In the ever-changing era of technological innovation, the intersection of disciplines, general knowledge of education, and more and more industries and ecology have broken the views. It turns out that the clear boundaries in various fields are becoming increasingly blurred, and they are becoming increasingly integrated with other industries. As a result, "cross-border" has become a popular word in recent years. Everyone is seeking different cross-borders in order to generate more opportunities.
The cultural and artistic field is also having different cross-border exchanges with different fields such as real estate, technology, and finance. Due to the particularity of culture and art, it can have inseparable connections with various industries, which brings more possibilities to the "boundless" exchange of art. As a category of art, photography has long become an area that ordinary people can involve. Each of us takes photos, records, and thinks about our current real life every day. A problem and a concept can be described in words, saved with images, or archived with sound. This brings convenience to the storage and reading of every moment of our lives and more thinking.
As the most influential Jimei Arles International Photography Season in China, it has also been paying attention to the collision of multimedia and multiculturalism of photography art. A special "Borderless Image" unit was set up in the 2022 (8th) Jimei Arles International Photography Season, which opened on Xiamen on November 25.
Borderless Image - The collision of multimedia and multicultural
This year's "Borderless Image" honors to exhibit the works of the famous poet Zhai Yongming , contemporary artist Zhang Enli, and well-known actors, photographers, and musicians Huang Jue .
Zhai Yongming, "Down". Photography, digital microsquirt. Picture thanks to artist
Artist Zhai Yongming's photography exhibition "Full Immersion □□ Script" was planned by curator Shen Yi. Zhai Yongming's photography, as the artist himself said, is related to his writing, but is not an illustration of poetry; they are references to each other. Most of the subjects Zhai Yongming's photographers are related to topics she cares about: people, their behaviors, expressions, personalities, and the momentary impressions left on her. "When I took photos of them, I developed a wonderful fate with them. This is my magical definition of photography."
Zhang Enli, "Egg"-1, selected from "Egg" series, 2017. Photography, collection-level inkjet printing. Picture acknowledgement from the artist and Shangner Gallery
Zhang Enli's works have always focused on depicting common things and traces of daily life activities. He often transforms the outlined indescribable lines and the abstractly concealed color blocks to give the picture a concrete texture and mass sense. His works creatively place the viewer in the dual void of time and space narrative through the fusion of environment, history and individual experience. By depicting different angles of things, Zhang Enli triggers the viewer to constantly think about the proposition of "existence". Artistic Director of Jimei Arles International Photography Season Gu Zheng will plan the exhibition of the same name by Zhang Enli, displaying the artist's collage work "Hair", and in 2017, Zhang Enli and more than 100 artists, architects, researchers, poets, writers, musicians and philosophers entered the Antarctic Circle with scientific investigation ships, and carried out international cooperation and exploration in the fields of science, culture and art.
Huang Jue, "Self-portrait", 2017. Image courtesy of the artist.
actor is the vector of hallucination. As an actor, he must always live as a viewer. Through photography, Huang Jue transformed into a detective and sneaked into the real world. Huang Jue's exhibition "Firework Detective" is planned by director Bi Gan. The exhibition enters from a subjective perspective. Through clue search, instant presentation, and peeping, the viewer enters the detective's perspective and searches and captures the moment of existence.
Sanyingtang Photography Art Center and Chanel jointly presented the "Image Curator Award Shortlisted Program Exhibition" on the occasion of the 2022 (8th) Jimei Arles International Photography Season, and announced the special nominations of the winners and judges of this Jimei Arles "Image Curator Award".
episode Mei Arles "Image Curator Award" was co-founded by Sanyingtang Photography Art Center and Chanel in 2021. With the support of young imaging creativity as the core, it is committed to discovering and cultivating outstanding Chinese young imaging curators and researchers. The 2022 Jimei Arles "Image Curator Award Finalist Program Exhibition" exhibits: " Hidden Box : The Device of Love and Image" (Cultivation Team: Huang Yuting & Xu Zhibo), "Difference Valley" (Current Team: Chen Yongyao & Wang Buyun), "New Survivor" (Current: Wang Shuman), "One Slide to the End" (Current: Hou Yuyao) and "Never Land and the End of the World" (Current Team: Probe Team). The projects shortlisted and exhibited are closely related to the exploration of photography and imaging language on the one hand, and on the other hand, through different angles and sides, they keenly capture and explore the most urgent cultural and political issues of the contemporary era.
