仙境的边缘, 泰国双年展 2018
Edge of the Wonderland, Thailand Biennale Krabi 2018
link: Thailand Biennale Krabi 2018
艺术家 | 杨振中《To Be or Not To Be》参展 “第一届泰国双年展Krabi 2018”
策展 | 第一届泰国双年展 X 杨振中
作品链接
泰国，甲米
2018年11月2日至2019年2月28日
本届当代艺术双年展的策展人为英国伯明翰城市大学艺术学院研究总监、中国视觉艺术中心主任姜节泓教授，邀请了来自25个国家和地区的50多位艺术家共同回应“仙境的边缘”这一主题。所有的艺术作品都会在户外露天的场地展出，将大自然作为舞台，邀请艺术家因地制作和实施艺术作品，把海滩，河流，瀑布，山洞，悬崖，热带雨林等等一系列的天然景点转变成为艺术空间。
杨振中的作品坐落在泰国甲米岛孔卡码头（Kong Ka Pier, Krabi）步道边的草坪上，这组壮观的装置向自然规律发起检验。《To Be or Not to Be》由十棵榕树组成，均被“本末倒置”地栽种，并排成一条直线。光秃秃的树根盘根错节，与以往泰国岛屿上郁郁葱葱的植被形成巨大的反差。然而这并非作品唯一的悖论。艺术家将榕树从土中连根掘出，然后把它们倒立，枝干种回地里，以此挑战并探索自然与植物在极端的非正常条件下是否能够自我存活。作品的逻辑超越客观现实，渗透进入一片平行之地，而在这片大地上，掩埋的树与纠缠的根构成了日常景观。
Krabi, Thailand
Nov.2 2018 to Feb.28 2019
Opened on 2-4 November 2018, this ambitious project presents works by approximately 80 artists coming from more than 20 countries and regions worldwide. Responding to the theme of the Thailand Biennale, artists develop various interpretations of ‘wonderland’ from different perspectives. This four-month outdoor Biennale in Krabi is not curated to display traditional forms of artwork, such as sculptures or paintings, within the notion of ‘public art’, but rather it encourages creative strategies and innovative practices for site-specific installations.
Located on the lawn beside the pathway of Kong Ka Pier, Yang Zhenzhong’s imposing installation tests the laws of nature. To Be or Not to Be comprises ten banyan trees planted upside down in a straight line. The naked and entwined roots contradict the natural foliage normally found on tree branches and the typical lush vegetation of Thailand. This is not the artwork’s only paradox. The artist digs the trees from the soil, inverts them and plants their branches in the ground to challenge and probe the capability of both nature and plants to nourish themselves in extreme and abnormal conditions. The logic of the work operates beyond the actual reality to pervade a parallel land where buried trees and intricate root leafage constitute the quotidian landscape.
2018年11月2日至2019年2月28日
本届当代艺术双年展的策展人为英国伯明翰城市大学艺术学院研究总监、中国视觉艺术中心主任姜节泓教授，邀请了来自25个国家和地区的50多位艺术家共同回应“仙境的边缘”这一主题。所有的艺术作品都会在户外露天的场地展出，将大自然作为舞台，邀请艺术家因地制作和实施艺术作品，把海滩，河流，瀑布，山洞，悬崖，热带雨林等等一系列的天然景点转变成为艺术空间。
杨振中的作品坐落在泰国甲米岛孔卡码头（Kong Ka Pier, Krabi）步道边的草坪上，这组壮观的装置向自然规律发起检验。《To Be or Not to Be》由十棵榕树组成，均被“本末倒置”地栽种，并排成一条直线。光秃秃的树根盘根错节，与以往泰国岛屿上郁郁葱葱的植被形成巨大的反差。然而这并非作品唯一的悖论。艺术家将榕树从土中连根掘出，然后把它们倒立，枝干种回地里，以此挑战并探索自然与植物在极端的非正常条件下是否能够自我存活。作品的逻辑超越客观现实，渗透进入一片平行之地，而在这片大地上，掩埋的树与纠缠的根构成了日常景观。
Krabi, Thailand
Nov.2 2018 to Feb.28 2019
Opened on 2-4 November 2018, this ambitious project presents works by approximately 80 artists coming from more than 20 countries and regions worldwide. Responding to the theme of the Thailand Biennale, artists develop various interpretations of ‘wonderland’ from different perspectives. This four-month outdoor Biennale in Krabi is not curated to display traditional forms of artwork, such as sculptures or paintings, within the notion of ‘public art’, but rather it encourages creative strategies and innovative practices for site-specific installations.
Located on the lawn beside the pathway of Kong Ka Pier, Yang Zhenzhong’s imposing installation tests the laws of nature. To Be or Not to Be comprises ten banyan trees planted upside down in a straight line. The naked and entwined roots contradict the natural foliage normally found on tree branches and the typical lush vegetation of Thailand. This is not the artwork’s only paradox. The artist digs the trees from the soil, inverts them and plants their branches in the ground to challenge and probe the capability of both nature and plants to nourish themselves in extreme and abnormal conditions. The logic of the work operates beyond the actual reality to pervade a parallel land where buried trees and intricate root leafage constitute the quotidian landscape.