【展讯】吴禹墨&张泽洋平瑞士驻地展“森林、清风、流水与微光”｜北京
三影堂摄影艺术中心将于2022年10月7日至12月4日举办艺术家组合吴禹墨&张泽洋平的展览《森林、清风、流水与微光》。该展览将综合呈现吴禹墨&张泽洋平于2021年秋冬在瑞士蒙泰地区驻地期间创作的包括摄影、蓝晒、声音、录像在内的五十余件作品。
吴禹墨&张泽洋平于2021年9月至12月前往瑞士驻地，就“山地地区面临的挑战”这一论题进行创作，并先后于瑞士蒙泰Crochetan剧院、第25届比尔摄影节（25th edition bielerfototage）举办个展“Don’t Ask Anything Else to the Forests”(2022)，“Natural Whisper”（2022)。此次在三影堂举办的展览邀请观众跟随艺术家的脚步，一睹瑞士山林溪涧的风光，也为他们的驻地之旅画下圆满句号。
「森林、清风、流水与微光」
Don’t Ask Anything Else to the Forests
- 展期 -
2022.10.07 - 12.04
- 地址 -
三影堂摄影艺术中心
北京市朝阳区草场地155A
- 联合策展人 -
朱莉亚·汉托（Julia Hountou） 王嘉楠
- 艺术家 -
吴禹墨&张泽洋平
- 主办 -
三影堂摄影艺术中心
- 协办 -
瑞士山地区域可持续发展基金会
瑞士发展与合作署
- 支持 -
瑞士驻华大使馆
此次展览名为“森林、清风、流水与微光”，原为维克多·雨果的诗句。艺术家在驻地期间，让创作在自然环境或旅行途中恣意生长，不对其所邂逅的环境或是触手可得的材料设限。在山林和溪涧、或是他们经过、驻足的空间，禹墨和洋平任由纸本和布料被雾气、树叶、溪水所浸染。随着他们对蒙泰地区逐渐深入的探索，他们作品中所收集、呈现出的植物形态、颜色和触感也愈发丰富起来。较之传统意义上的摄影，他们的创作方法更多地融合了身体、材料实践，无论是制作大幅的蓝晒、手工书、还是植物叶片、声音的收集。他们在森林中停留的时间越久、越是以冥想的状态任由自然引导其创作的走向，他们的作品与自然的关系就愈加亲密。
禹墨和洋平通过综合的跨媒介创作，有意地拓展摄影的感官外延，尝试触发观众视觉、听觉、触觉的共感与联想。在《声音信封》中，艺术家将吸引他们注意力的自然材料和居住空间拓印在纸本上，又邀请Passepartout Duo（声音艺术家组合）根据画面引发的视觉感受创作独一无二的声音作品。如同素描画一般的线条和纹理、叶片中细腻的颗粒、或是由于拓印表面凹凸不平而造成的粗砺质感，激起人们对触摸自然的想象：手轻抚过树干、或是叶片的锯齿状边缘、毛茸茸又尖锐。《声音信封》也以明信片的形式出现，艺术家希冀《声音信封》可以跨越展场，传递给远方的人，形成一条“通过音乐、人和旅行连接的位置链”。
禹墨和洋平尽可能少地干预自然，而是任由其主导创作随机、自然地发生。《自然低语》系列的创作从他们踏上前往瑞士的旅途那一刻便已经开始了。他们随身携带一沓被感光剂浸泡过的纸，旅行途中，纸张与物理环境、空气接触摩擦而发生变化，这一变化反映在十张按时间顺序排布的纸本蓝晒作品中，脆弱而柔韧的纸张精妙地反映了自然界加诸于它的色彩和纹理变化。
除此之外，在同系列的视频作品中，艺术家将相机置于落叶之下，以非人类的视角捕捉森林的画面与声音，反映了艺术家试图超越人类中心视角与自然界对话的倾向性。驻留期间，禹墨和洋平于森林中漫步，将纸张随机铺陈于落叶、苔藓之上、任由其被风的力道改变、或是被落叶覆盖、甚至是被行人捡拾走。这一过程被记录于《自然低语》系列的“场景”、“日记”、“显影”中。较少的干预使得显影后的图像颜色、纹理、气息充满不可预知的随机性。
蓝晒作为一种古老的成像方法，在实践过程中，由于天气、水质、季节等因素的变化，会呈现各异的颜色，而非统一的蓝色。于是，大家可以在《冲洗时间》中看到与其他作品迥异的藻绿色和黄褐色。植物和气候的差异和多样性无法被肉眼观测到，然而瑞士蒙泰地区的空气和水源的独特性，被记录和保存在这些色彩丰富的蓝晒作品之中。
禹墨和洋平同样注重创作材料的多样性与平衡。他们在宣纸、麻布、羊绒等多种材质上创作，图像的色彩和质感也由此产生变化。这些细微且精妙的、由大自然造就的变化，不断提醒着我们始终对自然保有一颗谦逊和惊奇之心。
吴禹墨&张泽洋平
吴禹墨&张泽洋平是一个进行在地性和跨媒介艺术创作的小组，将影像与空间视为一种通用语言，与具体的环境和事件对话。他们在世界各地持续了多年的旅行，他们受到不断变化的地理位置的影响，并通过跨学科协作、空间装置、影像、景观雕塑等形式，在不同文化和地域的交汇处生发多重艺术创作的可能。
驻地创作的期间，他们收集当地的影像与声音素材，以及空间素材，通过作品呈现出来，在创作的同时反思了自我当下的生活状态，并且希望通过自己的游走与对话，重新定义他们自己的生活。作为一个样本，去构建他们认为“真实”的空间。
参展经历包括：“自然低语”，第25届比尔摄影节（Bieler Fototage），2022年，比尔，瑞士；“Don’t Ask Anything Else to the Forests”, SMArt可持续山地艺术项目，2022年，蒙泰，瑞士；“走在桥上”，墨西哥-中国当代艺术展，2019年，墨西哥；IWV -“Inter-World-View”，中国美术学院，2019年，杭州，中国；“BIGCI-2019”悉尼艺术驻留计划，2019年，悉尼，澳大利亚；“工厂”，艺术展览2018，2018年，迪尤帕维克，冰岛；“Skammdegi-2018”黑暗艺术节-Listhus画廊，2017-2018年，欧拉夫峡湾，冰岛。
朱莉亚·汉托
艺术评论家和策展人。朱莉亚·汉托负责瑞士Crochetan剧院画廊的工作。她是一名当代艺术史博士，曾于2009-2010年于美第奇别墅罗马法兰西学院驻地。她在多所艺术大学及院校教授艺术史及摄影史。她也是一名独立策展人，自2010年以来持续策划群展和个展。她也撰写许多关于当代艺术创作的文章。自2000年以来，她定期在集体创作、展览图录和艺术评论等领域发表文章。
王嘉楠
