Solo Italian Tour

Things and people catch my eyes, and that's how I place value.  Their patterns of value seem static, while I am dynamically moving through their world.  In this way, life and art has one thing in common --- they both seek the same value, the same kind of space and freedom.  Italy is about art, about life and living, and this is true from the lanes of Venezia to the big open sculpture galleries of Firenze and back to the lanes of Via dell'Amore in Cinque Terre.  All of these places have a way of creating beauty and space. But what really creates space?  Your mind.  Your ability to let go.  Your ability to let time control your mind's destinations, and perhaps your body's destination as well.  My eyes controlled my destination on this journey.  I let it teach me how to see.  I let it teach me what is value. Value and space is what it all should be about --- space for growth, for life, for new possibilities.  That was why I was in Venice, and in Cinque Terre.  It is a way for my footprints to create space.

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Ed H. Chi Palo Alto, California June 2002

Artist Biography:
Born in Taiwan, Ed H. Chi started pursuing art seriously in 1989 as a ceramist, starting with hand-built sculptural forms and moving on to utilitarian vessels on the potter’s wheel.  Most works were vases ranging from 1.5-3 feet tall.  At the University of Minnesota, he started studying photography in 1992.  In 1997, after a 3-year hiatus, he picked up the camera again.  Starting with a series of studies in nature on several trips, he moved onto architecture.  Not fearing the unknown, he is now on a quest to understand the human form and its relation to the surrounding contexts.  In his spare time, Ed enjoys doing research on his computer, and martial arts.

 
 

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