Relativity Hypothesis - Exhibitions

弱假说 Relativity Hypothesis

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刘卫、徐浩联展 Lau Wai，Xu Hao Joint exhibition

展期 Opening

April 7 - May 19 2018 April 7 - May 19 2018

介绍 PRESS RELEASE

BLANKgallery荣幸宣布，展览“弱假说”即将于2018年4月7日，本周六开幕，并持续至5月19日。本次展览即将呈现艺术家刘卫，徐浩近期的新作。 BLANKgallery has the honor to announce that the exhibition "Relativity Hypothesis" will be opened on April 7th 2018, this Saturday and continue until May 19th 2018. This exhibition will present the latest works of artists Lau Wai and Xu Hao.

语言相对性原理（萨丕尔－沃尔夫假说）中提出关于语言与思维的假设，认为语言中所包含的文化概念和分类会影响语言使用者对于现实世界的认知，换言之语言差异会产生思考与行为方式的不同，语言影响着人们对于“真实的世界”的认知，甚至实际上决定着我们的经验。这一假说涉及多个领域与学科，关于语言塑造思维文化还是思维再造语言的根源问题陷入争论的循环。虽然相关学说依然没有明确的结果，但在论证之中确实延展了人们对语言与思维的认知。
The theory of linguistic relativity (Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis) puts forward the hypothesis of language and thinking, which holds that the cultural concepts and classifications contained in language will affect the cognition of languageus to the real world, that is, language differences will lead to distinct ways of thinking and behaving. This hypothesis involves a variety of fields and disciplines, and the fundamental question of whether language shapes the culture of thinking or thinking reinvents the language has long been in a circle of controversy. Although there is no clear result of relevant theories ,it does extend people's cognition of language and thinking during the debate. In terms of the practice of the artists in this exhibition, it constructs the narrative with cultural symbols and ideologies intertwined.

在本此展览的两位艺术家的实践之中，构架出文化象征与意识形态交织的叙事。刘卫与徐浩的创作均主要以影像为主要媒介与研究方向。刘卫出生于香港，在殖民时期语言文化环境中的成长经验，令她对当下身处的城市充满既熟悉又疏离的冲突感。而香港作为频繁出现在好莱坞电影中兼具东方风情与未来科技的神秘地域，在刘卫的作品中游离于现实与虚构之间的荒谬境地。在徐浩本次展出的作品中，起始于不同文化背景中的意向和物件，图像呈现被弱化，用物体及装置反应对图像的思考，摄影工艺作为制作过程必要的逻辑，重叠于日常痕迹，用一种浪漫“假设”探讨载体，规则，和内容之间的关系。
The works of the artists Lau Wai and Xu Hao are mainly based on moving images as the major media and the direction of research. Born in Hong Kong, Lau Wai grew up in the colonial culture and language, which made her found familiar yet alienated somehow. And Hong Kong as a mysterious city frequently featuring in Hollywood movies with Oriential exoticism and futurism was presented in absurdity between reality and fiction in Lau Wai's works. In the works of Xu Hao, the intention and objects are originated from different cultural backgrounds, and their image presentation is weakened, with objects and installations to reflect the thinking of the images; and the photographic techniques, as the necessary logic of the productionprocess, overlap in traces of the daily life, with a romantic "hypothesis"to explore the relationship between the carrier, rules and the content.