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Balloons, magnets, ropes, stones, bubbling machines, etc.
Video recording, 22’16’’
2022

从北京自驾到吉林，沿途在地图上寻找特定的地名，并通过初步研究、方案构想、田野调查、实地考察等在旅程中进行偶发性的在地创作。

比如在爷爷奶奶老家玉田孔五官桥洞下进行的一场“拉扯”；在玉田沙流河路旁一个废弃加油站将氢气球丢弃到加油站窗外的一片荒草地上；在辽宁的锦州海滩上一群打泡机像刚出世的螃蟹一样旋转着向水中爬行；在醒时村设置的一个联动的“闹钟”；吉林高层中向反方向飞走的两只气球；在永远指向十二点的桥上不停地阅读一句关于时间的诗句，最终将纸条留在桥的尽头……

Driving from Beijing to Jilin, I searched for specific place names on the map along the way and engaged in spontaneous site -specific creation during the journey through preliminary research, conceptualisation, fieldwork and site visits

For instance: a ‘tug-of-war’ beneath the Kongwuguan Bridge in Yutian, my grandparents' ancestral village; discarding hydrogen balloons onto a patch of wild grass outside an abandoned petrol station by Shaliu River in Yutian; a cluster of bubble machines crawling towards the water on Jinzhou Beach, Liaoning, spinning like newly hatched crabs; a synchronised ‘alarm clock’ installation in Xing Shi Village; two balloons drifting in opposite directions from a high-rise in Jilin; endlessly reciting a poem about time upon a bridge forever pointing to twelve o'clock, finally leaving the note at the bridge's terminus...

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