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The present thesis takes “The Melted Things” as the proposition, organizes the author’s creative context from 2019 to the present, and describes the author’s changes, reflections, and self-criticism of artistic creation in the institute. Returning to the self in creation, I use the language of objects, their materiality, and space to relate to everyday problems. Every time I work on a new piece, the way I interact with my objects changes, and through such a process, I transform the limits that the traditions of sculpture have placed on my creative practice. I wrote four chapters in chronological order. In the first chapter, “Exploration of Objects” after leaving university, I began to experiment with using objects as the basis for my creative endeavors. Throughout this creative process, I endeavored to integrate art into everyday living spaces. The second chapter, “Exploring Contemporary Art and Traditional Sculpture”, describes the shock I faced when I learnt about contemporary art in the graduate institute and eventually, through self-examination, began to understand the disparity between traditional sculpture and contemporary art. In the third chapter, “The Beginning of Melting”, Under the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, I started experimenting with plastic as a material and trying to create sculptures by melting it. Despite being in an experimental phase, I still found it rewarding. The fourth chapter, “Entering the Hardware and Department Store”, After contemplating for a while, I began creating works with a new perspective, continuing the theme of plastic as the main material. I ventured into the space of hardware stores, pondering on the concepts of body, space, speed and temperature while working on my creations. The fifth chapter, " Daily Sequence," aims to reassemble and deconstruct everyday consumer information through the manipulation of objects, returning them to space in sculptural form, and reflecting on the surplus of consumer data.
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