/ Weight of Continuation

Mengfan Huang

Cut-and-paste(Chien-nien Skill) is a temple craft with deep cultural significance, combining techniques such as wire bending, plaster molding, and glass or ceramic tiles to bring abstract beliefs and culture into a tangible art form.

The traditional cut-and-paste material comes from factory-blown stained glass, which, as the material for the gods and animals, testifies to people's reverence for their beliefs and traditional culture. However, with the development of industrialization, factory-blown stained glass has gradually declined. These glass materials, which have been exposed to the wind, sun and rain, carry the weight of time and history, as well as the weight of faith and cultural inheritance.

Based on my own experience of learning how to Cut-and-paste, this work uses traditional blown stained glass as a creative element. Under the interplay of irregular material shapes and light and shadow, the five elements complement each other and the colors grow and grow together, forming a myriad of changes in the shape of the "cut".

｜Artist｜

Mengfan Huang
Born in Taoyuan, creative field spans graphic and video design, focusing on issues related to current social affairs, faith, and cultural preservation. Most of his recent creations are based on traditional craftsmanship, using video combined with interactive installations as a means of expression, and attempting to create another way of communicating with society through dialog and reflection, and interaction between tradition and technology.

｜Information｜

Title: Weight of Continuation
Medium: Glass, wood board, video installation
Size: 100 x 85cm
Year: 2024

｜Exhibition history｜

2024 Present–Real:Imaginary Offside,The Jardin Taipei
2023 Standing Before the Wormhole, Han Pao-Teh Memorial Museum, Tainan
2023 The Black Box World - The Dilemma of Civilizational Deception, Galerie Grand Siècle, Taipei
2023 ART FUTURE , Grand Hyatt Hotel, Taipei
2022 The Disappearance of Reality Interactive Art Exhibition, Punplace, Tainan
2022 Small Narratives 2.0 VR and Interactive Media Exhibition, Graduate Institute of Animation and Film Art Art gallery, Tainan