Cyan, Magenta, and Insomnia

In the liminal state between wakefulness and sleep, known as hypnagogia, vivid imagery and fleeting shapes often emerge, blending the conscious with the subconscious. I sunk on my bed, as inner turmoil and a shadow of despair plunged me into countless nights of insomnia, empowering hypnagogia. In this series, Cyan, Magenta, and Insomnia, photographs captured by microscopy were post-processed to simulate the nightmares and hallucinations that arise from my insomnia period. Expressive colors, particularly cyan and magenta, had constantly appeared in the form of circles with varying sizes and compositions. They were the reminiscence of the micro-scale matters in natural science research I encountered on a daily basis, yet distorted by dread and anxiety. Visualization of these images eventually became a lullaby.

清醒与睡眠之间的边界状态被称为临睡幻觉(Hypnagogia),真切的视觉印记和流变的几何图像在此肆意繁衍,意识与潜意识的界限被模糊。躺在床上的我缓缓下坠,内心的不安与强烈的自我否定使我陷入了无数个失眠的夜晚,越发激发了临睡幻觉。

在这组作品《青与洋红的不眠之夜》中,显微摄影捕捉的图像经过后期处理,重现了我失眠期间那些如噩梦与幻觉般的体验。青色与洋红色,作为极具表达性的色彩,频繁以不同大小和构图的圆形闪现。它们源于我在自然科学研究中日常所接触的微观物质,却在不安与恐惧中形变扭曲。这些图像的呈现,仿佛是一种宽慰,在经历了所有的不眠之夜后带来一丝安抚。

He knows he will be hurt.

The warnings come to him in bed

because repose threatens him: in the camouflaging

light of the nightlight, he pretends to guard

the flesh in which his life is summarized.

He spreads his arms. On the wall, a corresponding figure

links him to the darkness he cannot control.

In its forms, the beasts originate

who are his enemies. He cannot sleep

apart from them

— Louise Glück

他知道自己终将受伤。

预兆在床上向他袭来,

因为安眠对他构成威胁:

在夜灯伪装的微光中,

他假装守护着这具承载生命的躯体。

他张开双臂。墙上,一个对应的身影

将他与无法掌控的黑暗连结。

在那影中,诞生了幽兽,

它们是他的敌人。

他无法入睡,

唯有与它们共存。

——路易丝·格吕克

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