ANDREW CHUN-AN WEI
(L)Architecture Work
Off the Beaten Path
TwoFold
Analog Series
Champaign Boutique Hotel
Ward’s Island Terminal
Marco Polo House
Meditation Pavilion (Built)
Architecture Writing
PKX to JFK (aviation spaces)
Art Work
Jia De I
Jia De II
Millennial
Untitled
Summer
33,000
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Jia De I
Studio Practice
Installation, Sculpture | Mixed Media
Prof. Sue Lloyd
Jan, 2019
Studio Practice
Installation, Sculpture | Mixed Media
Prof. Sue Lloyd
Jan, 2019
“Jia De” is Taiwanese for having tea. Influenced by my grandmother’s passing in 2018, I dedicated the theme of continuous art practices in this course to an activity my grandmother and I shared – having tea. My daily drawings are continuous, small-scale responses to the event while the two projects are attempts at solidifying my emotions.
In my daily side projects, I attempted to connect to my grandmother in a literal and ritualistic way by brewing tea. Comprised of two drawings – one being a line drawing of a dry tea leaf, and the second being a blob imprint created by the wet and brewed tea leaf – my daily practices capture the two permanent stages of a tea leaf: The dry period it is stored in and the wet condition it is then discarded in. Concrete presence of the tea leaf is absent in both drawings as the line drawing is abstracted and too difficult to recognise, while the colour of the blob imprint only hints at its tea-related origins.
In contrast to the absent physicality of the tea leaf in my daily practices, the two main projects aim to bring the often-overlooked stage of a tea leaf – the fluctuating state it is in while being brewed – into the spotlight.
The first installation captures the tea leaves through clay sculptures. The sculptures are presented on a neutral, white plinth with cushions surrounding them. The setup of the cushions resemble the setups of tea ceremonies and welcome viewers to engage with the art piece. The installation’s placement against the wall, on the other hand, keeps viewers at a respectful distance from the artwork.
The second iteration of Jia De was showcased in the Shelley Peterson Student Art Exhibition and was featured on the University of Toronto Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design website.
In my daily side projects, I attempted to connect to my grandmother in a literal and ritualistic way by brewing tea. Comprised of two drawings – one being a line drawing of a dry tea leaf, and the second being a blob imprint created by the wet and brewed tea leaf – my daily practices capture the two permanent stages of a tea leaf: The dry period it is stored in and the wet condition it is then discarded in. Concrete presence of the tea leaf is absent in both drawings as the line drawing is abstracted and too difficult to recognise, while the colour of the blob imprint only hints at its tea-related origins.
In contrast to the absent physicality of the tea leaf in my daily practices, the two main projects aim to bring the often-overlooked stage of a tea leaf – the fluctuating state it is in while being brewed – into the spotlight.
The first installation captures the tea leaves through clay sculptures. The sculptures are presented on a neutral, white plinth with cushions surrounding them. The setup of the cushions resemble the setups of tea ceremonies and welcome viewers to engage with the art piece. The installation’s placement against the wall, on the other hand, keeps viewers at a respectful distance from the artwork.
The second iteration of Jia De was showcased in the Shelley Peterson Student Art Exhibition and was featured on the University of Toronto Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design website.
daily drawings comprised of two drawings – one being a line drawing of a dry tea leaf, and the second being a blob imprint created by the wet and brewed tea leaf – capturing the two permanent stages of a tea leaf.
