» Still Life 012 – Buttercup Tree

In the Still Life series, Wu Chi-Tsung captures the idea of “space deliberately left undone” – a vital if difficult-to-define conception integral to classical Chinese painting. The works conjure an atmosphere of meditative stillness, recalling the serenity of traditional landscape painting while using the medium of video.

Like ink seeping into paper, the works unfold slowly, reflecting on the way memories and emotions recede – dissolving gently until they become distant and obscured, like a landscape cloaked in mist. Wu’s practice lingers in this threshold between beauty and loss, between the desire to preserve and the inevitability of forgetting. In this way, Still Life becomes not just an image but a quiet mourning for what drifts beyond reach, and an invitation to dwell in its lingering grace.