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王功新作品《與鄰居無(wú)關(guān)》
北京箭廠空間榮幸地推出王功新的錄影裝置作品《與鄰居無(wú)關(guān)》。該作品借助於箭廠空間位於衚同之中這種直接的社會(huì)語(yǔ)境，複製了鄰近餅鋪的店面外觀，在夜間巧妙地通過(guò)影像的投射，王功新在此成功地營(yíng)造出一種怪誕的感覺(jué)，一種搖擺于缺失與在場(chǎng)、影像與現(xiàn)實(shí)以及白晝與黑夜之間的交替狀態(tài)。
白天的時(shí)候，《與鄰居無(wú)關(guān)》是一件雕塑裝置，它是隔壁餅鋪店面的離奇複製—北京的衚同裏經(jīng)常可以見(jiàn)到的一種簡(jiǎn)易的鋁合金玻璃店面。夜幕降臨後，在店面上呈現(xiàn)出的影像則描繪了鄰居店舖製作和出售大餅與麵條的工作場(chǎng)景。作品同隔壁商業(yè)活動(dòng)之間的關(guān)係變化取決於日晝之間的光線差異；有時(shí)它表現(xiàn)為一種真實(shí)的複製，有時(shí)它只是一種視覺(jué)上的戲倣，而有時(shí)又兩者兼而有之。兩個(gè)近鄰空間之間至關(guān)重要的視覺(jué)聯(lián)繫被它們不同的功能所破壞了：一個(gè)是仰仗當(dāng)?shù)鼐用駚?lái)獲得收入的營(yíng)業(yè)場(chǎng)所，而另一個(gè)則是獨(dú)立的、不具備任何實(shí)用功能的，但又有賴於衚同和日常生活模式的視覺(jué)機(jī)制。王功新在作品中提出的"鄰居"一詞在此也具有雙重意義，既指的是佔(zhàn)據(jù)隔壁店舖的人，又是那些每天光顧小店購(gòu)買(mǎi)食品的人。由於為其自身的特定現(xiàn)場(chǎng)搭建了一種既明確且模糊的指向關(guān)係，《與鄰居無(wú)關(guān)》在這裡提出了一種在公共語(yǔ)境下創(chuàng)作當(dāng)代藝術(shù)作品的新的可能。
王功新（生於1960年）是一位在國(guó)際上獲得公認(rèn)的錄影裝置藝術(shù)家。他的創(chuàng)作以現(xiàn)實(shí)和想像之間的矛盾作為概念的核心，並嘗試在作品中跨越文化、經(jīng)濟(jì)和歷史的邊界分隔。他是1990年代中期所謂的"公寓藝術(shù)"和中國(guó)新媒體藝術(shù)群體的核心力量。目前，王功新在北京生活和工作，任北京中央美術(shù)學(xué)院新媒體藝術(shù)系客座教授。
"箭廠空間"是一個(gè)由獨(dú)立策展人和藝術(shù)家組織策劃的藝術(shù)櫥窗項(xiàng)目。空間位於北京市中心的衚同裏，原本是個(gè)小商鋪，經(jīng)過(guò)改造後擁有10平方米的展出面積。"箭廠空間"首先希望通過(guò)櫥窗這種特殊的展示方式，為藝術(shù)家的創(chuàng)作方法提供一種新的可能，空間內(nèi)定期更新的藝術(shù)作品將會(huì)在這裡每天面對(duì)不同的社會(huì)群體和文化情境。其次項(xiàng)目自身也試圖探討藝術(shù)與日常生活之間的美學(xué)關(guān)係，嘗試藝術(shù)創(chuàng)作與公共空間的有機(jī)對(duì)話，促進(jìn)當(dāng)代藝術(shù)的試驗(yàn)，交流與研究。"箭廠空間"將會(huì)積極地邀請(qǐng)國(guó)內(nèi)和國(guó)外的藝術(shù)家提供現(xiàn)場(chǎng)裝置和項(xiàng)目。
It's Not About the Neighbors by Wang Gongxin
Beijing based artist Wang Gongxin and Arrow Factory are pleased to present It's Not About the Neighbors, a video installation that engages with the immediate visual and social context of Arrow Factory's hutong alley location. Replicating the façade of the adjacent pancake shop and projecting video during nighttime hours, Wang creates an eerie sensation that fluctuates between alternate states of absence and presence, image and reality, day and night.
During the day, It's Not About the Neighbors is a sculptural installation, an uncanny imitation of the neighboring pancake shop's façade—a simple aluminum and glass storefront commonly found in Beijing's older neighborhoods. At nightfall, a video projection on the façade depicts the neighbors at work making and selling their bread and noodles. The work's relationship to the adjacent business changes depending hour of the day; at times it is a physical imitation, at times it is a virtual simulation, and sometimes it's both. The overriding visual connection between these two adjacent spaces is undermined by their different functions: one is an operating business that depends on local residents and neighbors for its income; the other is independent and non-functional, relying instead upon the visual economies of the hutong and patterns of everyday life. The dual meaning of the word "neighbors," proposed by Wang's installation refers to both those who occupy the adjacent shop as well as those who frequent the shop for their daily meals. Offering an indexical relationship to its own location It's Not About the Neighbors also uncovers new questions about presenting contemporary art in public contexts.
Wang Gongxin (b.1960) is an internationally recognized artist specializing in video and video installations. His practice centers on conceptions of reality and imagination as represented across cultural, economic and historical divides. Moving to New York City in 1987, Wang's work contained a strong element of self-exploration, and upon his return in the mid-1990s took on a renewed perspective on China's social and economic transformation. He was a key force in what is known as Apartment Art in the mid-1990s and other pioneering art groups in China. Based in Beijing, Wang is a guest professor in the New Media Art Department at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing.
Arrow Factory is an independently run alternative storefront space that seeks to advance artistic collaboration, exploration and experimentation across different cultural contexts and viewing publics. Located in a small hutong in Beijing's city center, Arrow Factory reclaims existing commercial space to present artworks that stimulate dialogue between art and contemporary urban space. Aimed at reaching a diverse public made up of local residents, as well as local and international art audiences, our modestly sized space (approx 10 square meters or 100 square feet) is intended to create new avenues for artistic production in China and further aesthetic relationships between contemporary art and everyday life. Arrow Factory will invite artists living inside and outside of China to create site-specific installations and projects that will be available for view in its storefront location 7 days a week.
箭廠空間
箭廠衚同38號(hào) (國(guó)子監(jiān)街內(nèi))
北京 100007 中國(guó)
Arrow Factory
38 Jianchang Hutong (off Guozijian Jie)
Beijing, 100007 China
www.arrowfactory.org.cn
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