顾颖 GU Ying & 何颖宜 Rania HO
展期：2024.3.12 – 9.15 开幕：3.12 14:00—21:00
March 12-September 15, 2024
地点 venue：石米空间 Sekmai Space
广东省东莞市东城区堑何路23巷6号
请通过微信公众号sekmaispace预约来访
* 本次展览现场有桑拿体验，想参与的朋友请自备泳衣、拖鞋和浴巾
There is a sauna experience on-site. Friends who want to participate, please bring your own swimsuit, slippers, and towels.
自2017年初启动石米艺术家驻留计划开始，在长达7年的时间里，顾颖和何颖宜都曾多次折返东莞短期居住和走访。她们对东莞石米空间本身及周围环境一直抱有浓厚的兴趣，很荣幸能以这两位艺术家的展览《透光不透人》重启东莞石米空间。
Since the launch of the Sekmai Artist Residency Program in early 2017 Gu Ying and Rania Ho have made multiple short-term visits to Dongguan over a span of 7 years. They have harbored an ongoing interest in the Sekmai space itself and its vicinity. It is an honor to relaunch the Dongguan Sekmai Space with the exhibition Translucent Yet Not Transparent by these two artists.
顾颖的创作保持着她对图像和混合现实的持续好奇。在本次展览中，她融合快照摄影和数字插画的语言，将那些擦身而过的街巷与其中的社会成员请上了广告灯箱。这些瞬间犹似窗景，浮现出平行于生活的从容和静寂。人际传递的社会价值与群体困境的讯息，散落在这栋三层家宅之内，时而彼此跳接，时而映照你我置身的人间图景。
Gu Ying’s work is driven by her enduring curiosity with images and the realm of mixed reality. In this exhibition, she blends the visual language of snapshot photography with digital illustration, bringing the streets and alleys and the diverse members of society she encounters onto light boxes. The moments, reminiscent of glimpses through windows, evoke a sense of tranquility and serenity that runs parallel to life itself. The social significance of interpersonal communication and poignant messages of collective hardship are woven through each of Gu’s light boxes, which are placed throughout Sekmai’s three-story, former family home. At times the images interconnect, and at other moments, cast light on the intricate tapestry of human experience that surrounds us.
在展览中，何颖宜创作了4件探索以太概念的作品。以太是一种假设的扩散性的、不可见的介质，被认为可以遍布空间、传导光和热。“以太”这个词被不同的学科用来描述截然不同的想法，从特定的化合物到宇宙的起源等等。由此，石米空间的建筑和周边环境都成为作品的一部分，为体验可能看到或看不到的东西提供了基础。
Rania Ho presents 4 works that explore the idea of ether – a hypothetically diffuse, invisible medium formerly thought to pervade space, transmit light, and conduct heat. The word ‘ether’ is used by different disciplines to describe vastly divergent ideas, from a specific chemical compound to the origin of the universe and more. The architecture and surrounding environment of the Sekmai Space all become part of these works, providing a base for experiencing that which may or may not be seen.
在《透光不透人》展览期间，何颖宜作为北京五金的联合创办人，将带来“五金快闪店”。五金是一间咖啡馆，也是一个社交和创意活动的平台。此次在石米空间，“五金快闪店”将组织一系列活动：包括微现场、家饭、桑拿日等。活动信息将通过石米空间微信公众号即时发布，如需了解更多活动信息或预约请通过公众号联系。
During the run of Translucent Yet Not Transparent, Beijing’s Wujin Café (co-founded by Rania Ho) will also present a Wujin Pop-up. Wujin is a café, and a platform for social and creative events. At Sekmai Space, the Wujin Pop-up will host a series of events: Tiny Space Concerts, Family Dinners, Sauna Days, and more. Events will be announced through Sekmai’s WeChat Channel. Please contact us for additional information and to make reservations.
关于艺术家 ABOUT THE ARTISTS
顾颖的创作主要以绘画展开，她运用复写油墨、水性笔、丙烯、数字插画等材料和手法，回应她在传播媒体和日常现场中接触到的图像和文本风景，包括新闻，娱乐、广告等实用取向的环境信息对个体意识的塑造与影响。
顾颖出生于浙江舟山，2007年毕业于中国美术学院雕塑系，获得学士学位。现工作生活于北京和杭州。她的作品参与过BRC Studio，北京（2023）；墨方，北京（2020）； 鸿坤美术馆，北京（2018）；Salt Projects，北京（2016）；空白空间，北京（2013）；视界艺术中心，上海（2012）；Textilmuseum，St.Gallen，瑞士（2010）；KU艺术中心，北京（2008）等空间举办的展览。
GU Ying’s practice mainly manifests through the act of painting. She employs a range of techniques and materials including the use of carbon copy paper, water-based pens, acrylics and digital illustration. Her work responds to imagery and textual landscapes she encounters in the media and daily life. Her work delves into the ways that practical environmental information—such as news, entertainment, and advertising— molds and impacts an individual’s consciousness.
In 2022, Ho was an artist-in-resident at Recology, San Francisco, creating large-scale installation using materials scavenged from the city dump. She has exhibited at BRC (Beijing, 2022, 2023); Jakarta Biennale (2021); Thailand Biennale (2018); Luggage Store Gallery, SF (2018); BANK, Shanghai (2014); Observation Society, Guangzhou (2013); St Andrews Museum, UK (2013); Long March Space, Beijing (2008), among others.
Ho is a co-founder of Arrow Factory, one of the longest-standing, independently run alternative art spaces in Beijing, which operated in a storefront from March 2008 to September 2019. She is also a co-founder of Wujin, a tiny café, bookshop and creative platform in Beijing that has been running since 2013.
关于石米空间 ABOUT SEKMAI SPACE
石米空间是一个位于东莞的非商业独立艺术空间。石米关注国内外当代艺术及展览实践，并探索东莞与或近或远的其它区域间的文化与社会关系。坐落在始建于八十年代的东莞何氏旧宅，石米空间透过屋院的居家特性展开展览和其它空间项目，空间每年呈现一至两个长期展览，以“慢展览”的节奏融合艺术实践与生活日常。空间2024年至2025年的空间项目将由石金花和瞿畅共同策划。
石米空间于2017年由石金花与李景湖共同创立，并于2017年至2020年发起“石米逗留计划”，至今共邀请了24位/组艺术实践者进行冬季驻留。新冠疫情期间（2020年至2023年），石米于深圳开放展览空间“石米之窗”，先后举办了6位艺术家的个人项目。石米于2023年冬重返东莞启动展览项目。石米空间现由石金花独立运营。
Sekmai is an independent not-for-profit art space in Dongguan. It focuses on contemporary art and curatorial practices in Mainland of China and beyond, aiming to explore the cultural and social connections between Dongguan and other regions near and far. Situated in the former He family house built in the 1980s, Sekmai unfolds exhibitions and actions through its domestic and intimate spatial setting. Every year, Sekmai presents up to two long-durational exhibitions, and contemplates the integration of the artistic and the quotidian through “slow exhibition-making.” Between 2024 and 2025, Sekmai’s program will be run by Echo Shi and Qu Chang.Founded by Echo Shi Jinhua and Li Jinghu in 2017 as a winter residency project, Sekmai hosted more than 24 artists and artist collectives between 2016 and 2020. In 2020, Shi and Li inaugurated the Window of Sekmai, a storefront exhibition space in Shenzhen. In 2023, Shi moved the Sekmai project back to its original site in Dongguan. Sekmai is currently run by Echo Shi.