aaajiao参加“时间引力——2023成都双年展”

时间引力—— 2023成都双年展 

Time Gravity - 2023 Chengdu Biennale

2023.07.16 - 11.30

学术委员会主席 Academic Committee Director

范迪安(Fan Di'an)

总策展人 Chief Curator

王绍强(Wang Shaoqiang)

艺术总监 Artistic Director

吕澎(Lu Peng)

策展团队 Curatorial Team

王绍强(Wang Shaoqiang)、菲利普·多德(Philip Dodd)、菲利普·齐格勒(Philipp Ziegler)、张子康(Zhang Zikang)、冀少峰(Ji Shaofeng)、吴洪亮(Wu Hongliang)、俞可(Yu Ke)、项苙苹(Xiang Liping)、姜俊(Jiang Jun)

天府艺术公园，成都市美术馆A、B区

Area A and B of Chengdu Art Museum in Tianfu Art Park, Chengdu

aaajiao参加“时间引力——2023成都双年展”，展出作品《我憎恨人但我爱你》、《landscape000》、《icon011》。2023成都双年展以“时间引力”为主题，旨在表达“时间”是瞬间与永恒的辩证，其内在引力不可分割，每一个当下既是历史的回想也是未来的展望，人类文明因此有了多维度的阐释与呈现。“引力”不可见但可知，随着技术的迭代，互联网、大数据与虚拟现实等成为人们在不同时间、空间中新的聚合“引力”，艺术因此成为了一种贯穿时间轴线的凝视、感知与表达的“引力场”，体现着社会发展中的多元形态与种种关联，激发泛链接的思考。

“时间引力——2023成都双年展”，展览现场，成都市美术馆，2023

“Time Gravity - 2023 Chengdu Biennale”, Installation View, Chengdu Art Museum, 2023

本届双年展共分为“瞬间永恒”、“瞻星成梦”、“存在遥望”、“空间感知”、“凝视之思”、“未来考古”、“大地回声”、“心之所向”、“星链计划”九个展览版块。aaajiao作品在由菲利普·齐格勒策划的“存在遥望”板块展出，该版块旨在探索通过艺术、科学和技术，想象未知，超越人类认知极限，理解遥不可及事物的可能性。“存在遥望”是指一系列体验，包括身处陌生环境的模糊不安感、遭遇挑战已有假设和信念的全新情境或观点等。作为核心理念，“存在遥望”强调对人类认知极限的认识以及通过拥抱不确定性去发现和成长的潜力。

图文由成都市美术馆与艺术家惠允

aaajiao participated in “Time Gravity - Chengdu Biennale 2023” and exhibited works I hate people but I love you, landscape000, icon011. The Chengdu Biennale 2023, themed “Time Gravity”, aims to express that “time”, as the dialectic scale of the moment and eternity, has an inseparable inherent gravity itself. Every moment is both a recollection of history and a prospect for the future, giving human civilization a multi-dimensional interpretation and presentation. “Gravity” is invisible but perceptible. As technology evolves, the Internet, big data, and virtual reality have become new aggregating "gravity" for people in different times and spaces. Art has thus become a “gravity field” of gazing, perception, and expression that runs through the timeline, reflecting the diverse forms and various connections in social development and stimulating the thinking of connections.

“时间引力——2023成都双年展”，展览现场，成都市美术馆，2023

“Time Gravity - 2023 Chengdu Biennale”, Installation View, Chengdu Art Museum, 2023

The Biennale is divided into nine exhibition sections: “Instant Eternity”, “THE SIGHT OF THE STARS MAKES ME DREAM (Van Gogh)”, “Sensing the Unknown”, “Spatial Perception”, “A Thought in A Gaze”, “Future Archaeology”, “Echoes of the Earth”, “Where the Heart Goes ”and “Constellations”. aaajiao's works are exhibited in the “Sensing the Unknown” section curated by Philipp Ziegler. This section aims to explore the possibility of imagining the unknown, surpassing the limits of human cognition, and understanding the unreachable through art, science and technology. “Sensing the Unknown” refers to a range of experiences, including the uneasiness of being in an unfamiliar environment, new situations or perspectives that challenge pre-existing assumptions and beliefs, etc. As a core concept, “Sensing the Unknown” emphasizes the recognition of the limits of human cognition and the potential of discovery and growth through uncertainty.

