“Is it distant to get there where a grey line shines brightly?"

“Kid, this is the Horizon that we could never reach."

“What is the Horizon?”

“It should be a mystery.”

The Horizon / Jia Pingwa

What is the Horizon? What is above the Horizon? What is below the Horizon? Is it a mystery?

「就是那一道很亮的灰白線的地方。去那兒還遠嗎？」

「孩子，那是永遠走不到的地平線呢。」

「地平線是什麼？」

「是個謎吧。」

地平線 / 賈平凹

地平線是什麼？ 地平線上是什麼？ 地平線下是什麼？是個謎嗎？

What is the Horizon? 2014, I-beam, magnets, iron filings, laser level, 7 x 13 x 600 cm
地平線是什麼？2014，工字鐵、磁石、鐵粉、水平儀，7 x 13 x 600 厘米

What is the vanishing point? 2014, I-beam, magnets, iron filings, laser level, 7 x 13 x 600 cm
消失點是什麼？2014，工字鐵、磁石、鐵粉、水平儀，7 x 13 x 600 厘米

「透視是光學定律…中國人沒有這樣的體系。其實，有說早於十一世紀

（北宋）他們便拒絕消失點的概念，正因為這表示觀者並不身處其中，即

沒有遊動，那並不真活的。」

大衛．霍克尼

消失點是什麼？ 消失點前是什麼？ 消失點後是什麼？是真活的嗎？

“Perspective is a law of optics… The Chinese did not have a system like it. Indeed,

it is said they rejected the idea of the vanishing pint in the eleventh century,

because it meant the viewer was not there, indeed, had no movement, therefore

was not alive."

David Hockney

What is the Vanishing Point? What is in front of the Vanishing Point? What is

behind the Vanishing Point? Is it alive?