FuDaoLe

福倒了
2020


FuDaoLe // 福倒了 reimagines the patterns surrounding the traditional symbol of good fortune, to be ones wishing for queer joy and interconnected love. The wall hanging with the word fu 福 (roughly translated as ‘fortune’), is traditionally hung upside down to signify gratitude. ‘To hang upside down’ is translated to dao le 倒了 in Chinese, which phonetically sounds like 到了, meaning ‘to have arrived’. To hang the 福 upside down, then, is to proclaim fortune has already arrived. In my version, the patterns are redrawn with their vision of queer joy, in love, embrace, and dance. To hang the piece upside down, then, asserts there is space for this vision in the already - in the present. 

《福倒了 // FuDaoLe》重新构想了传统“福”字周围的图案，将其转化为对酷儿欢愉与互联之爱的祈愿。传统中，“福”字挂饰被倒挂，以示感恩。“倒挂”在中文里称为“倒了”，其发音与“到了”（dào le，意为“已抵达”）相同——因此，倒挂“福”即宣告“福运已至”。在我的版本中，图案被重新绘制，以酷儿的视角呈现爱、拥抱与舞蹈的欢愉。将这件作品倒挂，即是对“当下已存在此般愿景”的宣言——在此时此地，为这一想象腾出空间。


Wood, acrylic paint
木材，丙烯颜料