In the Memories of …

The world has formed a clear-cut boundary for everything contained within. Each of the things within is a complete individual outer image, and through absolute information, absolute messages are transmitted. Lin Guan-Ming has chosen to escape in a situation like this; however, escape does not mean cowardliness or to turn in opposite directions. It is a way to gain exhilaration from the crack in judgment.
To the artist, things that are happening at random are ever more striking than anything that is perfectly planned. The artwork takes place at the oceanfront between Yun-Lin and Chia-Yi. The artist has spotted a fishing net floating on the ocean surface. It cuts through the serene water and flitters in mid air, and then is once again engulfed by the waves.

This chance encounter is quite startling, and when he returns to reality and realizes that he should have asked, “What was that flittering in mid air?” At that very moment, the thing is no longer just a piece of fishing net. In that split second, the fishing net has escaped its absolute declaration and has formed another possibility. Through out the process, it is not about what the fishing net has chosen, but it is about the spectator choosing to escape from the absolute declaration with the thought of “what is it?”, and by thinking so, all the existing rules have been escaped, and the world is being relearned in a new way.
Ultimately, freedom is simply just like that.