Nuoya  “Lydia” Liu

1. Shunxi · 瞬息
2. Wish · 愿
3. Cacti Fever

Shunxi · 瞬息Tue Jul 19 2022
“瞬息”是我的第一个原创胶印版画系列。
在瞬息之间万物巨变。人们在生命中有太多的一瞬间而过，被我们记住的又有多少，被遗忘的又有多少。

瞬息系列的创作灵感来自于一次我对家里书房里角落里一个高高的红木柜子的好奇。我搬来椅子，站在上面踮着脚尖用力用手去够放在最顶层的相册本。相册上积了厚厚的一层灰。拿下来的时候细小的灰尘满屋子飞，昏黄的灯光的照射下让四处弥漫的灰尘更明显，我对相册里的照片的好奇也增加了许多。相册里是从出生到3岁的照片，满满一大本。潮湿的上海让相册的边缘有些发霉，边缘微微发黄，散发着一股老旧的味道。我当时盯着相册里的照片出了神，父亲用相机定格下来的每一个我成长的瞬间让我意外，也觉得感动。我似乎用重新和那一瞬间小小的我产生了链接，似乎我又回到了盼望着长大的我自己。当时的我每天都在期待着自己的长大的生活，想象着过上独立生活的我有多么的兴奋。而现在看着照片的我反而怀念起这些被记录的每一瞬间，也想回到那个小小的身体再做一次无忧无虑的小孩。

我知道时间不能暂停，但是现在唯一能做的是去珍惜和记录每一个在不停从我指缝中划过的瞬间。



The inspiration for the “Shunxi” series came from a time when I was curious about a tall mahogany cabinet in the corner of my study room.I moved a chair and stood on my tiptoes to reach the photo albums on the top shelf with my hand. A thick layer of dust had accumulated on the albums.Tiny bits of dust flew all over the room when I took it down, and the illumination of the dim light made the dust that was spreading around even more obvious, and my curiosity about the pictures in the albums increased as well.

The album was full of photos from the time of my birth until the time I was 3 years old. The humidity of Shanghai had made the edges of the album a bit moldy, and the edges were slightly turned yellow, giving off an old smell. Lost in thought as I stared at the photos in the album, seeing my father capture frames of my growth with his camera surprised and touched my heart. I seemed to reconnect with that moment, as if I was back to myself, who was looking forward to growing up. 

At that time, I was anticipating my grown-up life every day and imagining how excited I would be to live an independent life. Now I look at the photos now and miss every moment that was recorded, and I rewind the time and be a carefree child again.

I know that time cannot be paused, but the only thing I can do now is to cherish and record each and every moment that keeps slipping through my fingers.

©Lydia Liu

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