韩倩:无论捡起哪块石头

Han Qian: Whichever Stone You Lift

展期 Period:

2024.3.9—2024.6.30


艺术家 Artist:

韩倩 Han Qian


出品人 Producer:

眭群 Sui Qun


地点 Venue:

剩余空间 Surplus space



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⇨展览评论 Exhibition Review



展览介绍 Introduction:

“居所”的经验并非不言自明。对我来说,它是流动的,是不断从故土到异乡,从此地到彼处。彼处因为生命的存在而留下痕迹,而不断充实,直至成为某种程度的此地。往往,这又是一段旅程的开始:离别,漂泊,进入新的彼处,成为它的一部分。而一旦离开,故土也会随着时间变得陌生,变得难以辨别指认。在这熟悉与陌生之间,便是“我”的旅程。

它不指向确定的地方,而关乎于行动和路径,是在移动旅程中那些不断生成痕迹的处所。一个国家、一个城市,甚至是连接南北的铁路、一座开采后被遗忘的山脉、不断涨水又退却的河流、在年复一年中不断漂移的沙洲,已成为废墟而只存在于话语和记忆中的屋舍,这些都因为曾经的在场而变为具有意义的存在。

在展览呈现的便是这些时间和地点的交汇地。在此,我试图捡拾散落的石头。它们其来有自,又因缘际会于此,组成片段、地点或者事件,并成为我一度存留、感受或者思索之处。


The experience of dwelling is far from self-evident. To me, it's floating, constantly shifting from homeland to foreign lands, from here to there. The existence of life leaves an imprint on "there" and continuously enriches it until it becomes a certain degree of "here." This marks the commencement of a new journey: bidding farewell, drifting away, embarking on a novel destination, and becoming a part of it. Once departed, the homeland will gradually become unfamiliar with time, making it increasingly challenging to recognize. The journey of "me" lies in the interplay of familiarity and strangeness.

Dwelling doesn't point to a specific location but rather revolves around actions and pathways. It encompasses the areas where continuous traces are generated during travel movements. A country, a city, even a railroad connecting the north and south, a mountain range forgotten after being exploited, rivers endlessly swelling and receding, sandbars shifting year after year, or houses now reduced to ruins existing only in words and memory — all acquire significance through their historical presence.

The exhibition presents the intersection of these times and places. Hereon, I attempt to pick up scattered stones. Each of them has its own source, yet serendipitously converges at this juncture, forming episodes, positions, or events that serve as the very locales where I once lingered, felt, or contemplated.