“X感知” — 第3期华泰青年艺术家驻地作品展

艺术家 | Artist: 

刀安恒、梁池、李肖智健、张振

策展人 | Curator: 

尹希文

On August 19, Tai Art Center proudly launched "X Perception", a residency exhibition featuring works by Dao Anheng, Liang Chi, Li Xiaozhijian, and Zhang Zhen. Curated by Shirley Yin, the Artistic Director of Tai Art Center, the exhibition presents a series of pieces created by these four artists during their residency. The show will run until September 24.

On the opening day，the opening ceremony drew enthusiastic attention from people across various fields and friends from the art industry. This exhibition showcases a cross-disciplinary collision within contemporary art, aiming to explore the fascinating integration of art with technology, the present with the future. The resident artists, coming from diverse backgrounds, presented their unique reflections on time, emotion, perception, and technology through various forms such as painting, installation art, technology, video, and digital media.  

Different themed works were displayed across distinct areas of the exhibition. Artists and visitors engaged in active exchanges on-site, sharing their thoughts and creative inspirations. These discussions delved deeply into the feelings behind creation, future developments, and fresh perspectives.  

For this residency exhibition, Dao Anheng presents a series of works divided into four parts: Spring Returns, Nostalgia, Traditional Paper-Making Series, and Performance and Poetry.  

Liang Chi's mechanical-themed works evoke a sense of futuristic technology. However, what does this projection of the future truly signify? Do the current trends of machines becoming more biological and life becoming increasingly engineered validate ancient metaphors we are reluctant to confront? As Kevin Kelly describes, humanity has turned to nature for inspiration, learning from its fundamental mechanisms. Over time, these mechanisms evolve, absorbing human biological logic, while humans, in turn, improve these mechanisms to save time. This cyclical process might explain why machines become biologized and biology engineered—a thought-provoking paradox. 

One of his standout works, "New Breed", takes its title from the 2020 album by Detroit musician Matthew Dear. The album features digitally simulated soundscapes developed in collaboration with Ford Motor Company to create AVAS (Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System) sounds. This piece explores the connections between auditory signals, visual images, and geometric forms, examining how our cognition and experiences shape the way we perceive sound and imagery. The series comprises three main components: a three-screen video installation, carbon fiber and 3D-printed sculptures, and a set of engraved brass plates. 

Liang Chi remarked:  "The support from the Art Flow Art District and Tai Art Center has been invaluable for this creation. Additionally, Jiading District, as an automotive hub, provides extensive car-related resources and manufacturers, offering more opportunities for my research, collaborations, and artistic exploration."

Li Xiaozhijian’s expansive and dynamic paintings transform his works into a natural linguistic paradigm. During his residency, one monumental piece compelled the artist to physically engage with the painting, immersing himself in its space and brushstrokes. This physical and emotional interaction allowed both the artist and viewers to experience the intangible rhythm and profound emotional resonance behind the work.   

To the left of the exhibition hall, Profound Valley Contemplation" and "Pine Wandering Amidst Cliffs" , along with the four-panel work "Hidden Dragon in Auspicious Mountains" represent earlier works from the "Mist Valley in Dawn Mountains" series. This subseries primarily explores the spiritual imagery and essence of "valleys." In contrast, the "Vast Rivers, Sacred Peaks and Abyssal Depths" series focuses on the "abyss" as a spiritual and visual motif, differentiating it from the earlier works while maintaining thematic continuity. Li's earlier works inherit a “calligraphic essence,” emphasizing his belief in the creative spatial potential of pigment application. Through experimentation, Li expanded from smaller experimental pieces to medium- and large-scale compositions, building a visual language that bridges tradition and innovation.

Zhang Zhen is an artist known for seamlessly integrating art, technology, new media, and stage design. His works consistently explore experimental theater and futuristic landscapes, employing a "medium-specific linkage" approach to create series that investigate interdisciplinary collaborations and cross-domain creativity.  

In this exhibition, his pieces delve into themes of future communities, state archaeology, and control-scape environments, emphasizing audience immersion and interactivity. Audience responses naturally extend the boundaries of the artwork, making their sensory feedback an integral part of the experience.  

One highlight is "Future Fields: Circular Aria of an Ecological Community", part of his ongoing "Future Fields" series, which Zhang began in 2020. This series investigates the coexistence of futuristic themes and technological art. Previously, it explored the concepts of post-nature and future time; this time, the focus shifts to urban and community renewal within speculative futures. By incorporating Shanghai’s local context and the unique environment of the Art Flow Art District, Zhang crafts a multidimensional ecological community where light, sound, technological media, and layered environments intertwine. 

