Echoing Scars

BACKGROUND Historically, Western arts are rooted in geometry and mathematics (Aristotle, Pythagoras). Music structure, scale and timing are guided by the Fibonacci numbers as Phi is often used to design musical instruments and the golden ratio is predominantly used at the genesis of the creation of visual works. Indeed, creative practices are governed by rules of Mathematical harmony, being a resultant of formal beauties shining with sacred meanings. Numbers, figures and geometry are the cornerstone of culture, belief and design. What if the Fibonacci Series becomes a conceptual mechanism for curating and designing the sub-culture of extreme metal music? CONTRIBUTION Echoing Scars is an installation of six artworks created and displayed under the influence of the Fibonacci Series. Thus aligned with rigorous golden ratio use and geometrical rules (pentagram, triangle) building the relationship between formal construction (artworks, placements) and conceptual deconstruction (content and meanings). The exhibition examines the dichotomy between the universal and the individual, between rules of nature and man's free will using the aesthetic of metal music as visuals and language, colliding the past with the present. Echoing Scars investigates and enables the agency of the visitor to unfold the resonance of meanings. The set up refers to a concert room-like with a ghostly presence of the band, fans, lyrics and slogan within a stage lighting atmosphere. The exhibition's soundtrack is activated by the visitor's interaction. This latter becomes the last missing band member and the show must go on. SIGNIFICANCE This exhibition is in response to an invitation for a solo show at Galerie Quynh, leading art gallery in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from May 12 to June 2, 2017. Initially promoting Vietnam's pioneering artists, the gallery has since embraced a wider international program allowing access to a diverse range of practices, hosting approximately 10 exhibitions per year.

背景
自古以来，西方艺术植根于几何学与数学（亚里士多德、毕达哥拉斯）。音乐的结构、音程与节奏由斐波那契数（Fibonacci numbers）主导，斐氏常数（Phi）常被用于乐器设计，而黄金比例（golden ratio）则广泛应用于视觉艺术创作的初始阶段。诚然，创作实践遵循数学和谐的法则，其诞生的形式美感承载着神圣的内涵。数字、图形与几何是文化、信仰与设计的基石。那么，若将斐波那契数列（Fibonacci Series）作为策展与设计极端金属音乐（extreme metal music）亚文化的概念框架，又将如何？

贡献
《回响之痕》（Echoing Scars）是一组受斐波那契数列启发创作并展出的六件艺术作品。该展览严格遵循黄金比例（golden ratio）与几何法则（五角星（pentagram）、三角形（triangle）），构建起形式建构（艺术作品、展陈布局）与概念解构（内容与内涵）之间的关联。本次展览以极端金属音乐美学作为视觉与语言载体，探讨普遍与个体、自然法则与人类自由意志之间的二元对立，并实现过去与当下的碰撞。《回响之痕》旨在探究并赋予观众阐释意义共振的主体性。展陈空间模拟演唱会现场，在舞台灯光氛围中萦绕着乐队、乐迷、歌词与标语的幽灵般在场感。本次展览的原声配乐由观众的互动触发，观众将成为最后一位缺位的乐队成员，演出也将就此延续。

意义
本次展览为响应越南胡志明市顶尖艺术画廊Galerie Quynh的个展邀请，展期为2017年5月12日至6月2日。该画廊最初以推广越南先锋艺术家为宗旨，此后拓展为涵盖多元创作实践的国际化展览项目，每年举办约10场展览。