Artwork Appreciation
HUANG Chien-Hua creates imaginary settings by combining photographs using digital techniques in order to reflect the modern digital lifestyle. The Ark Project – Icloud Ship has combined camera lenses, street lamps, aircrafts, and industrial products with butterflies, ladybugs, strawberries, and trees, generating an island where technology and nature coexist. The form of this island has also incorporated hot air balloons, windmills, paper airplanes, and other entertainment materials. The artist has capitalized on the use of digital technology to combine different items that would otherwise never come together in real life. At the bottom of the canvas, we could see a group of people on the beach looking towards the City of Entertainment floating on the sea. HUANG Chien-Hua employed photo-editing as well as cut-and-paste techniques to create a floating amusement park, reflecting the people’s expectations of a new lifestyle.