Writing 写 作
In chronological order, the writing section showcases the Lab’s outcomes of academic papers and fieldnotes. 以时间先后顺序,写作部分呈现了实验室的学术文章与田野笔记之成果。
Deleuze's rhizome theory emphasizes decentrali-zation, multidirectional connections, and dynamic becoming, while the storage function of the botanical "tuber" might better reflect the communal habits and cultural resilience of Wenzhou people in their migratory-settlement pattern.
The dual impulses of “seeking the unpredictable” and “the devalidation of mapping” run through every phase of the project’s implementation, allowing the exhibition to engage, on a broader level, in reflecting on value orientations tied to “instrumental rationality.”
The speculative design proposal exemplifies the feasibility of updating the city wall’s cultural meaning to be a creative asset. More than a petrified remnant, Nanjing City Wall could contribute to today’s discussion of imminent environmental challenges.
As an artist, I have long been interested in how “human” acts as the measurer of time and space within landscapes. Yet it never occurred to me that, in the story of this mountaineering tragedy, human bodies would become such a startling measure for estimating the impacts of climate change.
Ritual design is supposed to activate the potential aesthetic value in the countryside today, while the ecological ethics it carries may also introduce new meanings to the traditional view of life and death in Chinese culture, ultimately opening a new horizon for contemporary rural construction.
Within a series of “landscape prompts,” a lesser-known tale of local geology and prehistoric culture is told. Through design interventions, alternative possibilities of rural landscape are tested, the embedded meaning of the agricultural land becomes tangible, and a more adaptive human–land relationship restored.