艺术家：陈秋林
作品名称：吃豆腐 CHI DOU FU (Eating Tofu)
作品媒介：特定场域装置
作品材料：350公斤豆腐渣
规格尺寸：约100x1000x10cm
开幕时间：2024/06/09 11:00
展出时间：2024/06/09-06/16
作品地点：Mathis-Hof Hofladen农场
Artist: Chen Qiulin
Title: 吃豆腐 CHI DOU FU (Eating Tofu)
Medium: site-specific installation
Material: local okara (tofu dregs) from TUYU tofu
Dimensions: approx. W100xL1000xH10 centimeters
Opening: 2024/06/09, 11am
Exhibition period: 2024/06/09-06/16
Location: Mathis-Hof Hofladen Farm
今年的Basel Social Club (BSC) 于 6月9日至16 日在瑞士巴塞尔农田上举办为期一周的露天活动，活动范围从城市边界延伸到森林边缘，地处田野、谷仓之间和树木之间。
At Basel Social Club 2024, artist Chen Qiulin (b. 1975) creates a site-specific installation “吃豆腐CHI DOU FU (Eating Tofu) (2024)”. Using 350 kg of tofu dregs from TUYU tofu factory in Basel, Switzerland, the work is sculpted onsite and will naturally degrade and disappear on the farmland.
This year's Basel Social Club (BSC) hosts a week-long open-air event on the farmland of Basel, Switzerland, from June 9th to 16th, spanning from the city's borders to the edge of the forest, across fields, barns, and trees.
2003 年以来，豆腐为陈秋林创作媒介的艺术表达，豆腐作为一种在全球广泛传播的典型的东方标志，有艺术家对自身文化和身份的反思，并在演化的议题中，接受更为复杂多样的挑战，构成新作背后的批判性思考。
应今年BSC的生态重点，及作品特定场域需要。陈秋林与本地豆腐生产商TUYU合作，使用的大豆均来自在附近 30 公里以内的农场。现场塑造的作品《吃豆腐》，放置在农场内，活动期间自然降解，来自这片土地的大豆，最终回归土地。同时，艺术家也意在探索有用与无用之间的关系，以及在当今这个全球化世界中人类与自然之间的关系。
“这是我在今年Basel Social Club看到的最棒的项目，很好的回应了今年艺术节的生态之重点。”，策展人李振华说。
Chen Qiulin's site-specific installation 吃豆腐CHI DOU FU (Eating Tofu) (2024), delves into themes of ecology and humanity, as well as equality, sustainability, and circularity, resonating with this year's BSC ecological focus. The piece is sculpted onsite amidst the landscapes, agriculture, and farm animals. It is not only an ecological art that reflects on the environment and humanity, but also a land art that responds to materials and landscapes. Morover, all these aspects can also be incorporated into newer discussions on identity and cultural fluidity, making it a topic worth exploring deeply.
Since 2003, tofu has been a creative medium of artistic expression for Chen Qiulin. Tofu, as a widely recognized symbol of Eastern culture around the world, allows the artist to reflect on her own culture and identity. In addressing evolutionary themes, she embraces more complex and diverse challenges, forming the critical thinking behind her new work with different materials.
In response to this year's ecological focus of BSC and the nature of the specific site, Chen Qiulin collaborated with local tofu producer TUYU, using soybeans sourced from farms within 30 kilometers of the site. The work 吃豆腐CHI DOU FU (Eating Tofu) (2024) is sculpted on-site at the farm and will naturally decompose during the art week, allowing the soybeans from this land to eventually return to it. Additionally, the artist aims to explore the relationship between usefulness and uselessness, as well as the connection between humans and nature in today's globalized world.
"This is the best project I've seen at this year's Basel Social Club. It excellently responds to the ecological focus of this year's art week!” said curator Li Zhenhua.
▲陈秋林, 吃豆腐CHI DOU FU (Eating Tofu), 特定场域装置 - 行为现场, 2024, 摄影：Ben Loschnigg，©艺术家陈秋林和千高原艺术空间提供
▲陈秋林, 吃豆腐 CHI DOU FU (Eating Tofu), 特定场域装置现场, 2024, 摄影：Ben LoschniggChen Qiulin, 吃豆腐 CHI DOU FU (Eating Tofu), Site-specific installation view, 2024, Photograph by Ben Loschnigg
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