刺船 Odyssay smoking
4'50'' · 2015年 · 1080p黑白单频录像 ·
乡愁对于“无家可归”的现代人而言意味着什么?刺船的意象逐渐清晰起来:一列火车在波澜起伏的大海中辗转犹豫,刺浪而行。一无所有却依依难舍,在一段莫名的挣扎之后,带着永不停息的决绝驶向烟波浩渺的汪洋.....
刺船二字源于伯牙学琴的典故:伯牙学琴於成连先生,三年而不成。成连云:“我师方子春在东海中,能移人情。”乃与俱至海上,成连刺船而去,句时不返。伯牙延望无人,但闻海水汹涌,林岫杳冥,萃鸟啁啾。悄然而悲曰,“先生移我情哉”!援琴而作水仙之曲,遂为天下妙。
汤南南通过录像讲述了中国传统文化经典,关于等待、知音、大海、行船,他直接构建了一个水上行走的列车,一个蜿蜒如海蛇的机械物。作品意境上的表达已经早已超越平面作品,让远去的传统,如同命运一样不可知。汤南南所把握的是某种亚洲文人情结的想象空间——气韵恢弘。海天一线之际,也是他很好的融合文本叙事、文人精神、机械时代的综合情绪,在同一的黑白明暗中,更不知今夕是何年。
4'50'' · 2015 · Black and white video ·
What does homesickness mean to our the homeless modern people? Odyssey Smoking is a clear set of images gradually revealed: a train is removing in the undulating sea with hesitation, shoring the wave. After a long clinging struggle, the train resolutely bears up for the vast ocean.
The name Odyssey Smoking came from the story of Bo Ya Learning to Play the Guqin : Bo Ya wanted to learn the Guqin from tutor Cheng Lian for three years, but he didn’t make it. Cheng Lian said: "My teacher Fang Zi chun is in the East Sea, whose music could move human beings." But once on board, Cheng left the ship with no excuse, and never came back. Bo Ya waited, but there was no one back, only the tempest-tossed sea, blew trees by wind and chirping birds. Bo Ya felt quiet sad, then he created a beautiful song which was known by everyone.
Through his video, TangNannan told us about the traditional Chinese culture: about waiting,close friends, ocean, boat trip… He built a train, which can move on water-a machine akin to a sea serpent. The main idea of this project transcends a single dimension: it shows how traditions rooted in the past are sometimes unpredictable and mysterious, like fate or destiny. TangNannan firmly holds to the virtue of Asian people, to the feeling of sympathy and to love; fantastical space of this work is the artist’s boundless spirituality. The line between the sky and the sea is also an object of his harmonious narrative. Virtuous spirit and machine age merge together, becoming the main theme of this project. Black and white, light and shadow are indistinguishable ,it is impossible to understand in which year and age the action is taking place.