Ever since I acquired my first digital camera in December 2002, I have committed myself to capturing one self-portrait every day. Using an inkjet printer, I repeatedly overlay the images from a single month onto the exact same position on a sheet of paper, with the date of each day printed consistently at the top of the frame. As the layers of ink accumulate, the portrait gradually becomes blurred and darkened, eventually receding into total blackness. At the start of each month, I begin anew with a fresh sheet of paper and repeat this process. Subsequently, these monthly portraits are scanned and superimposed onto a single sheet to form a composite image of the entire year. This is conceived as a lifelong endeavor.
Regarding the question of subjectivity, I personally align with the Buddhist concept of "Non-self" ("Anatman"); this is precisely why I titled this project "The Denial One-Self-Portrait Journal". Our appearance is, in fact, aging and transforming with every passing second—this is what we call impermanence. The human face is merely a continuous, fluctuating state of manifestation; without the recognition of the mind and the framing of concepts, the "existence" and "perception" of a subject would not persist. Our being does not exist within an objective world where we merely experience impermanence; rather, it is impermanence itself that creates our sensation of time passing and space existing. In the repetitive printing of daily portraits and dates, slight misalignments and overlapping of ink inevitably occur. These very displacements and overlaps serve to manifest the subtle progression of time.
(originally published in the artist's monograph, 2013)
我自2002年12月有了第一部數位相機以後，開始規定自己每天自拍一張肖像。我用噴墨印表機將一個月的影像重覆印在同一張紙的同一位置上，每日影像上方的固定位置皆印有當日的日期。隨著墨水的疊印，肖像逐漸模糊、變暗，終至漆黑。每月初一更換一張新的紙，然後重覆噴印過程。之後將這些月肖像畫個別掃描，然後再將12個月的影像重複印在同一張紙上，得到的影像就是一年的肖像畫。這將是一個終生的計劃。
關於主體性的問題，我個人傾向( 誠服) 佛教的無我觀，這也是為什麼我將此計劃取名為「日日非」，我們的面目其實分秒片刻都在衰老與變化，這是所謂的無常，但是人的面目其實只是一個相續流變的相貌而已，若沒有心的辨識與觀念的認定，主體的「存在」與「感覺」並不會持續存有。我們的存有，事實上並不是有一個客觀的世界，讓我們去經歷無常；而是因為無常才讓我們感覺有時間流過、有空間存在。在重覆噴印每日自拍影像及拍照日期時，一定會發生輕微的錯位與墨水的重疊，這種錯位與重疊正好可以顯現出時間的變化。
（原載於2013年作品集）
Regarding the question of subjectivity, I personally align with the Buddhist concept of "Non-self" ("Anatman"); this is precisely why I titled this project "The Denial One-Self-Portrait Journal". Our appearance is, in fact, aging and transforming with every passing second—this is what we call impermanence. The human face is merely a continuous, fluctuating state of manifestation; without the recognition of the mind and the framing of concepts, the "existence" and "perception" of a subject would not persist. Our being does not exist within an objective world where we merely experience impermanence; rather, it is impermanence itself that creates our sensation of time passing and space existing. In the repetitive printing of daily portraits and dates, slight misalignments and overlapping of ink inevitably occur. These very displacements and overlaps serve to manifest the subtle progression of time.
(originally published in the artist's monograph, 2013)
我自2002年12月有了第一部數位相機以後，開始規定自己每天自拍一張肖像。我用噴墨印表機將一個月的影像重覆印在同一張紙的同一位置上，每日影像上方的固定位置皆印有當日的日期。隨著墨水的疊印，肖像逐漸模糊、變暗，終至漆黑。每月初一更換一張新的紙，然後重覆噴印過程。之後將這些月肖像畫個別掃描，然後再將12個月的影像重複印在同一張紙上，得到的影像就是一年的肖像畫。這將是一個終生的計劃。
關於主體性的問題，我個人傾向( 誠服) 佛教的無我觀，這也是為什麼我將此計劃取名為「日日非」，我們的面目其實分秒片刻都在衰老與變化，這是所謂的無常，但是人的面目其實只是一個相續流變的相貌而已，若沒有心的辨識與觀念的認定，主體的「存在」與「感覺」並不會持續存有。我們的存有，事實上並不是有一個客觀的世界，讓我們去經歷無常；而是因為無常才讓我們感覺有時間流過、有空間存在。在重覆噴印每日自拍影像及拍照日期時，一定會發生輕微的錯位與墨水的重疊，這種錯位與重疊正好可以顯現出時間的變化。
（原載於2013年作品集）
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The Denial One-Self-Portrait Journal, 2002–2022
