Perfect Day 2022
This is my first NFT project.
I learned about NFT in Dec 2021 and found it a perfect platform for me to realize a conceptual project using found objects. This project is a development on my dot series which started in 2019.
Concept:
My main concept is to achieve equality and harmony through deconstruction of forms into their basic elements.
In this particular series Perfect Day 2022 I will form dates with found objects and photos are minted as NFT. I wish to capture the impermanence of time with the permanence of block chain. Forming a date in digital format with found objects is also my way to bridge the real world and crypto art.
This project allows me to pay attention to my natural surrounding and appreciate the beauty of mundane objects at home. The improvisation of Land Art is also an inspiration. Flowers, leaves, stones, sand, twigs....anything can be art.
Things are seen, picked, arranged, photographed and returned. Art is ephemeral and yet immortal. The process is poetry.
I would pay tribute to two conceptual artists On Kawara and 谢德庆 Tehching Hsieh with this project.
In his Date Painting series which spanned decades On Kawara meticulously hand painted a date on canvas as the sole subject. He has created nearly 3000 dates in over 100 cities.
Tehching Hsieh is renowned for a few one-year projects in which he challenged body endurance and concept of time. In Time Clock Piece he punched a time clock every hour (24 times a day!) in his NY studio for the entire year.
In my Perfect Day 2022 project I will post a date photo everyday for the entire 2022.
Process:
Every date is based on a standard format. Each number follows 3 dots X 5 dots.
Most photos are taken with my Oppo mobile phone. Mobile phone is used for the sake of mobility as I can create the artwork anywhere (parks, streets, beaches...) when the opportunity and inspiration arise.
Photos are then cropped and slightly adjusted on Photoshop. Each photo is saved as 300dpi, 3000 X 4000 pixels.
Goal:
I will take a unique date photo everyday and eventually create monthly collages and a big yearly collage with 365 images at the end of 2022. The ultimate goal of this series Perfect Day 2022 is to create a NFT called Perfect Year 2022.
