Mingyi WEI
葡萄藤，沙漠雨 ｜ Grapevine, Desert rain
这件作品是参与大埔当代艺术馆驻留项目：沙漠纵深计划。
在沙漠里生活时我每天都在观察沙漠的变化。有天夜里沙漠开始下雨，
我们住的帐篷漏水，我半夜醒来发现床被淋湿。
雨直到第二天中午才停。我走上高处眺望，发现雨后的地面形成了很多
小水坑，水坑里倒映着天空、云朵。我突然想到一则寓言，在基督教里
葡萄藤是洪水过后诺亚种下的第一株植物，它象征着再生和转化。
我将一片镜子与一串绿葡萄放置在沙坡上，我倒退行走至镜子右侧后坐下
吃完整串葡萄。吃下最后一颗葡萄时，我将葡萄藤插在镜子前。随后高举
镜子，缓慢倒退至水坑前躺入水坑将镜子盖在身上。
When I was in the desert, I was observing the changes of the desert every day. One night the desert started to rain and It didn't stop until noon the next day. After the rain, many small puddles formed on the ground, reflecting the sky and clouds.
In Christianity, the grapevine was the first plant Noah planted after the flood, and it symbolizes regeneration and transformation.
A piece of mirror and a bunch of green grapes were placed on a sandy slope. I walked backwards to the right side of the mirror and sat down to eat the grapes. When I reached the last grape, I stuck the vine in front of the mirror. Then I pulled the mirror out and held it up high, slowly walked backwards to a puddle of water and lay down in the puddle, covering the mirror with my body.
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