Mandala Development Process

曼荼罗显影术

ARTIST 艺术家

郑龙一海 Dragon Yihai Zheng

2025

DETAIL 作品详情

尺寸可变
Variable size

数码摄影,宋式立轴
Digital photography, Song-style vertical scroll

EN

The dark cave dome serves as a spiritual canvas. Gazing deeply at the stalactites’ calcified surfaces is akin to touching the texture of time, echoing the traditional Eastern literati pursuit of inner contemplation. High-resolution digital imaging allows viewers to “walk” through these crevices at a pixel level, reviving the classical handscroll aesthetic of “shifting perspectives with moving steps” to offer a macro-landscape wandering experience.
The physical presentation retains traditional scroll mounting while digitally deconstructing the imagery. This duality reflects the evolution of art media—from Tang pigments and Song ink to modern binary codes. Vertical stalactites act like traditional screens, nesting multiple spaces to complete a logical loop of media archaeology. Viewers experience both geological awe and a contemporary response to the eternal proposition: how physical landscapes become spiritual schemas.

中文

岩洞幽暗的穹顶在创作中被视为”自性显影”的精神画布。当镜头长时间凝视钟乳石表面那些斑驳的钙化层时,我们仿佛触摸到了时间本身的质感。这种微观凝视的创作状态,与文人画”澄怀观道”的内观传统形成了跨越时空的呼应。而数字影像特有的高精度缩放与多元编辑功能,则让观者得以在像素层面”行走”于石钟乳的裂隙之间,重新体验传统手卷”移步换景”的东方审美趣味,得到神游宏观山水的美学体验。
在物质媒介的呈现方式上,刻意保留了立轴宣和装裱的古典形制,却在图像层面进行数字化解构与重组。这种看似矛盾的处理方式,实则暗含着对艺术媒介演变的深刻思考——从唐代壁画矿物颜料到宋代绢本水墨,再到今天的二进制影像,人类对”神圣空间”的想象始终在与时俱进。那些垂直节理的钟乳石柱,在当代语境下恰似传统屏风的分隔,共同构成多重空间的视觉嵌套,完成了艺术媒介考古的逻辑闭环。当观众面对这些作品时,不仅能感受到地质奇观的视觉震撼,更能体会到”山水何以成为心灵图式”这一永恒命题的当代回应。