City·Performance

Author: Zhao Yang
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This set of books is divided into four volumes. We attempt to clarify the different details of memories related to cities and rural areas through these images and texts, and name each volume as "Performance," "Wilderness," "Painted Skin," and "Hoeing." Co-conspirator is not about being obscure; what we seek is participation. Focusing on participation has become a necessary stance for us in dealing with major events. Memory is the same. As symbols that cannot fade away in the life curtain of every individual, memory is either detail or a symbol, becoming the reason for this compilation and reading. Memory is dynamic; it gradually loses its edges over time due to the wind of aging. We need to inventory these once-clear edges, so that they remain more deeply rooted in our lives before or during the process of weathering. We can always find traces of ourselves or our ancestors in these images and texts, and in memory, we relive these traces and their backgrounds. In this act of reliving, we awaken: we are still on the way. Reliving helps us uncover the deep imprints of the times. The result of reliving our individualities is that we discover commonalities in growth. We are engaging in this act of reliving in a collective name. Such reliving holds profound and far-reaching significance. Some images and texts form the specimens of our reliving. Reliving gradually brings us closer to the lights, whether in the city or in the countryside. We share this experience of inventorying memory, and we are no longer alone.