Pigglet

Some friends know that we adopted a piglet at Farm Sanctuary last year. Our pig daughter, Ramona, lives in their California shelter. She ran away from a farm when she's only 2 month old, but fell in a open sewer drain... (story continued at http://www.farmsanctuary.org/adopt/rescue_ramona.htm)Farm Sanctuary's NY shelter just welcomed a new piglet named J.D.. He's so cute in his chocolate color. See J.D. in action here: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=farmsanctuary1
Pigs are smart and rambunctious. They are playful like dogs, curious like cats. But don't worry if you've got no space for them to run, you can always have one in Farm Sanctuary. We will be visiting our calico pig this summer, are you interested in adopting one, too?

限定,場域,再現...誰最會翻譯深奧無解的外來辭

三不五時閱讀典藏今藝術的電子版,
盯著一大段明明在說中文的國字竟然組合不出一點的意義
大量的外來語透過白人學者的揣摩, 重新定義, 然後再發表, 變成新的深奧辭彙
說穿了往往就是古老文化中以一個字便解決了的單純概念
但是想要假裝有深度的人就一一地拿起來當口頭禪用
寫在自己的文章裡

這些自以為是的文章留傳到海外
我們努力硬著頭皮把自以為是的學者用辭硬坳成另一個新辭
另一個看起來很深奧卻空虛又喪失自尊的辭彙
另一個只有看過原文的知識份子才了解的高階層文化
古老有趣的中國語言變成坑坑疤疤的"後現代"拼圖

為什麼我們不能用單純的心和單純的語言來看藝術?
我以為有深度的東西和難以了解的東西之間是沒有等號的,
因為往往越深奧的理念其實就是最簡單的概念

如果你不能以簡單的一句話解釋一個理論
那你便是一點也不了解其中道理!

有些人把藝術說得比天氣還難懂
引這個德國學者說的, 引那個美國學者說的,
灌滿了字數卻讓自己的言語看起來像是翻譯來的,
喪失了"原著"的真誠

每看到這種令人傷心的文章
讓我想告訴這隻筆
您不妨寫英文,德文或法文還省事點
何必折磨自己與讀者的想像力呢?

Cyber Feature...

MAKEZINE posted my gummi bear chandelier on their blog on March 8th: http://makezine.com/blog/

To answer everybody's doubts:

1. "Chandelier" turned soft in LA's 90 degree summer and hardened again in winter.

Gummi bears only melt when temperature rise above 200 degree.

I do think the moisture will post a problem.

But as my gallery pal put it: Basic vermin and, uh - flooding or fire? In which case, no art would be safe. No art material will last forever if you don't take good care of it. "Chandelier" is a piece of art, a concept, not a bag of produce.

2. I have experimented on leaving gummi bears(including the melted ones) out on the street in LA, the result is, there may be only two species on earth who consume this food: Human and Some Dogs. No, no roaches, no vermin, no ants, not even fruit flies... I wonder if mold grows on coal-tar? Artificial coloring came from coal-tar, you know.

Although sounds tough, gummi bear still can't compete with Twinkies when it comes to the forever-long shelf life. We should run a contest calling all durable snacks to come out and show us what they are made of:)

Cyber Interview...

I was interviewed by Claudio Parentela from Italy.

Visit the interview: http://theextrafinger.blogspot.com/

and Claudio's other artist interview blog: http://foggygrizzly.blogspot.com/

Interesting how it is the first time I talk to people and the Chandelier was not included in the conversation. It's very refreshing! Like a parent, Chandelier is now a teenager and has a life of her own:) Thanks, Claudio, for a great experience.

damn... forgot to mention Eva Hesse and Virginia Woolf. Probably because I don't look at them as my favorite artists, they are simply my past life friends or sisters...woooo...

OK. Back to work before all the stars fall on my head and burn my hair off.