The four resident artists in this exhibition bring diverse backgrounds in painting, stage design, video installations, and cross-disciplinary multimedia. Unconstrained by conventional consensus, they create from pure intuition and sensory perception.  

Group Photo of the Lead Artists from 3rd Art Flow Center Residency Exhibition "Perception".

展览现场｜泰艺术中心新展「X感知」开幕！

8月19日，泰艺术中心「X感知」刀安恒、梁池、李肖智健、张振——四人驻地作品展正式开幕；展览由泰艺术中心艺术总监尹希文策展，呈现4位艺术家在驻地期间中创作的系列作品；本次展览将持续至9月24日。

开幕当天，开幕式现场吸引了各界人士和艺术行业朋友的热切关注。本次展览呈现当代艺术的一次跨界碰撞，旨在探索艺术与科技、当代与未来之间的奇妙融合。来自不同背景的驻地艺术家们通过绘画、装置艺术、科技、影像、数字媒体等多种形式，向观众展示了他们对于时空、情感、感知、科技的独特思考。

本次驻地展览他为大家带来的作品，主要分为四部分《春归》、《乡愁》、《古法造纸系列》《行为与诗歌》。

梁池，机械感的作品带来一种未来科技感，但这种对未来的投射究竟是何？当今机器的生物化倾向与生命的工程化趋势是否在验证某些我们不愿面对的古老隐喻？在凯文凯利的描述中，人类为了寻找发展方向，开始向大自然学习基本装置，随着时间的发展，基本装置改进并不断吸收人类的生物逻辑，而人类为了节省时间，又会改进这些装置，或许这就是机器会生物化，而生物会工程化的原因，这样的辩谈令人回味。

其中他的作品《新物种》（New Breed），作品名来自于底特律音乐家Matthew Dear的2020年的专辑名，这张专辑收录了他和福特汽车公司合作打造的AVAS数字模拟声浪。这组作品试图从认知与沟通的角度来探讨声音信号与视觉图像和几何形体之间的连接以及我们的认知与经验是如何在对图像与声音的感知中形成的。整个系列由三屏影像，碳纤维和3D打印的装置和一组黄铜板上雕刻画三个部分组成。

梁池表示：“这次创作能得到艺河湾艺术区和泰艺术中心的支持对我来说是很重要的，而且嘉定区作为汽车城，这里有大量的与汽车相关的资源和厂商，给我的创作，研究与合作提供了更多的便利与可能性。

李肖智健，他那浩瀚无边的绘画气势让作品成为一种自然的语言范式。本次驻地中，一张巨作驱使艺术家用自己的身体来感知画作，不论从空间还是画面笔触，都让艺术家本人和观众深刻感受着作品背后那不可方物的情绪律动。

其中进入展厅左手边的两张作品《虚谷涵怀》以及《岩崖游松》，和正面的《瑞山龙隐》四联画完成于驻地前，属于“晓山烟谷”系列，主要讨论的是“谷”的精神意象与形象；而后期作品“巨川·灵峦于渊”则主要偏重于“渊”的精神意象与形象，两个子系列作品类似但不同。前期作品上承“书法性”——也就是艺术家李肖智健通过实践而相信颜料之“涂涂抹抹”所具备的创造空间的能力，而将实验期的小尺幅扩大为中大幅。

张振，一个擅于将艺术与科技、新媒体与舞台设计有效结合的艺术家。他的作品持续以“特定媒介串联”的方式对艺术与科技下的试验剧场、未来场系等系列进行输出，坚持探索跨界后交叉学科下双向跨领域创作与研究。

他本次展出作品关乎未来社区、状态考古与控制器景域，同时更强调观众在现场的沉浸感和互动感，以致观众的感知反馈自然成为作品的无限延伸。

其中《未来场系：生态社区的环状咏叹》作品中「未来场系」的概念是他从2020年开始持续呈现的关于未来话题与科技艺术共生的创作系列。在前期已探讨过后自然与未来时间的概念，那这次主要是对未来思辨中的城市与社区更新这个概念展开，同时结合上海和华泰顶层艺术社区的在地性，打造一个光与声音、科技媒介与多重环境互相缠绕的多维度未来生态社区。

本次四位驻地艺术家来自多元背景，包括绘画，舞台美术，影像装置和跨界多媒体，他们不拘泥于共识的约束，发乎最纯粹的直觉和感知。

泰艺术中心第3期驻地展览「感知」主创艺术家合影