“I placed a security camera fitted with a telephoto lens on the terrace of my apartment and connected this live video feed to the exhibition space in DRC No. 12. The video images show the everyday life of an unfamiliar village: people drawing water or washing clothes, cattle and villagers leaving or returning, men and women working in the field, children playing, occasionally boring soldiers fighting each other for fun. Because of the great distance, I had to imagine relationships between the protagonists, conjure up their conversations and visualize the invisible lives inside the houses. I am fascinated by this serene stage, the naturally controlled scenes and spontaneous acting. It is an unending drama, year in and year out” (Zhao Liang)
Etymologically, the word “boundary” means frontier or border, referring to fixed physical demarcations between different countries, regions, cities and places. It could also mean, broadly speaking, mutable border-lines that at once separate and connect different identities, ways of thinking, human and cultural activities. As a “documentarist” throughout the entire project, Zhao Liang combines live streaming video, broadcasting, short documentary films and installations to accomplish his own artistic transgression of boundaries in DRC. No 12. “I didn’t purposefully choose a specific medium. I always intuitively determine the appropriate medium based on subject matters and the need for forms of expression” (Zhao Liang)
“我在家里的平台上安置了一个长焦监控摄像头 , 并把这个 视频连接到建外公寓 12 号的展厅里。画面的内容是一个陌 生村庄人们的日常 , 打水 , 洗衣 , 耕牛 , 骑车出去或归来的村民 , 田里劳作的男人女人或嬉戏的儿童 , 偶尔也有无聊的士兵互 相打斗取乐。由于距离的关系也让我脑补着人物之间的关系 , 猜测他们的对话 , 以及我看不见的房子里的生活。我痴迷于 这个安静的舞台 , 调度自然 , 表演适度 , 犹如一场没有终了的 大戏 , 四季荏苒。”( 赵亮 )
“界”字义为边陲、边境 , 指不可变更的国与国、地区、城市 及空间之间的物理界线 ,也可以泛指可相互变更的身份行为、 思想之间的人文关联。作为以“记录者”贯穿始终的赵亮 , 此 次通过一组相关的直播视频、电视信号、影像短片和装置作品 , 完成和记录了赵亮在外交公寓里的一次艺术越“界”行动。“我 没有刻意地去选择媒介 , 我会根据题材和表达形式的需要本 能地决定所使用的媒介。”( 赵亮 )
WORKS
OPENING SCENE
REVIEW
PUBLICATION
BOUNDARY——ZHAO LIANG
《界》——赵亮
