A Melancholy Poem

























一首悲傷的詩 / A Melancholy Poem
2015
麻布、彩線、木質刺繡框、大聲公、喇吧
Embroidered hemp fabric, wooded frames, bullhorn, speaker


One day I purchased a textbook of Mandarin sign language from a second hand bookstore. I was fascinated by the hand gestures from the textbook and then was inspired to make a poem. There was limited sign language transformed from the original mandarin character. Therefore I tried to picked the words and composed into a melancholy poem.

某日,我自二手書店購入一本手語畫冊,由手勢來表達語言的方式有著迷人的氣勢。手語系統中依藉漢字的形與意有限,我從中挑出了幾個字,試圖做成一首悲傷的詩。


 translated as:

Spiritually immortal,
Excellency,
Loyal henchman,
Kind king,
Sharing sadness  all together.