Walking Along the River
Chuang Liu
I was taking a walk along the Raritan River near my apartment. The trail was in the middle of the river dividing the water into two sections. A Mallard flew from one side to the other. The residue of broken shellfish was left on the section of trail that was paved by stone. On my way back, I found a boning stainless steel knife stuck by its point on a tree. I took it home.
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My eyes took about two to three minutes to adjust in the darkness. My vision became noisier, similar to an image taken with high ISO. The first action I did was to make sure that I wouldn’t spill the water I use to clean brushes. The light outside almost became too bright. I arranged the 21-milliliter 48 colored acrylic paints into a line from lightest to darkest. The canvas’s dimension of 8 inches by 10 inches was a perfect size to hold in the dark.
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Playing with Snow
Try to hold a piece of ice along with the video until you can no longer endure it.
Where the Fly was
Since I was cooking, I opened the balcony door to ventilate my living room. A fly got in and landed on a wall near me. I went to grab my camera and the fly was gone. I imagined where it could have landed and traveled around my living room.
Each of my projects is a different kind of activity for the viewers to take a closer look at the surroundings, to consider their perspective, and to empathize with others.