R：Red Huang
K：Kirsten Lee
K: Hi Red.
R: Hi Kirsten.
R: Hello. Can you easily tell us about yourself?
E: I am a student in Nanjing Art Institute.
R: What’s your major?
E: laughs) experimental art.
R: That are the different between experimental art and traditional art?
E: experimental art is more tend to contemporary art. Unlike traditional painting, we are encouraged to be creative with a variety of materials, the media also has become enriched. Sculpture, installation, video and even lighting can be your creative medium.
R: It sounds very cool. So what do you think your future will be like?
E: I think in the future, the media will become more abundant. Throughout the contemporary art which after World War II, you will find that in the past, many famous works are confined to the easel painting and installations. But in recent years, there has been a lot of media work more on the exhibition. In addition to paintings and installations, video and lighting works are also more and more. Like two years ago in Shanghai K11Z exhibition, that Yayoi Kusama exhibition “I have a dream”, there is a mirror with light and space to do the work. Do you know about that the exhibition?
R: Yes, I know. but I was not home that time, so I can only saw some pictures on the Internet. Honestly from the scene that the picture looks really great.
E: Yes, Kusama is a very great artist.
R: Do you think science and technology for the future of contemporary art are important? In the perspective of a creator, can you talk about this?
E: I think they are very important. I just said someone even use imaging and lighting to do the artwork. As we all know, the lighting and imaging technology has made rapid progress in recent decades. Many contemporary artists are keeping up with technological development. Often much higher in the acceptance of new technologies than the average person. In the use of more active. If Tracey Emin in today, the well known one may not be her neon artwork, but LED artwork, hahaha.
R: Hahahahaha, your example really makes sense.
E: Oh, that was just a joke (laughs
R: So what do you think the future will be?
R: If we don’t have today’s technology, what changes you think there will happen to the pattern of contemporary art?
E: If there is no technology, it may be lose many great works. Occupy the main market will still be the easel painting and sculpture.
R: Can you give some examples? With some well-known works as an example.
E: Damien Hirst with his famous works “The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living” is a shark immersed in formaldehyde solution prepared. If human did not invent the formalin preservative technology, then this work would never have been born. If the anti-corrosion technology is not advanced, it will bring great trouble. Because contemporary art is particularity, in the storage and transport it is more troublesome than traditional art.
R: So the technology is a new trend in the contemporary art world? Is there someone no denial of the use of new technology?
E: Of course. Some artists have their own prefer things, even stubbornly only with the traditional process. In addition to retro addition, choose this way also can reflect the artist’s personality. Tracey Emin as an example there are a lot of embroidery art. I think this is closely related with her female identity.
R: how do you think about the impact of technology on contemporary art?
E: I think the advancement of technology provides us with more possibilities, this possibility also for the artistic diversity provides fertile ground.
R: Yes, Can you boldly predict the future relationship between technology and art? Just ask you in the past.
E: ah, I’m sorry I tend to change the topic. I think the future of technology should be able to achieve a breakthrough in terms of human perception. For example, there have been 3D visual images, 4D holographic projection, the sense of hearing with a stereo, I think the future should also be a breakthrough in the sense of touching. By the time the artist’s work may be more let people to feel virtual reality, and as a greater extent convey what you want to convey to the audience.
R: Are you going to concern and the use of the latest technology, and tend to use them to complete your work it?
E: I will be concerned about it, also at the time in the creation to take into account of new technology. But I will not place undue reliance on new technology. I like to try a variety of media, to find their own more possibilities.
R: Thank you very much for your cooperation!
E: You’re welcome.
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