2020年毕业于英国皇家艺术学院当代艺术策展系，现工作于三影堂摄影艺术中心。她对于松动现有体制结构的艺术和策展实践感兴趣，包括发生在替代性空间的自组织、自出版的艺术实践。她目前正在研究图像逃脱其指涉信息的潜能，特别是动态影像阐释历史档案的建构性力量。
SMArt（Sustainable Mountain Art）山地可持续发展艺术项目由瑞士山地区域可持续发展基金会（FDDM）、瑞士发展与合作署、瓦莱州文化部于2014年共同发起，由瑞士以及多个国际文化机构共同支持。三影堂摄影艺术中心作为SMArt项目的中国合作单位，每年以公开征集并投票评选的方式，向瑞士蒙泰地区推荐中国影像创作艺术家，在“山地地区面临的挑战”主题范围内，就“气候变化”、“水域管理”、“山地开发”等问题进行驻地研究和创作。
「森林、清风、流水与微光」
Don’t Ask Anything Else to the Forests
- Duration -
2022.10.07 - 12.04
- Artists -
Wu Yumo & Zhang Zeyangping
- Co-curators -
Julia Hountou and Jianan Wang
- Organizer -
Three Shadows Photography Art Centre
- Co-organizers -
Foundation for Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
- Support -
Embassy of Switzerland in China
- Address -
Three Shadows Photography Art Centre
155A Caochangdi, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Three Shadows Photography Art Centre is honored to present the exhibition "Don’t Ask Anything Else to the Forests" of artist duo Wu Yumo & Zhang Zeyangping, from October 7th to December 4th, 2022. The exhibition will showcase over fifty works created during their residency in Monthey, Switzerland in 2021, including photography, cyanotype, sound and video works, etc.
Spending three months in Switzerland, Wu Yumo & Zhang Zeyangping created in response to the topic "Challenges of the Mountains". After presenting two exhibitions "Don’t Ask Anything Else to the Forests" (Crochetan Theatre, 2022) and "Natural Whisper" (the 25th Bieler Fototage, 2022) in Switzerland, the artists will present their final show in Three Shadows, in which the artists invite the audiences to have a glimpse of the mountains, forests and streams in Switzerland.
The exhibition title "Don’t Ask Anything Else to the Forests" was quoted from a poem by Victor Hugo. During their residency, the artists allowed their creation to grow spotaneously, without imposing limitations on the environment they encountered or the materials they came by. In the mountains, by the streams, or in any other spaces during the trip, the artists let the paper and canvas be soaked in mist, leaves, and streams. As their exploration of Monthey went deeper, their works started to show more and more botanical forms, colors and tactile sensations. Compared with traditional photography, Yumo and Yangping’s creation incorporates more physical and material practices, including large-scale cyanotype piece, handmade books, as well as the collection of foliage and environmental sounds. The longer time they spent in the forests, the more meditative their state of mind became. And their creation became more intimate with the nature.