Images and Texts Courtesy of Chengdu Art Museum and the Artist

参展作品

ARTWORKS

《我憎恨人但我爱你》，2017，单频彩色有声录像， 25'04''

I hate people but I love you, 2017, Single channel video, color, sound, 25'04''

大画幅单频录像《我憎恨人但我爱你》 以电脑桌面为画面背景，短片里两位赛博格（cyborg）——一位典型科幻影视造型的仿真机器人带有亚洲女子面貌，一个由无数重叠窗口构成的生物电脑不断变化着莫比乌斯带——进行着机械、呆板、反复的对话：“……我可以当你的朋友吗？你看我像真的吗？我希望是的……” “我憎恨人但我爱你……” 这套关于科技、社交和孤独的经典的科幻范式，不仅在今天社交媒体的生活中得以应证，也在用户和操作之间重新界定人际情感的疆域。

I Hate People but I Love You, is a large format single channel video installation. Set in Mac OS, the video features two cyborgs, one of which is an anticipated Asian female android, the other in disguise of a floating Möbius strip composed of pop-up windows. Both immerse themselves in a reiterated deadpan conversation: “…May I be your friend? Do I look real to you? I hope so…” “I hate people but I love you.” The classic sci-fi paradigm of dystopian sentiments regarding social interaction and loneliness is not only proven in today's social media life, but also redefines the boundaries of interpersonal emotion between users and operations.

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《landscape000》，2018 - 2021，丝网印刷，硅胶皮，亚克力，油性漆，168 × 180 cm

landscape000, 2018 - 2021, Screen printing, silicone skin, acrylic, oil-based paint, 168 × 180 cm

在公园里打坐的人，在地铁里享受春日阳光的人，在炽热的水泥地面穿着融化拖鞋散步的人，爬出城市水系的人，在这些规训的景观中，我看见自洽的失落，悲伤的无聊，臃肿的情绪，一堆景观。

Those who meditate in the park, who enjoy the spring sun in the subway, who walk in melting slippers on a blazing hot concrete floor and who climb out of the city water system, in these regimented landscapes I see the loss of self-consistency, sad boredom, bloated emotions, a bunch of landscapes.

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《icon011》，2020-2021，丝网印刷，雪弗板，金属框，水性漆，80 × 74 cm

icon011, 2020-2021, Screen printing, chevron board, metal frame, acrylic paint, 80 × 74 cm

“Icon”系列是对User描摹，用手机app Pixelable 像发社交媒体动态一样，手指和智能设备的摩擦，碎片状的注意力相互敲击，听到回声，留在屏幕上。

《icon011》在我完成后，我遇到了她。

The “icon” series portrays the User using the mobile app Pixelable to send social media updates. Among the friction of fingers and smart devices, fragmented attention taps against each other, hearing echoes that remain on the screen.

After I completed icon011, I met her.

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ABOUT THE ARTIST

1984年出生于西安。现生活工作于上海和柏林。

aaajiao，是年轻艺术家徐文恺的化名，也是他虚构的网络分身。1984年（他的出生年份恰好是乔治·奥威尔经典预言式小说的名称），出生于中国最古老城市之一的西安，aaajiao的创作结合了浓重的反乌托邦意识、对文人精神的反思。他的很多作品都致力于探索新的科技和媒体影响之下的文化现象和政治策略，从社交媒体写作、数据处理，到网络和移动媒介下的新美学景观。作为今天全球新一代媒体艺术的代表人物，aaajiao将今天中国特殊的社交媒体文化、科技运用带入了国际艺术的话语和讨论。

aaajiao的作品频繁展出于全球的美术馆和艺术机构，例如：“流光”，四方当代美术馆，南京，中国，2023；“昊美术馆5周年馆藏展：你和我，保持凝视”，昊美术馆，上海，中国，2023；“第七届广州三年展-化作通变”，广东美术馆，广州，中国，2023；“道法柏林，而游于外”，KINDL，柏林，德国，2022；“Cloud Walkers”，Leeum Museum of Art，首尔，韩国，2022；“档案冲动：反叙事和反记忆的操练”，AIKE，上海，中国，2022；“深渊模拟器”，里沃利城堡当代艺术博物馆，都灵，意大利，2020；“1989年到今天：网络时代的艺术”，波士顿当代艺术中心，波士顿，美国，2018；“非真实”，电子艺术之家，巴塞尔，瑞士，2017；“身体·媒体II”，上海当代艺术博物馆，上海，中国，2017；“带走我（我是你的）”，犹太人美术馆，纽约，美国，2016；“时间转向：当代亚洲的艺术与思辨”，斯班塞美术馆，堪萨斯，美国，2016；“波普之上”，余德耀美术馆，上海，中国，2016；“黑客空间”（由Hans Ulrich Obrist与Amira Gad策展），K11艺术基金会临时空间，香港，中国、chi K11美术馆，上海，中国，2016；“全方位：全控制和言论控制”，ZKM卡尔斯鲁厄艺术与媒体中心，卡尔斯鲁厄，德国，2015；“齐物等观——2014国际新媒体艺术三年展”，中国国家美术馆，北京，中国，2014。

