旅行者1号艺术家专题｜许晶媛：“不同世界的交汇”

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“旅行者1号” 展览静场，蜂巢·生成｜上海空间

“在与谭（艺术家谭英杰）的雕塑合作的过程中，当我第一次看到三角形盒子时，我立刻想到了约翰·伯格（John Berger）关于 ‘家 ’的想法：家是两条线的交汇点，一条是垂直线，另一条是水平线。水平线连接所有的土地，垂直线连接天堂和地狱。”

Regarding the process of working in collaboration with Tan's sculptures, when I first saw the triangle sculpture I instantly thought of John Berger's idea on 'home' - that the home is the meeting of two lines; one vertical and one horizontal. Horizontal line connects us from lands to lands and vertical line connects us from the heaven and underworld. I see this crossing of two lines in the image of 'Tǔ' as well as the meaning the word holds. I see that the ground, the soil is where we are all from and the beginning of all humanity and the world. It's one of the first, most basic Chinese characters I learned as a kid in Korea. This land and soil I am standing on is my home. Across the two lines attached to the sculpture are my work - they are all gathering towards the meeting point, to their home. The structure of prints on fabric represent the 3D version of these two lines (imagine a tent). Each etchings float around to gather at the paramount. The two paintings are connected to the Scottish 'land'. Both paintings were made after my trip to Scotland, after visiting 'Cove Bay' and 'Traprain Law'. Cove Bay is where Scottish filmmaker Maragret Tait filmed her first ever feature film 'Blue, Black, Permanent'. Traprain Law is located near my partner's family house where he grew up as a child. I felt deeply connected to these two landscapes through these two references - like this, I believe the sense of 'home', 'connection' is rather spiritual and transcendent. I see home as a kind of force rather than a concrete/definitive image. Just like all my reference materials, my practice lies in the meeting point of two lines, two different worlds. Past eight years of my life as an artist in London has made my stance a lot clearer - Asian female artist living in the U.K, and Recently I have been focusing on nurturing both West and East elements I inherently have within myself. With my practice, I always try to bring sensibilities from two very different continents and cultures together, weaving them together through very personal, autobiographical narrative and experiences that are often portrayed in fictional context with the help of folklore.

——Jungwon Jay Hur

蜂巢 | 上海 Hive|Shanghai 

正在展出 | ON VIEW 

2023.12.22-2024.1.27 

蜂巢·生成 |上海 Hive Becoming|Shanghai 

正在展出 | ON VIEW

2023.12.22-2024.1.27