2023年4月16日 - 6月17日 / April 16 – June 17, 2023
BRC Studio, 北京 / BRC Studio, Beijing
展出于阎实召集、王卫、何颖宜组织的群展《脑雾》，BRC Studio，北京，2023
Exhibited in group show Brain Fog which convened by Yan Shi, organized by Wang Wei, Rania Ho, BRC Studio, Beijing, 2023
项目自述 / Artist Statement
BRC Studio楼顶的温室很有些想象空间。在我的第一印象中，它似乎就是为了展示自己可以观察周围的动静而建造的。在疫情结束后，恰好我希望有机会能更好地去理解因社会紧急状态而重要性飞升的工种，如得益于“治安外包”而被临时委派了社区管理职责的志愿者和保安公司。 因此，如何能在一个罗各庄的半空中设立一个多余的执勤岗哨便成为我“脑雾”的发端。
也因为这个想法，展览中的艺术家们和我分享了不少过去一两年内他们在村子附近目睹或耳闻的执勤点的故事。此外，艺术家们还带我在废墟中遍寻相关的废弃物，令我得以去追踪一团恪守疫政的幻影，或者说一种可以被召之即来，挥之即去的社会人格。
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The conservatory on the rooftop of the BRC Studio offers ample room for imagination. At first glance, it seemed almost purpose-built to declare its ability to surveil the movements unfolding around it. Coincidentally, in the post-pandemic period, I had been seeking an opportunity to better understand the professions whose importance surged under conditions of social emergency—such as volunteers and private security firms temporarily assigned community-management duties through forms of “outsourced policing.” Thus, imagining how one might install a superfluous security post suspended in the semi-air of Luogezhuang Village became the starting point of my so-called “brain fog.”
This line of thought prompted the participating artists to share with me stories of the security checkpoints they had witnessed or heard about in the vicinity of the village over the past couple of years. Beyond recounting these experiences, they also accompanied me into the nearby ruins to search for related discarded materials, allowing me to trace the lingering silhouette of an epidemic-era vigilance—or, perhaps, a kind of social persona that can be summoned and dismissed at will.
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感谢提供协助的朋友们：林郁、秦观伟、阎实、阎硕
Special thanks to Lin Yu, Qin Guanwei, Yan Shi, Yan Shuo
摄影：杨灏, 王玥
Photo by Yang Hao and Wang Yue
摄影：杨灏工作室 / Photography by Yang Hao's Studio
