CASE

After doing series of drawings of Staircase, and then of Bookcase, I realized that what I have been trying to do was to somehow, depict the beauty in objects man have created. Every civilization has laid stone on stone, brick on brick and made Staircase. It was a symbol of authority and power. In 17th century Baroque, Staircase had its peek as the Stairs of Honor. Almost every civilization has printed their words on paper and bound them into a book. It was the most valuable treasure and then became to be the very core of civilization throughout the history of man until, perhaps, this century. Staircase and Bookcase: they are the substances of Architecture and Literature with forms, therefore, visible and depictive.

As for my next theme, I wanted to do Theater and Music. They are the two other most significant creation man have achieved. They are the source of imagination and therefore, the source of life itself. In hoping to depict any glimpse of them, I made a drawing of the Opera, Paris and of a Pipe Organ of Brasenose College, Oxford.

Theater and Music: Too grand a theme!

What I have achieved here were merely an empty space and a box of acoustic facility.
Staircase, Bookcase, Organ case and a case for theater: What I have been depicting were Cases with empty hollowness. Do they have any significance at all?

George Auric of “Les Six” once wrote in praising Eric Satie:
“What makes a wheel a wheel, is the hollowness in the center. A vase is useful as a vase because it is hallow inside. A room is effective for it’s empty space. Thus, while the [things that exist] could be a benefit, it is always the [things that does not exist] that gives utility.”