如果感官之门得到净化那么一切都将以其本来面目示人：无限由于人将自己封闭起来他只能从他洞穴的窄缝看待一切— 威廉·布莱克 《天堂和地狱的婚姻》

早在柏拉图之前，哲学家们就认识到感官的重要性，试图解释人类如何通过感官来认识和理解世界。古希腊先哲亚里士多德认为，感官塑造着我们对世界的认识，也佐证着我们的存在。但在信息技术狂飙猛进的当下，电子设备成为人类感知世界的重要媒介，身体的物理性在不断消解，感官的边界逐渐模糊。如同威廉·布莱克所说，堵上感官之门的人类，困于自己构建的洞穴一隅，难以窥见广阔的天地。德国艺术家丹尼尔·里希特（Daniel Richter）和马蒂亚斯·弗朗茨（Matthias Franz）以作品引领感官展开一场艺术对话，聚焦视觉、听觉等每一个细微的体验，重新体会自我和世界的精彩奥妙。

“If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.”— William Blake（ The Marriage of Heaven and Hell）

Long before Plato, philosophers recognized the importance of the senses and attempted to explain how humans come to know and understand the world through their senses. The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle believed that the senses shape our understanding of the world and also affirm our existence. However, at a time when information technology is advancing at a furious pace and electronic devices have become an important medium for humans to perceive the world, the physicality of the body is dissolving and the boundaries of the senses are gradually blurring. As William Blake said, humans who block the gates of their senses are trapped in a corner of their own constructed cave, unable to glimpse the vast expanse of the world. German artists Daniel Richter and Matthias Franz lead the senses into an artistic dialog with their works, focusing on every nuance of visual and auditory experience, and re-experiencing the wonderful wonders of self and the world.