Awakening to Origins Curated by David Adam Brubaker from the collection of Brian Wallace
觉醒溯源——大卫·亚当·布鲁贝克策展 布朗·华莱士收藏甄选

“Awakening to Origins”

Contemporary life is sometimes described as a return to original sources in natural life for personal entry into realities of history. One question for technological civilizations today is how the individual person has contact with natural origins that are not already engineered and processed. Is life today entirely conditioned and swamped by ready-made high-tech imagery? Or can each person still awaken to the essence of natural life by savoring elements of visible space, touch, and taste that are more stable than temporary experiences of things? The contemporary artists here invite you to savor the origins of sensuous life. They return to sensuous origins in inventive ways: a scintillating non-object sparkles within a dull suitcase, shape is split to reveal fruitful interiors, the inner touch of a living finger is present by its absence, mountains fuse with touch and territories of body, and sparks of fire make pin-points of empty space for entry into the great original universe. Through marvelous waters without objects and skies with no names, you cross over to a space right before your own eyes. The challenges of awakening are not hidden: butterflies perish or are forgotten in bubble wrap, portals shade into darkness, and skin thickens. Yet, artistry creates new patterns from shards of history, and the unity between persons is mirrored and displayed as dialogue. The artists here offer the vitality and uniqueness of human life that supports existence and the world of things.

David Adam Brubaker

觉醒溯源

当代生活有时将个人试图置身历史真相时形容为回归自然本源。 科技文明在当今面临的一个问题是， 是否有人能够接触到尚未被生产和改造的自然本源?每个人都能否通过品味可见空间、触觉和味觉元 素来唤醒生命吗?当代艺术家们在这里邀请您品味感性生命的起源。 它们以别出心裁的方式回归: 炽热的阳光洒满枝头;闪烁的非物体在手提箱中熠熠生辉;形状被分割成多变的内在结构;手指的鲜 活触觉用缺失证实存在; 群山与人体融为一体;火花在虚空中形成针芒，进入浩瀚;借由妙幻的无 根之水和无名之境，你就会穿越到自己眼前的空间。 觉醒的挑战并非隐晦: 蝴蝶被遗忘和湮灭于气 泡膜包装中;通向玄幽的入口开启; 皮囊深厚且沉重。的确，艺术从历史的碎片中创造出新的模式， 智慧在实践中产生，人际间的统一通过对话得以重见和显现。艺术家们供应了能够支撑存在和世间万 物的人类生机和独特活力。

大卫·亚当·布鲁贝克