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Jury's Comments, Digital Art Category CHEN Chun-Hung З ᖵ ஔ ᅰ

The 24th Da Dun Fine Arts Exhibition received 41 submissions from Hong Kong. She thinks that nature always repeats the course
in the Digital Art Category, including 2 from China/Hong Kong, and of life from birth to death. In today’s world, human interventions
2 from Poland. Preliminary review of the works was conducted by such as planting and incubation, has blurred the line between
jurors SHIH Ling-Hung, LIN Mei-Yin, CHEN Kuan-Chun, LIN Te, and the works of nature and works of men. “Flowing2” is built on
myself, on May 5, 2019, selecting 8 works, including two overseas this concept, completing the painting of lotus on paper using the
submissions (one from Hong Kong and one from Poland); �inal traditional rendering technique of Chinese ink wash painting, and
review took place on June 18, where the jury selected 7 works, combining with animation technique in later phase. The author
including the winners of the top three prizes, two recipients creates a unique style that fuses traditional Chinese ink wash
of Award of Merit, and two shortlisted works. Below are brief painting and contemporary new media, and hopes that viewers
introductions of the winning works: can reexamine and consider, and perceive nature’s randomness
First Prize, “Tie” by PAI Chia-Ying, is an animated interpretation and rules through the wonders of the world. Digital Art
of parent-child relationship. The author expresses that we are First Award of Merit winner is “Coo La Tao Little Forest” by YEH
taken care of by our parents in all aspects of life when we were Hao-Yu. The author uses the �lower binding technique to create the
young, but as we grow up, we might con�lict with our parents due images, which were later produced into animation, presenting Coo
to certain reasons; however, when we have really matured, both La Tao’s beauty in the old times thread by thread, and pointing out
physically and mentally, we will gradually understand our parents, today’s crisis, to remind us that we must cherish the remaining
and embrace their imperfections, �inally making peace with our green lands in our environment. Another Award of Merit winner
inner selves. The colors of the work, although simple (mainly red is “Give Me A Cloud, for I’m A Bird in Flight” by CHANG Chih-ta,
or colorless), present high contrast and capture the attention of where the author adopts video processing technique to express
viewers. The overall storyline is profoundly compelling, winning the surreal fantasy world.
the recognition of all the jurors. Prize-winning works in this year’s Digital Art Category not only
Second Prize, “Motor Cemetery” by LU Kun-Yu, is a video about showcase outstanding expressive techniques, but also presents
environmental protection. Using double-projection, the author graphic vocabularies unlike other media; they also display
attempts to construct an epitome of the capitalist society. Adopting authors’ unique creative principles and aesthetics. However, in
the perspective of a producer, anxiety and fear are given physical terms of number of submissions, it is relatively fewer compared to
forms, which are searching in an abandoned site for identity and traditional categories, such as oil painting, watercolor, ink wash,
status. Facing the in�luences of reality and environment, desire and and photography; the development of digital art includes broad
action are weakened, and �inally, they can only wander endlessly dimensions, and we look forward to more artists delving into
in the abandoned space. This is an inspiring video that triggers digital art in the future, giving more diverse looks to our artistic
re�lection. expressions.
Third Prize, “Flowing2” by Rebecca HON, is a work submitted

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