List of Works and Guide to experiencing my Dialogue of Changes by Kristin Man
Visitors can draw one of the 18 cards provided. I am not making all 64 cards available because I have not drawn all of them during this residency period and have not included them in this exhibition.
Los visitantes pueden elegir una de las 18 tarjetas que se ofrecen.
Key: The 8 Elements are Heaven, Earth, Water, Fire, Mountain, Lake, Wind (=Wood) and Thunder
Clave: Los 8 elementos son Cielo, Tierra, Agua, Fuego, Montaña, Lago, Viento (=Madera) y Trueno.
Hangings with front & back sides:
#58_Joyous Lake (Lake over Lake) - what I wear, poncho on the right, & figure standing by the window
#61_Inner Truth (Wind over Lake) - poncho on the wall
#49_The Well (Water over Wind) - poncho on the left
#28_Preponderance of the Great (Lake over Wind) - crystal lime piece around the pedestal
#49_Revolution (Fire over Wind/Wood) - big poncho
#50_The Cauldron (Fire over Wind) - big poncho
#35_Progress (Fire over Earth) - big poncho
#11_Harmony/Peace (Earth over Heaven) - pink & grey piece on the wall by the exit
Lenticular Images from left to right on the wall (on the left is the card I drew; on the right is if the same elements were stacked in the reverse manner):
#49: Revolution (Lake over Fire) | #38: Opposition (Fire over Lake)
#4: Youthful Folly (Mountain over Water) | #39: Obstruction (Water over Mountain)
#1: The Creative (Heaven over Heaven) | #1: the Creative (Heaven over Heaven)
#61: Inner Truth (Wind over Lake) | #28: Preponderance of the Great (Lake over Wind)
#27: Nourishment (Mountain over Thunder) | #62: Preponderance of the Small (Thunder over Mountain)
#8: Holding Together (Water over Earth) | #7: Army/Discipline (Earth over Water)
#33: Retreat (Heaven over Mountain) | #26: Great Taming (Mountain over Heaven)
#5: Waiting with Patience (Water over Heaven) | #6: Conflict (Heaven over Water)
#7: Army/Discipline (Earth over Water) | #8: Holding Together (Water over Earth
#60: Limitation (Water over Lake) | #47: Oppression (Lake over Water)
#48: The Well (Water over Wind) | #59: Dispersion
Guided Meditation: As a yoga practitioner for 25 years and also a Yoga Alliance certified-500 hour yoga teacher), I offer a guided meditation at 5:30pm to those who wish to deepen their intuition before drawing a card-reading.
Background:
For a while now, I have been intrigued by the cross-overs between humanities and science. They are a matter of perspectives and disciplines which potentially help humanity, that is, if we were able to adopt an integrated approach. From quantum physics, we understand that waves are a range of positions of particles; waves show the probability of position of a particle–and this is energy. Uncertainty is fundamental in the fabric of the Universe–a phenomenon that is related to the Uncertainty Principle and the Observer’s Principle–where certain combinations of variables are intertwined/interdependent. The debate goes on, even after a century, with regards to whether a conscious observer is a quantum object or not. Similarly, I-Ching has no definite position, and even when consulted, the reading is to be interpreted by the seeker.
Previously, in my series A-MARE (to love-to sea), my main project since 2018, I have been exploring the concept of connections by weaving sea images– I concur with Dr. Carl Jung, in that, “the sea is the favorite symbol for the unconscious, the mother of all that lives.” In this context of connections, I-Ching intrigues me as a system of relationships. In 2023, at Canton-sardine, a Vancouver art gallery, I offered The Game of Truth with 64 yin (odd) and yang (even) numbers juxtaposed as a spiral and a question mark on the floor, a set of dice and a guide for people to walk through and then, to obtain their readings from the realm of Augmented Reality, by scanning the number they arrive at.
My poetry titled Between written at the beginning of my project “A-MARE” (to love-to sea):
between
my favourite sonata and another
crescendo and decrescendo
the rest and the staccato
it plays like this
between
a flow and a back flow
the glitter and the glow
the pause and the ebb
it undulates like this
between
the lightning and the thunder
a cloud envelops
like the peace that interrupts
the conflicts of the heart
between
the drops of rain
consonants and vowels
today and tomorrow
like the crevices alongside our fingers
after
very little
a bit too much
when
these, simply are...
between
a cut and a wave
a weave and another
memories and testimonies
meditated and made
between
the yellow and the violet
the fabric of our humanity
light of dawn and dusk
blood has laced the blue
certain questions remain
not only of time and space
my world
breathing
its meaning, in-the-meantime
Biography:
I am an interdisciplinary artist and author of two publications. Born in Hong Kong, after having lived around the world, I am now based in Vancouver, Canada. I write primarily in English, Chinese and Italian. In Projects A-MARE (to love-to sea), 9_9, Fragments of Grey Matter, I marry my written and visual poetry.
For more information:
Instagram: @kristin.man
