中间实践（六）丨林中空地——重访假杂志的实践

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林中空地——重访假杂志的实践

展览日期：2019年4月18日—2019年8月4日

策展人：钱梦妮、王欢

      “假杂志”的种子是从创始人言由在两家“真杂志”社供职时就埋下的。从2007年的博客，到2011年向出版的转向，继而2017年正式落地实体空间，假杂志已转型成一个围绕图像展开多元实践的综合艺术机构——摄影书、杂志、网志、书展、公共活动等实践持续展开。 

      其中，摄影书仍然是其实践的最主要部分，就如官方描述所说的“致力于探索图像作品在手中呈现的可能”，是关键也是最大魅力之所在。摄影艺术家的创作形式尤其适合被印刷、翻动、触摸，透过一个平面图像，向人们展现出各种视角下的无垠世界。对书籍或杂志有亲近感的人很容易明白，当你翻开一本书时，手掌承受的张力、手指触碰的质地、眼睛看到的版式细节、甚至鼻子吸收的气味，都在辅助着人们的阅读。

      自我组织的机构具备天生的优势，他们可以相对自由地选择优秀的内容，与艺术家和设计师合作时也可以花费更多精力去打磨书的形态，甚至跨越书本的固有形式。因此，假杂志和一些同类机构一起，在过去的近十年里，开辟出一块新天地。

       这是“中间实践”项目的第六次展览，由中间美术馆与假杂志共同策划。玻璃窗上的文字取自假杂志的栏目名称和几本出版物的名字，这些充满诗意的词句或许可以当做一些关键词与索引；书架区域主要呈现了假杂志在过去八年间全部二十八本出版物（包括多本绝版书）；在桌面上，我们挑选了其微信公众号的栏目“假展览”的内容，把手机横屏翻动连续图像的线上观展，转换为美术馆空间内的图像阅读。

       英国摇滚乐手凡·莫里森在歌中唱道：我们来来去去，在森林里游逛。假杂志的实践，为在森林中驻足、休憩的人，提供了一片林中空地。

    （致谢艺术家陈卓提供“假展览”的展出作品。）

We Will Come and Go, in the Forest.

——8 Years’ Practice of JZZP

Exhibition dates: April 18, 2019 – August 4, 2019

Curators: Qian Mengni, Wang Huan

The seed to set up JZZP was planted when Yan You worked for two magazines years ago. Yan started to run JZZP as a blog in 2007; four years later, he transformed it to an independent publishing house. When a library of JZZP opened in Ningbo in Zhejiang province in 2017, JZZP was finally positioned by Yan as an art institution focusing on image-related practices: publishing photo books and magazines, writing blogs, taking part of book fairs, and holding events and activities.

The highlight of JZZP is the publication of photo books. According to Yan, what is attractive about and key to JZZP is the “dedication to exploring the possibility of accessible photos”. Photographers’ works are perfect for printing, moving and touching. They allow viewers to see a great universe through various angles. It is easy for those who are fond of books and magazines to understand that while reading, the weight on their palms, the touch by their fingers, the details of the layout and even the smell of paper all help to improve the reading experience.

As a self-organized publisher, JZZP has many advantages by nature. They can freely select high-quality content, spend more time and efforts on a single book for better and more innovative presentation when cooperating with artists and designers. In the past decade, together with other institutions of its kind, JZZP has pioneered a new path.

Co-curated by Inside-Out Art Museum and JZZP, this exhibition is the sixth episode of the Inside-Out Practice. Texts on the windows come from the JZZP columns and the names of the books published by JZZP. These poetic phrases can be understood as key words or index for the show. On the shelves stand all the 28 books published by JZZP in the past eight years, including some that are out of print. We also transform the online exhibition of JZZP, “Virtual Exhibition”, into a real one at the museum space, where online viewing via mobile phones are replaced by the physical exhibition of photos.

The British rock singer Van Morrison sings in his song, “we will come and go in the forest”. At the empty space in the woods, visitors will stay and rest for more gathering and communication. The books in the exhibition constitute a spiritual land in the forest.

(Special thanks to the artist Chen Zhuo for paticipation.)