022 Jimei Arles' "Image Curator Award" specially invited experts and scholars in the field of imaging to form a jury:
"Art News/Chinese Version", "Art World Art Review China", and "LEAP Art World" publisher Cao Dan
Director of the French Arles Photography Festival and Co-director of Jimei Arles International Photography Season Christopher Vesner
Curator, critic, artistic director of Jimei Arles International Photography Season, Professor Gu Zheng of the School of Journalism, Fudan University, Professor
Senior art critic, curator and young scholar He Jing - photographic history scholar and curator He Yining
Curator of photography tour of Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom Lisa Springer
Doctor of History, Curator, Young Researcher, School of Philosophy, Fudan University, Academic Director Lu Mingjun, OCAT Shenzhen Pavilion,
Chinese contemporary photography artist, co-sponsor and joint director of Jimei Arles International Photography Season Rongrong
Portrait of Wang Shuman
After three rounds of careful discussion and voting selection by the judges, Wang Shuman won the 2022 Jimei Arles "Imaging Curator Award" for his plan "New Survivor". The judges evaluated Wang Shuman's plan: the occurrence of trauma, how to face trauma and confirm, process and write trauma memory have always been a major and serious problem faced by mankind. Wang Shuman's exhibition plan "New Survivor" mobilizes a variety of styles including photography, dynamic images and imaging devices. With a relatively complete structure and rich presentation, it prompts the complexity of trauma as human experience, and also leads us to think together about how to face trauma and transform it into a common experience and legacy of mankind. Her approach to the program and artist's choices not only present the rich texture and texture of traumatic memory and morphology, but also activates the imagination of how to visualize traumatic memory. Fundamentally speaking, in which the physical and mental trauma, whether individual or ethnic group caused by various reasons, can improve the visibility of trauma through artistic expression, explore the causes and mechanisms of trauma formation, and explore the possibility of trauma healing, thus forming a possibility of trauma survival, is our common topic. Wang Shuman’s curatorial plan is both a plan and an answer.
"New Survivor" live picture
With the support of this project, "New Survivor" will enter the implementation stage and an exhibition will be held in 2023. The award-winning curator Wang Shuman will also launch the "Image Curator Award" cultivation plan, including academic research, exchange activities and a cash reward of RMB 100,000.
"Dark Box Love and Image Device" Live Picture
Another 4 groups of shortlisted plans also received high praise from the judges."The Secret Box: The Device of Love and Image" (curatorial team: Huang Yuting & Xu Zhibo) was awarded a special nomination by judge Lu Mingjun: As the predecessor of the camera, the operation of the Secret Box hidden a secret mechanism, that is, it is not only the object, but also the subject. Coincidentally, this secret mechanism is also reflected in human desires: in many cases, we must play both the role of the subject and the object in the relationship of love. The two curators keenly discovered this unique perspective and placed it in the current era of emotional capitalism flooding, providing us with a possibility to reconnect between the production of excess image and the irrespectable magic of love.
"Different Valley" live picture
"Different Valley" (curatorial team: Chen Yongyao & Wang Buyun) was specially nominated by judge He Yining: The "Different Valley" plan is based on the personal experience and research interests of the two curators, trying to link specific Chinese experience with Chinese contemporary art practice, and build a research and exhibition framework between rural issues, ecological perception and diversified creation. The program exhibition reflects the richness of the curator team in the selection of works, including the practices extending from contemporary art to wider artistic production and social participation. We hope that the curatorial team can think about the possibility of deep integration of three field cases (Shenzhen Dafen Village, Shandong Shouguang, Shandong Cao County) with artist practice in future cooperation.
Neverland and the End of the World Live Picture
"Neverland and the End of the World" (curatorial team: Probe Team) was specially nominated by judge Lisa Springer: Probe Team's plan "Neverland and the End of the World" is a multi-faceted exploration of the devastating impact of nuclear energy. Through a clever use of archival material, fictional films and contemporary art stances, the Probe Team draws audience attention to the exhibition to understand the complex situations of war, fear, propaganda, and entertainment and utopia. This is a very important theme plan, and the current era has especially given this theme plan a new importance and current affairs.
"One mirror to the end" live picture
"One mirror to the end" (curator: Hou Yuyao) was awarded a special nomination by judge Rongrong: "One mirror to the end" avoids a large amount of copy information, and uses the independent language and spatial depth of the image to switch and fusion of the image in a concise and direct way, allowing the viewer to participate. This scheme places photography and image expressions at the lens operator's observation perspective, and uses the object in the lens to complete the viewing and cognition of the self.
As Gu Zheng, a curator, critic, Jimei Arles International Photography Season Art Director, Judge of the "Image Curator Award", and Professor of the School of Journalism of Fudan University, said: "At the scene of contemporary Chinese art and contemporary photography, countless active curators have become important factors and forces in promoting the development of art. As the only professional and targeted award in China, the "Image Curator Award" will promote a good development momentum in China and a large industry scale. The healthy development of the curator profession provides new impetus and stimulation for the development of contemporary art and images in China.