Through interdisciplinary art creation, Yumo and Yangping are intended to extend viewer’s sensory perception of photography, in terms of visual, acoustic, and tactile association. In Sound Envelope, the artists made paper rubbings of natural materials and living spaces and invited Passepartout Duo (sound artist duo) to create sound pieces accordingly. Sketch-like lines and textures, the fine-grained leaves and coarse-grained images due to the uneven surface of rubbings, evoke people's imagination of touching nature: hand stroking the trunk of a tree, or the sharp edges of the leaves. Sound Envelope was also printed in the form of postcards, and the artists hoped that Sound Envelope could transcend the exhibition and be passed on to people far away, forming a "location chain connected by music, people and travel."
Instead of intervening the nature, Yumo and Yangping would rather let the nature take the lead. The creation of Natural Whisper series started from the moment they embarked on their journey to Switzerland. They carried a stack of paper that had been soaked in light-sensitive liquid. During their journey, the image on paper changed due to the exposure to the physical environment and air. These changes are reflected in Natural Whisper 1-10, ten cyanotype works shwoing in chronological order. The fragile paper subtly reflects the color and texture changes that nature imposed on it. In the video works from same series, the artists placed the camera under the fallen leaves to capture sounds and scenery of the forest from a non-human perspective, attempting to transcend the human-centric perspective and openning up a dialogue with nature. During their residency, Yumo and Yangping often took walks in the forest. They placed papers randomly in the forests and allowed them to be moved by the wind, covered by fallen leaves, or even picked up by passerbys. This process was recorded in the "Scenes", "Diary", and "Development" from Natural Whisper series. Less control makes the development of the images full of unpredictable randomness.
As an old technique of camera-less photography, cyanotype can present different colours instead of uniform blue due to changes in weather, water quality, seasons and other factors in practice. So, in Developing Time, you can see colors such as algal green and yellowish-brown that distinguished from other works. Variation of plant species and climates cannot be observed directly by human eyes, yet the uniqueness of air and water in Monthey area are well-preserved in these cyanotype works. Yumo and Yangping also pay attention to the variety and balance of their creative materials. They create on fibre papers, canvas, cashmere and other materials, and thus the color and texture of images also change accordingly. These subtle changes created by nature always remind us to be amazed by the nature with humble hearts.
Wu Yumo & Zhang Zeyangping
Artist duo Wu Yumo & Zhang Zeyangping work on site-specific and cross-media artworks, regarding image and space as a universal language that speaks to specific environments and events. After years of continuous travel worldwide, they are influenced by the ever-changing geographical locations. They have developed the possibility of multiple artistic creations at the intersection of different cultures and regions through interdisciplinary cooperation, spacial installations, moving images, landscape sculptures, and other forms.
During their residency, they collected local images, sound and spatial materials, then presented them through their works, reflecting on their current state of life while creating and hoping to redefine their own lives through their wanderings and dialogues. As a sample, they hope to build a space they consider "real."
Selected exhibitions include: "Nature Whisper", 25th Bieler Fototage, Biel, Switzerland, 2022; "Don't Ask Anything Else to the Forests," SMArt Programme, Monthey, Switzerland, 2022; "Crossing Bridge: Chinese and Mexican Contemporary Art Exhibition", Museum of the Mexican Presidency, Mexico City, 2019; IWV - "Inter-World- View," China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China, 2019; "BIGCI-2019" Sydney Art Residency Program, Sydney, Australia, 2019; "Factory," Art Exhibition 2018, Djupavik, Iceland, 2018; "Skammdegi-2018" Dark Art Festival - Listhus Gallery, Olafsfjorour, Iceland, 2017-2018.
Julia Hountou
Art critic and curator, Julia Hountou is responsible for the Galerie du Théâtre du Crochetan in Switzerland. Doctor of contemporary art history, resident at the French Academy in Rome - Villa Medici (2009 - 10), she taught art history and history of photography in various universities and schools of art. Independent curator of exhibitions, since 2010, she organized collective and personal exhibitions. She is also the author of numerous articles on contemporary creation. Since 2000, she has published regularly in collective works, exhibition catalogs and art reviews.
Jianan Wang
Jianan Wang graduated from Department of Curating Contemporary Art of Royal College of Art. Now works in Three Shadows Photography Art Centre. She is interested in curatorial practices that loosen the existing institutional structure, including self-organised artistic practices in alternative spaces and self-publication. She is currently researching the possibility of images escaping from their referential information, especially the constructive power of moving images in relation to historical archives.
About SMArt
SMArt was launched in 2014 by the Foundation for the Sustainable Development of Mountain Regions(FDDM) inclose cooperation with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the Culture Service of Canton Valais. It relies on an extensive network of institutional and cultural partners in Switzerland and around the world. As the Chinese partner of the SMArt project, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre recommends photographers to live and work in Monthey during an open call. Artists ultimately research and create around topics such as “climate change,” "water management" and "mountain development” in the context of challenges facing mountain regions around the globe.
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