artworks
Herbary: Co-respiration
Installation: Singel Screen Digital Moving Images (4'19''), Herbal Medicine (Panax no toginseng, Polygala tenuifolia, Peony bark, etc.)
2023
Installation: Singel Screen Digital Moving Images (4'19''), Herbal Medicine (Panax no toginseng, Polygala tenuifolia, Peony bark, etc.)
2023
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Introduction:
Taking place in a makeshift site with hallucinogenic effects and herbal odours, Herbary: Co-respiration aims to portray the inextricably entangled relationship between herbs and human political and cultural processes through the lens of pantheistic ritual. By examining and introducing folkloric herbs with potential healing powers for neurodegenerative diseases, the work links local (herbal) knowledge that resists forgetting to oral memory in the face of collective catastrophe. The throwing of the dregs of the medicine as a traditional ritual heralds the receding of the disease and the ability of the members of the community to bless each other, a ritual that brings with it an energy considered sufficient to dispel disease and evil spirits: the common breathing is given the energy to break out and re-inscribe itself in the public memory, the ritual as a recipe for collective healing that not only points to the receding of the plague, but also attempts to soothe the violent gestures of the ban on breathing and the enforced forgetting of the It also attempts to heal the lasting cultural trauma left behind by the ban on breathing and the violent gesture of forced forgetting.
Herbary: Co-respiration reconstructs and highlights a series of botanical anthropological images of hybridity and symbiosis in a digital environment, directing participants' attention to the commonality and necessity of plant respiration. Inspired by Indigenous shamanic prayers about nature and plants, the artist has drafted an ode to the healing of forgotten herbs, complemented by meaningful atonal music, in an attempt to portray the pervasive power of herbs in human history. Participants are encouraged to rediscover the porous nature of the body by focusing on their own breath and the breath of others: the exchange of fluids brought about by breathing, together with atmospheric water, points to an entanglement based on the hydrocommons; a polytonal ecology that cuts across multiple senses, blurring the boundaries between the body's interior, exterior, and the atmosphere, signalling an an inseparable and interdependent cross-population alliance.
Taking place in a makeshift site with hallucinogenic effects and herbal odours, Herbary: Co-respiration aims to portray the inextricably entangled relationship between herbs and human political and cultural processes through the lens of pantheistic ritual. By examining and introducing folkloric herbs with potential healing powers for neurodegenerative diseases, the work links local (herbal) knowledge that resists forgetting to oral memory in the face of collective catastrophe. The throwing of the dregs of the medicine as a traditional ritual heralds the receding of the disease and the ability of the members of the community to bless each other, a ritual that brings with it an energy considered sufficient to dispel disease and evil spirits: the common breathing is given the energy to break out and re-inscribe itself in the public memory, the ritual as a recipe for collective healing that not only points to the receding of the plague, but also attempts to soothe the violent gestures of the ban on breathing and the enforced forgetting of the It also attempts to heal the lasting cultural trauma left behind by the ban on breathing and the violent gesture of forced forgetting.
Herbary: Co-respiration reconstructs and highlights a series of botanical anthropological images of hybridity and symbiosis in a digital environment, directing participants' attention to the commonality and necessity of plant respiration. Inspired by Indigenous shamanic prayers about nature and plants, the artist has drafted an ode to the healing of forgotten herbs, complemented by meaningful atonal music, in an attempt to portray the pervasive power of herbs in human history. Participants are encouraged to rediscover the porous nature of the body by focusing on their own breath and the breath of others: the exchange of fluids brought about by breathing, together with atmospheric water, points to an entanglement based on the hydrocommons; a polytonal ecology that cuts across multiple senses, blurring the boundaries between the body's interior, exterior, and the atmosphere, signalling an an inseparable and interdependent cross-population alliance.