" continues the brand's inheritance in art sponsorship for a century. Chanel launched the Chanel Culture Fund in March 2021 to support new generation of art creators with adventurous spirit in different fields, deepen and develop their breakthrough concepts, and promote their diversified display at the cultural and social levels.
This global project focuses on two major fields and advocates the voice and creativity of future forces: it has signed long-term partnerships with several leading cultural institutions around the world, including Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art , to promote a new perspective with creative projects; it has established CHANELNextPrize to provide resource support for new generations of creators with adventurous spirit to help them achieve challenging new projects; it has created conditions for artists to experiment with forward-looking concepts, try new artistic creation forms, and cross-field cooperation.The
brand also continues to talk to the film industry, committed to supporting the vigorous development of women and new generation of filmmakers around the world. Chanel cooperates with multiple film festivals and institutions to focus on female theme creation, encourage diversified expression, and support the new forces of diversified film industry.
The establishment of Jimei Arles' "Image Curator Award" will continue to encourage more young curators to participate in the sorting and research of image art with a more open and diverse attitude, enter the public eye more broadly, help promote and speak out for the excellent contemporary image creation, and reaffirm Chanel's commitment to encouraging creative freedom and cultivating human potential, thereby promoting a positive impact on the world.
Episode Mei Arles International Photography Season announced the eighth "Discovery Award" winner
022 (the eighth) Jimei Arles International Photography Season opened in Xiamen on November 25, and the winner of this year's "Jimei Arles Discovery Award" was announced on the third day of the opening week.
022 Episode Mei Arles Discovery Award "invited experts and scholars in the fields of video art, curator and art criticism to form a judge:
-Director of the French Alles Photography Festival Christoph Wiesner
-Contemporary art planner and critic Fei Dawei
-Current, critic, professor of the School of Journalism of Fudan University, artistic director of Jimei Arles International Photography Season Gu Zheng
-Screenwriter, director, producer, supervisor, producer Ma Yingli
-Chinese contemporary photography artist, co-initiator and joint director of Jimei Arles International Photography Season, co-founder and joint director of Sanyingtang Photography Art Center Rongrong
The "Jimei Arles Discovery Award" shortlisted artists include: Zhang Xiao, Li Weiyi (nominated by Liu Gang); Chen Xiaoyi, Zhao Qian (nominated by Shen Chen); Yang Yuanyuan and Yuan Keru (nominated by Zhu Yujie); Peng Zuqiang and Chen Yongyin (nominated by Sun Wenjie); Chen Cuimei and Xia Cheng'an (nominated by Wang Yiquan).
As Gu Zheng, artistic director of Jimei Arles International Photography Season, said, these photographers and artists have touched and dealt with many issues related to our past and present with their works, such as how to understand nature, How to show memory, how to transcend records, how to view reality, how to face the self, etc. Their methods are diverse and flexible, embrace rather than reject new possibilities for photography in the era of social media, and at the same time, they have once again developed and confirmed the possibilities of photography. Their work challenges photography as a fixed concept with a certain and clear appearance. They questioned the overly optimistic imagination of photography, but did not reject open exploration of the possibilities of photography. By flexibly organizing the use of other means, the fluidity of photography is highlighted and emphasized.
Chen Cuimei "Just because you press the shutter?" Exhibition site
After careful discussion and voting by the judges, Chen Cuimei, an artist nominated by curator Wang Yiquan, won the 2022 "Jimei Arles Discovery Award" for his exhibition "Just because you press the shutter".
Judges evaluate Chen Cuimei's exhibition: Chen Cuimei, as an Malaysian Chinese artist, starts from his own family blood experience to excavate land, inherit, and ownership. Photography Her works naturally show the confusion, pursuit and doubt of the Chinese in Nanyang's identity in multi-dimensional language. Her review of homesickness is a distance view, and cleverly links the issue of land ownership with the photographer's copyright, reflecting an open and gentle emotion. To her, searching for roots is like opening a black box and discovering the secrets in it. As a female artist, Chen Cuimei explores the boundaries of rights and ownership in all aspects, revealing the secret relationship between the work and reality. The shutter itself is just a metaphor, and on both sides of this metaphor, the uncertain drift between human life and the art world respectively.
Chen Cuimei "Is it because you pressed the shutter?" 》Exhibition site
Discovery of Chinese photography newcomers with excellent artistic talents is one of the important missions of Jimei Arles International Photography Season and is also their responsibility. The Jimei Arles Discovery Award will continue to discover and encourage the creation of Chinese artists and push them to the international stage.
