Ling Pui Sze: Life is meant to be messy
- curated by Chloe Chow
凌佩詩 《集亂為序》
- 周麗珊策展

Oct 15 - Nov 5, 2022
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Life is meant to be messy

For scientists, identifying and examining the approximately 37.2 trillion cells of the human body one by one under a microscope may well be simply a matter of time and technology. The latest scientific research even shows that only 43% of those 37.2 trillion cells originated in the human being. The rest belong to microorganisms. Using the cell images of these various organisms as the source of artistic creation has given Ling Pui Sze a glimpse of the larger world. 

Over the past several years, Ling ’s creative expression has taken the form of printing, tearing, and shading. She tears up images of cells collected from the internet, then pieces together the treated fragments using her intuitive understanding of nature. Ling further used her own cell images and x-ray films in her new series of works, which shift from exploring the exteriority of the world to the interiority of the self. Compared to the orderly arrangement of the actual cells, her newly constructed versions appear deconstructed and haphazard, organised according to her non-scientific logic. Yet at the same time, they contain the unpredictable power of life. Ling has further intervened by drawing lines intended as the multiple retracings of her body’s rhythms. These follow no inherent pattern, but instead attempt to embrace life’s messiness and seek out the equilibrium of the self in the unprecedented time. 

集亂為序

要將整個人體約37.2兆個細胞一一攤在顯微鏡下，在科學家眼中也許只是時間和技術性的問題。最新的科學研究更顯示，在這37.2兆個細胞中，當作只有43% 的細胞屬於人類，其他都是非人類的微生物細胞。利用各種生物的細胞圖進行創作，成為凌佩詩以小見大地感知世界的方式。

凌氏多年的創作一直以列印、撕碎和暈染的方法處理從網上收集的生物細胞圖，然後以其對大自然的直覺性重新拼砌細胞碎片。由外觀世界到內觀自身，凌氏的新作轉向以自己的身體細胞圖和X光造影圖為素材。相較於真實細胞有條不紊的排序，這些經由她以非科學邏輯重整和重構的細胞，呈現出破壞性的結構和雜亂無章狀態，卻也同時昭示生命無可預測的力量。凌氏更以直線作為介入，呈現她對重溯自身身體節奏的意圖。然而這種重溯並非依循固有的規律，而是嘗試擁抱生命的混亂性，在亂世中找到自己的平衡。

Book: "Every Little Unit 每一道微小”, 2022, 23 x 19 cm, colour pages, bilingual, soft cover
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