他近期个展包括“深渊模拟器”，Tabula Rasa画廊，伦敦，英国，2021；“深渊模拟器”，里沃利城堡当代艺术博物馆，都灵，意大利，2020；“洞穴模拟器”，AIKE，上海，中国，2020；“a’a’a’jiao: 一个ID”，昊美术馆，上海，中国，2019；“观察者”，House of Egorn，柏林，德国，2018；“暴食”，千高原艺术空间，成都，中国，2018；“用户、爱、高频交易”，Leo Xu Projects，上海，中国，2017；“电子遗留物”，华人艺术中心，曼彻斯特，英国，2016；“电子遗留物”，OCAT，西安，中国，2016。aaajiao于2014年获得了第三届三亚艺术季暨华宇青年评审大奖，亦入围首届OCAT皮埃尔·于贝尔奖。

Born in 1984 in Xi’an. Currently lives and works in Shanghai and Berlin.

Active online as a media artist, blogger, activist and programmer, aaajiao is the virtual persona of Shanghai- and Berlin- artist Xu Wenkai. Born in 1984—the title of George Orwell’s classic allegorical novel—and in one of China’s oldest cities, Xi’an, aaajiao’s art and works are marked by a strong dystopian awareness, literati spirits and sophistication. Many of aaajiao’s works speak to new thinkings, controversies and phenomenon around the Internet, with specific projects focusing on the processing of data, the blogsphere and China’s Great Fire Wall. aaajiao’s recent projects extend his practice to various disciplines (among them, architecture, topography, and design) to capture the pulse of the young generation consuming cyber technology and living in social media.

aaajiao’s work has been featured in numerous exhibitions around the world, upcoming and recent shows include “HOW Art Museum 5th Anniversary Collection Exhibition: “Projection”, Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing, China, 2023; “You as Me, Hold the Gaze”, HOW Art Museum, Shanghai, China, 2023; “The 7th Guangzhou Triennial - symphony of all the changes”, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China, 2023; “Cloud Walkers”, Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea, 2022; “Forming Communities: Berliner”, KINDL, Berlin, Germany, 2022;  “The Archival Impulse: An Exercise in Counter-Narrative and Counter-Memory”, AIKE, Shanghai, China, 2022; “Deep Simulator”, Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy, 2021; “Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today”, The Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, Boston, USA, 2018; “unREAL”, Haus der elektronischen Künste, Basel, Switzerland, 2017; “Shanghai Project Part II”, Shanghai, China, 2017; “Temporal Turn: Art and Speculation in Contemporary Asia”, Spencer Museum of Art, Kansas, USA, 2016; “Take Me (I’m Yours)” (curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Jens Hoffmann and Kelly Taxter), Jewish Museum, New York, USA, 2016; “Overpop”, Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China, 2016; “Hack Space” (curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Amira Gad), K11 Art Foundation Pop-up Space, Hong Kong and chi K11 art museum, Shanghai, China, 2016; “Globale: Global Control and Censorship”, ZKM | Centre for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2015; and “Thingworld International Triennial of New Media Art”, The National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China, 2014.

His recent solo exhibition includes “Deep Simulator”, Tabula Rasa Gallery, London, UK, 2021; “Deep Simulator”, Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy, 2020; “Cave Simulator”, AIKE, Shanghai, China, 2020; “a’a’a’jiao: an ID”, HOW Art Museum, Shanghai, China, 2019; “bot,” House of Egorn, Berlin, German, 2018; “Gluttony”, A Thousand Plateaus Art Space, Chengdu, China, 2018; “User, Love, High-frequency Trading”, Leo Xu Projects, Shanghai, China, 2017; “Remnants of an Electronic Past”, CFCCA, Manchester, UK, 2016; “Remnants of an Electronic Past”, OCAT, Xi’an, China, 2016. aaajiao was awarded the Art Sanya Awards in 2014 Jury Prize and was nominated for the first edition of OCAT-Pierre Huber Art Prize in 2014.

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