Liao Fei 廖斐

Liao Fei’s works mostly originated from the puzzle of surrounding things and himself, hopping that he could be closer to thing-in-itself through his work. Today's cognitive progress, to a large extent depends on scientific positivism. The mainstream view of external is a material concept established on binary basis. Substance is not dependent on the objective existence of consciousness. This view undoubtedly bears people’s desire to clearly divide things. The science developed under this view features a clear, concise, and mechanical aesthetics.

Liao Fei, on the one hand, has a strong suspicion of dualism; on the other hand, has a strong interest in beauty established on binary basis. This pushes to start his practice since 2011 based on substance itself. And gradually setting his working range according to the scale and systems, which established on binary basis.

廖斐的艺术创作是从对周围事物以及自身的疑惑开始，希望通过实践得以更接近“事物”。他认为今天所取得的认知进展，很大程度上依赖于科学的“实证主义”。人们认知外界的主流世界观是建立在二元基础上的一种物质观，即：物质是不依赖于意识的客观存在。这种观点无疑承担了人们希望清晰划分事物的愿望。这种观点之下发展出的系统有一种清晰、简洁、机械的美感。

廖斐一方面对于二元抱有强烈的怀疑，另一方面又对于在二元的基础上产生的美感有着一种强烈的兴趣。这促使他从2011年开始以“物质”为线索进行创作实践，并逐渐地将工作的范围扩展到在二元基础上建立的尺度，以及系统本身。

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