Three Trees 三棵树
2022
3 channels looping videos
Installation view at“What did one wall say to the other? - I’ll meet you at the corner!” , group exhibition, Dangxia Art Space, Beijing
In attempting to imitate the bent forms of three trees near my studio in Songjiang, Shanghai, I kept falling. In the video series Three Trees (2018), I am fascinated by their seemingly inexplicable unnaturalness—and by my continued failure to meet my own expectations during the mimicry.
我尝试用身体模仿上海松江工作室附近三棵树的弯曲形态，却在过程中不断摔倒。在影像系列《三棵树》(2018）中，我被它们那种看似无法解释的非自然姿态所吸引，也在持续模仿它们的过程中不断失败。
Falling Practice 摔倒练习
2019, 30mins, live performance at :: home :: Art Space, Shanghai
A continuation of the work Three Trees, this live performance features three performers who re-enact the process of mimicking trees, ultimately falling. Through this act, they establish a temporary relationship with the audience and the space. Falling is both the method and the objective—a mechanism to negotiate intimacy and interaction with the audience.
The work employs bodily language to explore states of hesitation, retreat, contest, and compromise: feelings that permeate individual experiences within the contemporary urban landscape.
本作品是《三棵树》的延伸。三位表演者重新演绎模仿树木姿态并最终摔倒的过程，以此与观众和空间建立临时的关系。摔倒既是方法，也是目的——成为一种与观众协商亲密与互动的机制。作品运用身体语言来探讨犹豫、退缩、较量与妥协等状态：这些渗透于当代城市景观中个体体验的感受。
Performer: July Yang, Yilei Huang, Yuyu Wang
Document photo by Yang Chen