Remember your sins

“Remember your sin” directly references “The 7 sins” in The Bible, portraying 7 black lakes spanning from mountain peaks to valleys, pouring down as waterfall until reaching the bottom – a pitch black lake. Hoai-Phuong came across an article discussing “the evil” by Calre Carlise, which can be summarized: if good acts add up to our soul, what is added up by the evil acts? The answer is no, it doesn’t add up anything but rather, it removes something from us. There’s no one born evil and sinned, an infant is as pure as the cryolite that never knew the heat. This is a metaphor for the erosion of innocence and the accumulation of darkness through life's journey. “Did I sin today? Am I bathing in one of these lakes” is a constant thought on the artist’s mind, and when you’re standing in front of this mountain, please spend a minute contemplating this thought.

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(*) TOCCATA VUOTO (Chạm vào hư vô) - the name for this mini-series which comprises of 4 paintings. Toccata, rooted in the Italian “Toccare”, means “to touch”, also representing a musical form for keyboard instruments, written in a free style that is characterized by full chords, rapid runs, high harmonies, and other virtuoso elements designed to show off the performer's “touch.” And Vuoto is the Italian equivalent to “Void” in English. This is the artist’s symphony, exploring various states of emptiness in our mortal life.