Rock and Cliff: The Geological Surface of Horn Town
Yu Guo Report time of the Performance Lecture: 2019.6.29, 5:00 PM Final artwork: Single audio Digital video , color , 47′20″ His video essay ‘Rock and Cliff' investigates the creation of Horn Town, a new model village and center of large scale tourist development, and the experiences of rural residents moved there through government-led displacement. Horn Town is located in Wulong, a rural district near the Three Gorges Dam administered by the Chongqing municipality (a city of 30 million people). Narrated in the style of a science documentary but using local Chongqing dialect, the video brings a geological and topographical perspective to types of 'rocks' found in the area, from mythological stones from a mountain cliff, to ruins of the original settlement, to a stone sculpture from a dubious 'Land Art Biennial', in order to address issues of land acquisition, top-down development and spatial politics. Yu Guo was born in 1983 in Sichuan. Graduated from BA in Oil Painting, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in 2006, Yu Guo currently lives and works in Chongqing. 碛石与危岩——羊角镇的地表现实 余果 表演性讲述报告时间:2019年6月29日,下午5点 最终作品:单声道数字影像,彩色,47分20秒 “古镇”在今天被政府作为一个生产对象成为了典型的“具体的抽象物”。而“打造”这一仓促的手段恰好形成了某种可以窥视其内部的缝隙。本项目的目的不是要做一个在地艺术项目或一个纪录片式的社会调查。而是邀请他人共同工作,从“地表”有关的现实开始,把羊角镇作为田野对象放在时间与空间的迭代中重新描述,并通过这种对“土地”的描述逐渐揭露与“土地”有关的现实。 失落的导游、怅惘的游客、正经的勘察员、恶作剧的解说者、没太多机会喋喋的村民……暂时隐匿自我的“角色扮演”反倒成为感同身受的方式,让余果“分身有术”地把不同维度的话语体系带入新片近一小时的场域中拉扯(有的甚至不构成“体系”,它们只是在自相矛盾中或侥幸或狡猾地自圆其说罢了);《磧石与危岩——羊角镇的地表现实》的作者迷恋复杂,通过对羊角镇的田野考察与写作,用看似对地表地质的描述把羊角镇的历史与现实串联起来,探讨当下的土地政策,文化打造以及乡村建设有关的现实。 余果,1983年生于四川通江,2006年毕业于四川美术学院油画系。现工作生活于重庆,创作涉及影像、绘画等多种媒介。 |