic perception of human can be manipulated by the techniques of enclosure.
The project frames the common plant in the United States according to Chinese aesthetics in order to demystify the exoticism associated with Chinese Art.
In a landscape space, I study the artistic technique which strategically hides the wholeness and reveals a minimal part , to display the immeasurable, aesthetic quality of the plant. By gaining the particular attention against a white background, the perceived objects create a sense of curiosity and new understanding different from it original image. This technique of hiding and revealing is my way of defining the framing of classic Chinese Aesthetic.
Image credits:
Page 2: Ryan Estep, Skin Fawn.
Page 3: Ryuei Nishizawa, Fukita Pavilion.
Page 4: Octavi Serra, Unknown.
Page 5: Tom Holmes, Tony Matelli, Eileen Quinlan, and Heather Rowe, Undone.
Page 6: Bernard Rudofsky, Costantino Nivola, Nivola House-Garden (Garden Wall).
Page 7: Myoung Ho Lee, Tree.
The Immeasurable Enclosure Fall 2019
