SSU-YA HSIUNG

1990.05.13, Taiwan

I am a performance artist. For me, the performance works that I have made show my irresponsibility. They divide me from this complicated world. They separate me from the human obligation. They give me a short respite from facing reality. Before this, I was studying jewelry and metalsmithing. The process of making jewelry needs to be followed with certain regularity and procedures. I was tired of that. I felt that I was framed and limited by these rules. I felt that all the initial ideas and my passion were flushed by these complex processes. Why did everything have to be complicated? Why could not everything be simple? Why was I struggling with these things? I wanted to escape. Escape from the world that takes so much effort to survive in. Escape from the fact that was different from my expectations. Escape from the life I was living. Therefore, all my works are helping me to flee from reality and enter my ideal world