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p 13 AWARENESS, PERCEPTION AND UNDERSTANDING


 unforced and subtle. The title is a clear, straightforward narrative instruction, which demands visual acceptance. The image arrests the viewer, held in an apparent simplicity that belies the contradiction of what is seen and the inner conceptual complexity. The longer we are held, we are confronted with a reality of the improbability of the scene, the artist standing with eyes closed, slightly above a vast expanse of open water.


By Dr Emma Watts, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong


Standing above the water level


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