The colorful giant tree that is showcased at Northstar forms a sharp contrast to Ming-Jin Dong’s 3D wooden artwork. The influence of positive and negative interaction serves to stimulate one’s imagination and offers a new perception to reality.
The eager anticipation and fear of uncertainty of the new surroundings is rather contradictory and conflicting. Deep down in one’s heart, there is a strong desire to seek a warm and safe shelter for a greater sense of belonging. The gentle and primitive wood offers a true peace of mind. Shut away from the world to diminish the desire to embrace. From a human figure of internal chaos to the obscurity of the external appearance, the forms that exist below the enclosed surface differ from the image in our minds’ eyes.
The simplicity in design comes between abstract art and realism offers more possibilities for open interpretation