商徐宏
Farewell
FAREWELL is a multimedia exploration of departure, displacement, and the fragile intersections between memory and modernity. Through a layered approach that includes painting, photography, digital media, video, and installation, the project reflects on the emotional and psychological dimensions of global movement—both voluntary and involuntary.
At its core, the primary installation features grayscale compositions that deconstruct aircraft and airport imagery. Executed in acrylic on digitally photo-printed canvas and paper, these fragmented visuals evoke the ambiguity of transience. The forms hover between representation and abstraction, clarity and distortion, drawing viewers into a meditative space where nostalgia surfaces—for destinations imagined, departures delayed, and meanings suspended in flux. FAREWELL becomes not only a gesture of goodbye, but also an elegy for the spaces between certainty and loss.
Included within the installation is the work Suitcase (2021), a mixed-media composition that intertwines personal narrative with collective symbolism. This piece integrates acrylic on digitally printed canvas (45" x 65"), a small oil painting (8" x 10"), a found suitcase (40" x 50"), and an inkjet photo print enclosed in a wooden box. The combined elements create a tactile and psychological terrain, referencing both physical travel and emotional baggage. Depending on spatial context, the installation can expand up to 90" x 160", offering a flexible and immersive visual experience.
Another key component, So Long (2019), is an expansive multimedia installation incorporating photo-printed wallpaper, digital photos on canvas and paper, oil paintings, and acrylic works. A 32" monitor plays a 55-second looping video with ambient sound, creating an environment that blurs the boundaries between past and present, presence and absence. The shifting media and spatial configuration allow the work to respond to each exhibition site uniquely.
A single-channel computer animation titled FAREWELL (duration: 2:16 minutes, looped) anchors the project’s digital core. Through motion and sound, this video work intensifies the theme of disconnection and impermanence, inviting reflection on the rhythms and ruptures of contemporary global life.
Together, these works form an evolving installation—conceptually cohesive yet materially diverse. FAREWELL is not merely about parting, but about what lingers in the wake of separation: memory fragments, speculative futures, and the silent weight of movement itself.

So Long
FAREWELL