As installed at Migratory Bird 300, Aranya Theatre Festival, Qinhuangdao, China, 2023
Exhibition list:
Self, as the Narrated, as the Others, Third Street Gallery, Shanghai, China, 2024 Unclaasifiable, New Bridge Art Museum, Shanghai, China, 2024
Within Iceless Age, theBlanc, New York, USA, 2024
Silent Field, Dongshengli No.17 , Suzhou, China, 2024
The Logic of Sensation, Ivory Gate Gallery, Shanghai, China, 2024
Language Babel, Art Lift Art Space, Shenyang, China, 2024
Together For Future, Qingdao Art Museum, Qingdao, China, 2024
De wereld Wat Met Handvat getembi Ik? – Rituals, Oracles, and Artistic spirit mediums, 798CUBE, Beijing, China, 2023
Plant-generated Images, Wuhan Photography Art Centre, Wuhan, China, 2023
Under the Current: The Hidden World in the Surface Water, HEZUO SPACE, Shenyang, 2023
Migratory Bird 300, Zone out Space 2.0, Aranya Theatre Festival, Qinhuangdao, China, 2023
Self, as the Narrated, as the Others, Third Street Gallery, Shanghai, China, 2024 Unclaasifiable, New Bridge Art Museum, Shanghai, China, 2024
Within Iceless Age, theBlanc, New York, USA, 2024
Silent Field, Dongshengli No.17 , Suzhou, China, 2024
The Logic of Sensation, Ivory Gate Gallery, Shanghai, China, 2024
Language Babel, Art Lift Art Space, Shenyang, China, 2024
Together For Future, Qingdao Art Museum, Qingdao, China, 2024
De wereld Wat Met Handvat getembi Ik? – Rituals, Oracles, and Artistic spirit mediums, 798CUBE, Beijing, China, 2023
Plant-generated Images, Wuhan Photography Art Centre, Wuhan, China, 2023
Under the Current: The Hidden World in the Surface Water, HEZUO SPACE, Shenyang, 2023
Migratory Bird 300, Zone out Space 2.0, Aranya Theatre Festival, Qinhuangdao, China, 2023
Reviews (Selected)
" ... On the wooden floor under the curtain is placed "Herbary: Co-respiration", which belongs to the same chapter. The aroma of herbs rises slowly from the wooden floor and fills the space. The concept of this work coincides with the concept of "mind technology", which is derived from Wilbur Schramm's constructional technology, the originator of communication science, who believed that technology can teach and guide people, as well as heal them. Scent is part of this technology, and "Herbary: Co-respiration" utilizes the proust effect to remind the audience of the "pharmacy" when they smell the herbs, thus awakening the concept of "healing" and related memories in the audience's memory. The futons on the floor are arranged in such a way that the audience can rest here, either lying down or sitting down. The texture and smell of the grass and trees lead the viewer back to the primitive world, the ancient sky and ground, the vastness of nature. All judgment and arrogance disappears here as the images fade and the smells dissipate. Looking up at the healing images and smelling the hallucinogenic herbal gas, the two mediums of smell and sound carry our wish to dispel illness and pursue happiness, and at this moment, the healing effect reaches its peak. "
" ... On the wooden floor under the curtain is placed "Herbary: Co-respiration", which belongs to the same chapter. The aroma of herbs rises slowly from the wooden floor and fills the space. The concept of this work coincides with the concept of "mind technology", which is derived from Wilbur Schramm's constructional technology, the originator of communication science, who believed that technology can teach and guide people, as well as heal them. Scent is part of this technology, and "Herbary: Co-respiration" utilizes the proust effect to remind the audience of the "pharmacy" when they smell the herbs, thus awakening the concept of "healing" and related memories in the audience's memory. The futons on the floor are arranged in such a way that the audience can rest here, either lying down or sitting down. The texture and smell of the grass and trees lead the viewer back to the primitive world, the ancient sky and ground, the vastness of nature. All judgment and arrogance disappears here as the images fade and the smells dissipate. Looking up at the healing images and smelling the hallucinogenic herbal gas, the two mediums of smell and sound carry our wish to dispel illness and pursue happiness, and at this moment, the healing effect reaches its peak. "
—— "Under Disorder, the Prayer of the Ages", Wang Yu
As installed at Under the Current: The Hidden World in the Surface Water, HEZUO SPACE, Shenyang, China, 2023
As installed at De wereld Wat Met Handvat getembi Ik? – Rituals, Oracles, and Artistic spirit mediums, 798 CUBE, Beijing, 2023