SO Hou Ian

蘇浩茵

Butterfly

蝶

SO Hou Ian
蘇浩茵

Butterfly      
蝶

Acrylic on canvas        
丙烯布本

130 × 130 × 3.7 cm

A piece of paper gets folded and left with creases. Much like one's life goes up and down, filled with twits and changes. Growth is an inevitable process in life, and there will be many memories, some bring you joy and some haunt you in your dream. We often overlook the fact that we are constantly shaped by our life experience and memories. Have you ever noticed how to present yourself in your daily life?

一張紙被折疊並留下了摺痕，就像一個人的生活充滿了曲折和變化，有起有落。成長是生命中必經的過程，當中有不少回憶，有些給你帶來快樂，有些則在你的夢中縈繞。我們經常忽略一個事實，那就是我們不斷地被生活經歷和回憶所塑造。你又有沒有注意過，在日常生活中你是如何展示自己的呢？

Memories are deeply personal and subjective that cannot be easily seen or understood by others. Influenced by her personal experiences, Josephina So is particularly drawn to how experiences and memories affect one’s self-awareness, thus discovering how we present ourselves in everyday life.

Drawing on her background in studying Japanese culture, she creates paintings by referencing the use of origami, exploring that the existence of memories and experiences can be both beautiful and flawed using color contrast. Her works also challenge viewers to question their assumptions about the nature of memory and perception, capturing the complex moments and emotions of life.

Josephina’s goal is to create work that helps people connect with their own memories and experiences, encourage them to reflect on, and bring meaningful thoughts in which their own memories have shaped their lives, furthermore to look forward to the future of one’s life.

回憶是非常個人和主觀的，他人無法輕易看到或理解。受到個人經歷影響，蘇浩茵特別關注經驗和記憶如何影響自我意識，並且發掘我們在日常生活中如何呈現自己。

憑藉她研究日本文化的背景，她透過參考摺紙的技術來創作繪畫作品，並通過顏色的對比，探索回憶和經歷的存在是既美麗又有瑕疵的。她的作品也挑戰觀眾質疑他們對回憶和感知的假設，捕捉生活中復雜的時刻和情感。

她的目標是創作能夠幫助人們與自己的回憶和經驗建立聯繫的作品，鼓勵他們反思並帶來有意義的思考，了解自己的回憶如何塑造了他們的生活，並對未來充滿期望。