Soft Growing
Interactive project / Video Installation- from the residency project of BY ART MATTERS
2022
Hangzhou
"Soft Growing" is Cai Binhui's work during her residency at by art matters, which is from August 2022. The work is inspired by her observation and feelings in Hangzhou.
I think that Hangzhou is soft and wrapped with green plants. The feelings of “softness” also shows in the connection and communication between people. The people here create the caring and confortable living environment, and the delicate and gentle environment, in return, embracing the people here.
By setting soft weaving corners, Cai Binhui "exchanged" the free time of urbanites to interact with her work. These soft pieces are "growing" in some corners of the urban space. It is defined as the spiritual exchange and mutual influence between urban space and people.
* This is a long-term project which will “grow” in many other cities
《柔软生长》是我在2022年8月起在天目里美术馆驻地期间的作品。作品灵感来自驻地期间在杭州的城市观察和感受。
在我的感受中，杭州是柔软的，被绿植包裹起来的。杭州的“柔软”是在钢筋混凝土里生长出来的温柔和可爱，是人与人之间的连接和沟通。这里人用自己的力量去创造坚硬扎实的生活环境，城市环境的细腻温柔也在拥抱着这里的人。
通过设置编织角落，“交换”都市人的放空时间，得到不同形态的柔软织物。这些柔软的“组织”，通过艺术家的再处理，“生长”在城市空间的各个角落，是城市空间和人的精神交换和相互影响。
*这将是一个长期项目，柔软的“组织”将会生长在更多的城市角落。
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