Process photograph 過程影像
Process photograph 過程影像
Prostration Step-by-Step Diagram
大禮拜的步驟
Prostration Step-by-Step Diagram
大禮拜的步驟
Installation view
展場照
Installation view
展場照
Installation view
展場照
Installation view
展場照
Installation view
展場照
Installation view
展場照
Shi Jin-Hua
14 x 18.5 cm, 17 pcs (process photographs)
Original objects: 2 pairs of gloves, counter
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On a wood-patterned floor mat, I perform the ritual of the Great Homage, with the goal of completing it 111,111 times. Each time I lower my body, I press a counter placed at the front of the mat. After each session, I record the accumulated total. As time passes, the repeated motion gradually wears away the surface, leaving pale marks—traces where the printed pattern has been rubbed off. To date, I have completed 80,791 prostrations.
In sculpture, processes are generally divided into additive and subtractive: modeling adds material, while carving removes it. This work is a subtractive sculpture. My body serves as the chisel, and the slowly accumulating friction carves my form into the surface. The Great Homage is also a method for softening pride. Through this repeated physical movement, one lays down ego and arrogance in search of truth and refuge. This is a sculpture shaped not by tools, but by spirit.
我在特定的一塊木紋組合地墊上持續做皈依大禮拜，目標是111,111遍。每做一次，就按地墊前端的計數器一下，每告一段落後，紀錄累計做過的次數。隨著時間的過去，身體逐漸將地墊磨印出白色的痕跡。目前的銘痕是80,791遍。
一般而言雕塑分成加法與減法，塑為加法，雕則是減法。這件作品是一件減法的雕塑，用身體做為鑿刀，以持續累積的摩擦力，雕刻出自身的形狀。大禮拜同時是個馴服驕慢的方便，借著身體的動作，放下自尊與驕傲，尋覓、皈依於真理之下。這是一件精神性的雕塑。
◆《身體銘痕》2001-2017 (unfinished)｜巧拼地板、手套2雙、計數器、數位輸出｜137 x 314.5 cm，過程影像：14 x 18.5 cm x 17 pcs
Exhibitions
2022 “A Drop of Water from Caoxi: Shi Jin-Hua – 2022 Buddha’s Birthday Exhibition”, Fo Guang Yuan Art Gallery, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2017 “LINES - Shi Jin-Hua’s Contemporary Religious Art”, curated by Chen Hung-Hsing, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2008 “Living Beyond Measurement”, Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan
2022「曹溪一滴．石晉華—慶祝2022國定佛誕節特展」，佛光緣美術館 總館，高雄，台灣
2008「活過測量」，台北國際藝術村，台北，台灣
Publications
2018 “Lines - Contemporary Religious Art by Shi Jin-Hua”, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan2013 “Shi Jin-Hua”, Mind Set Art Center, Taiwan
2018《線 — 石晉華當代宗教藝術展》，高雄市立美術館，台灣
2013 《石晉華》，安卓藝術股份有限公司，台灣