直觉不问出处 | Extended Play

At Am Space Shanghai 2014

这个展览的形成源自于这几年积累的一些小型雕塑作品的想法，这些作品多是来自于生活中片段的经验，然后加以即兴改造而成，带着我的观看与认识对象的方式。由于时间的跨度使他们逐渐影响到了我的工作，也逐渐成为了我生活中无需语言整理的那一部分。他们体量很小有的甚至没有具体的形式，即兴的，不确定的，也没有需要特别言说的观点与愿望。这些构成了他们的特点，而这些特点构成了这整个展览。

This exhibition origins from accumulated thoughts about some small scaled sculptures these years. Most of these art works came from fragments of experience from daily life, later they were processed by my improvisation. They carry my observation and way of perceiving an object. Due to the duration of time ,they gradually affected my work, and become the part of my life need not to be explicit about. The size is quite small, some of them do not even have concrete forms. They are purely improvised, uncertain; there is no specific opinions or wishes to be explained. These qualities form their characters, these characters form the whole exhibition.

Exhibition view

Am: 压在玻璃板下的一些照片好像为创作搜索的素材，并来自生活。而散布的一些被你称之为“小雕塑”的作品在我看来它们好像链接着你的摄影和影像作品，这些物件也似乎在你的其他作品中扮演了道具的角色，比如你的摄影系列《消失的地平线》，到后来也在上午空间展示过的《逻辑的偶然》，还有“鸟窝”，你怎么看这些小雕塑？也来自于直觉吗？
Am: Under the glass cover are the photos seeming to be the materials which you have researched for this project, they also come from life. The artworks that you call them as ‘small sculptures’ seem to link with your photography and video work. These objects also played the part of prop in your other work. For example, from your photography series ‘Animal Farm’, till <Accident of Logic> which has been exhibited in am art space, as well as ‘Bird Nest’. What is your opinion on these small sculptures? Is that also the ‘extended play’ from your instinct?

徐喆：直觉意味着不用通过反复苛刻的思考而作出的即兴反应，这种反应可以满足一种实用的功能，同时带有强烈的个人趣味。你也可以把他理解为去知识化的游戏态度。
Xu: Instinct signifies extemporaneous reaction not given by repeated and strict reflection. This reaction could satisfy a practical purpose and meanwhile contain a strong individual taste. You can also comprehend it as a de-intellectualized attitude of game.

Exhibition view

Untitled Sculpture

Untitled Objet | Variable Size

Untitled Objet

Am：之前布展期间我们有粗略地聊到过，关于创作的速度和完成一件作品的时间问题，想再就这个问题深入谈开。譬如在你的很多轻巧的小作品中，显然制作甚至构想的时间都不长吧，但似乎你个人对这种工作方式也在不断调整和反思中…
这种快速的创作在你作品之中占多少比重？你是看待这样灵光一现的时刻？这些快速创作的作品在你心中是和那些久经思考的作品占有同样的重要性吗？
Am: While arranging the exhibition, we have briefly talked about the speed and duration of creating an artwork, I would like to be more explicit on this question. For example, in many of your tiny and delicate artwork, apparently the making, or the conception an idea didn’t take long. But it seems that you are keeping adjusting and reflecting your ways of working...
What is the proportion of those speedy creations in all your artworks? How do you think of this kind of whimsy moment? Do speedy creations hold an equal importance as your work which have gone through deep, thorough thought?

徐喆：我就是个懒散的人，创作周期还很长，但这种闲散的状态会让我在生活中保持一种“警觉”，由此会产生不少细碎的想法。这段时间来反观这些想法反而让我觉得它们对我的重要。它们小巧，快速，弥补了长期项目中会逐渐流失的敏感。
用“直觉”来作为讨论的对象对我而言是一种尝试，其实对于所谓“直觉”我同样保持怀疑。无论哪种结果他一定还是和知识，经验联系在一起的，那么“直觉”或许是一种拒绝逻辑判断而主动选择的态度，这种态度带来的是自由与新鲜，我试着尽量去享受这种态度带来的可能。
Xu: I am just a lazy man with a long creating cycle. But ‘lazy’ status will keep me in an alert state in daily life, therefore, I am able to produce numerous fragmentary thoughts. During this period I gradually become aware of their importance through my introspection. They are small, exquisite and swift, and they make up the sensitivity that will gradually running off during the long-term project.
For me it is an attempt to regard instinct as the subject of a discussion. Actually I maintain a suspicious attitude equally towards the so-called instinct. No matter what the result will be, it is connected with knowledge and experience. Thus, instinct could be an attitude which refuses logical judgment but advocates voluntary choice. This attitude brings liberty and freshness, I try to enjoy possibilities that come with the attitude.

Water Fowl | Hdv 7'14"

Untitled Mobilphone Photograph | Variable Size

Am：整个展览的布局最后呈现出一种非常极简的形式主义，虽然桌面上零零总总安置了不少物件，但最终都归于统一，并没有繁杂或是琐碎的感觉。包括桌子对面的硕大影像投影，影片的基调也是平稳有序的。我可以把这些归综于你的艺术观吗？
Am: Final display of this exhibition presents an extreme minimalism. Though there are numerous objects on the table, somehow they seem to unite and form harmony in the end; there are not any miscellaneous or trivial feeling. Including the huge screen opposite the table, main tone of the video is quite steady and organised. Can I attribute this to your view of art?

徐喆：我好像没法准确地告诉你是或者不是，我对自己的要求可能更倾向于让每一次展示亮相都变成一次试验，不求完美的结果，尽量尝试一些不同的方法。
Xu: Perhaps I cannot give you a precise answer whether it is a ‘Yes’ or a ‘No’. My requirement for myself is prone to let each presentation become an experiment. I do not ask for a perfect result, instead I would like to try in various methods.

Untitled Mobilphone Photograph| Variable Size

Untitled Mobilphone Photograph | Variable Size

F1 Spagetti Photograph | Variable Size