I often find it frustrating to see how much hesitation there is in my work. It is one thing I can not hide, yet unwilling to talk about, of course, like everybody, I would like to advance with no hesitation at all. Especially in China, most of the work I see has no trace of hesitation. I sometimes wonder, "how the hell they do that?" Then, other times I say to myself, "maybe they hide their hesitation".
If I have to choose between mal-honesty and hesitation, then hesitation is not such a bad trait.
If there are no more confusion in life, maybe the interest in art will vaporize as well.
Yesterday, an artist friend told me the same thing, and quoted Kafka, "Life is hesitation". I suddenly realize that I am not so crazy or inferior all this time, I am just living my life.
About Me
- SHEN Yi Elsie
- (b. 1974, Jiangxi, China) received a BA in liberal arts from Wesleyan University in Illinois, and furthered her technical knowledge in photography at Columbia College in Chicago. Selected solo exhibitions include Expired Landscape Solo Exhibition, French Cultural Center, Beijing, (2008-2009) and The Blue Book, Pingyao International Photo Festival, Shanxi, China (2008). Selected exhibitions include DongXi-Things Contemporary Chinese Art Show, Kunstverein Baden Art Center, Austria (2010); Share and Remixed- Creative Commons Art Exhibition, Ying Gallery, 798 Art Zone, Beijing, China (2009); Revealing Common Territories, Palacio Consistorial, Cartegena, Spain, (2008); and Dreamscape, Ofoto Gallery, Shanghai, (2008). Her work involves photography, video and sound installations. SHEN Yi Elsie lives and works in Beijing.