《一涨一落的呼吸》
同步双频4k有声影像，彩色立体声，9分35秒，2023
天兴洲，长江上最大的沙州之一，初为荒岛，诞生八百年来频遭洪水，如今岛上只剩老人、旧宅和大片的芦苇丛。近年来，它以肉眼难察但真实的速度向下游漂移，持续影响着该区域的地貌及人类活动。每年的枯水期，洲头会显露出由上游搬运至此的泥沙聚集成的广阔沙漠；而到了涨水期，洲头也是最早消失沉寂在江水中的一段，因此无法保留任何的建筑庄稼和农田，形成荒无人烟的场景。而在洲尾由于远离直接冲刷的作用力量，人们能够修建堤岸、房屋，种植蔬果、耕种农田，呈现出和洲头完全不同的地貌特征和人类活动轨迹。
自2021年始，艺术家一次次来往岛上，她逐渐感受到这片历经漫长沉积且漂移的沙洲，与其漂泊的过往相连，于她成了一个具身的故土形象。在这件作品中，艺术家再次进入这片让她休戚相感的土地，试图用两个画面呈现跨越两个时节的空间场景：将最初建造这片土地房屋的红砖粉顺着涨水期的洲尾飘向枯水期的洲头，通过风的运动，将它送回因冲刷而消失的沙洲源头。
A Rising and Falling Breath
Synchronous dual-channel 4k video, color & stereo channel, 9’35’’, 2023
Tianxingzhou, one of the largest sandbars on the Yangtze section, It began as a deserted island, has over 800 years of history, and has flooded frequently since it took shape. Today, all that remains of the island are the elderly residents, old houses, and the large reeds.
In recent years, it has continued to drift downstream at a speed that the naked eye cannot survey, continuously impacting the landscape and human activities in the region. During the annual dry season, the head of the sandbar reveals a vast desert formed by the sediment transported from upstream. During the high season, the head of the sandbars is the first section to disappear and sink into the river. Therefore no buildings, crops, or farmland can remain, creating a deserted scene. At the end of the sandbars which were far away from the direct scouring force, people built embankments and houses, planted fruits and vegetables, and cultivated farmland, presenting a completely different geomorphological feature than the head of the island.
Since 2021, the artist has repeatedly visited this sandbank, which has been deposited and drifted over a long period, connecting it with her wandering past and becoming an embodied image of her homeland.
In this work, the artist re-enters this land that she feels close to, attempting to depict a spatial scene spanning two seasons: red bricks, originally used to build houses on the land, drifting from the tail during the rainy season to the head of the sandbar during the dry season. Through the movement of the wind, they are sent back to the source of the disappearing sandbar due to erosion.
