Lucky Boxes

Participatory Installation

March 2016

Lucky Boxes is a set of acrylic boxes in different sizes and colors; there is a 4 - inch diameter hole on the topside of each one. Participants are encouraged to put their hands into each or any of the boxes to touch or grab whatever is inside. This piece triggers a highly personal psychological and physical experience: the psychological battle of whether or not to take this risk; the experience of having an expectation; the action of taking risks, exploring the unseen and unknown. The sense of tactile is also a major part of this art experience, to make art using different senses is also one of my intentions for art making. The audience also becomes the “performers” of the work by being recorded by a camera

“Lucky Boxes”现更名为“Boxes”，这是一个系列触觉参与型装置。每次展出时根据场地空间决定盒子的数量和大小，盒子材质为彩色镜面亚克力，每个盒子内放置不同的内容物，盒子一面有约4英寸直径的圆洞供参与者伸手进去（内容物是确保安全卫生的）。装置现场放置摄像头或多块屏幕。 参与者需在不知内容物为何的情况下将手放入盒子中，通过触觉感受内容物。内容物通常是生活中会接触到，但很少被通过触觉感受的物品，例如不同的刷子、布料、材质等。作品让参与者隔绝感受对象的其他信息，单从触觉感受物质世界，并在过程中经历对未知的探索、对冒险的选择等一系列心理变化。 参与者经历心理变化的情绪反应通过摄像头播放在屏幕上，此为参与者与作品的二次创作。