尋日字典 “Looking for the Sun” Dictionary

尋日字典
“Looking for the Sun” Dictionary 

2022

Dictionary, rubber stamp, stamp pad / site-specific installation @Treasure Hill Art Village280×280×350 cm, dimensions variable

300 × 175 × 20 mm、360 × 215 ×35 mm

字典、橡皮章、印台 / 寶藏巖國際藝術村 現地裝置

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在我們翻閱字典尋找時間的解釋時，需要先在部首區找到「日」才能找到「時」，也就是說：需要先看見太陽才能知道時間。於是我挑選了沒有在單詞裡解釋時間的字典，用蓋印的方式，將字典裡「日」以外的結構壓黑填滿，形成如同夜景一般的大樓窗景，我試圖在一片時間消失的字典裡尋找屬於自己的時間感。

When we look up “time” in the Chinese dictionary , we need to find the “日”（”day”） in the radical area before we can find the “時”（”hour”）. In other words, we need to see the sun before we can know the time. Thus, I picked Chinese dictionaries that did not explain time in words, using the method of stamping, filling in shape other than”日”. The Chinese dictionary turned into a night view. I tried to find my own sense of time in a dictionary where time has disappeared.