2023集美阿尔勒驻地项目
The Island,Lowercase: Time-space Beyond the Map
2023 Jimei Arles Residency Program
Installation View
金兰契，是一个跨越了中国南方，从湖南江永到泉州惠安再到广东珠三角 的女性集体。没有血缘关系的女性结为结拜姐妹，或是同性相恋，相约可终身不嫁或嫁后不返夫家，这样的集体在清末民初的南方尤为兴盛。在惠安县，金兰契中甚至出现女性结盟自杀事件。因受到当时主流文化的排斥，她们未获得关注与认同，遗留下来的资料非常有限，在史料上处于一个模糊不清的位置。而金兰契所代表的女性关系 也是如此的暧昧不明。展览分为两部分: 将土地和容器作为血肉和身体的隐喻， 用来自惠安的泥土与陶土混合，手工捏制了一系列的器皿、陶罐，并在内 部或外部留下指向“金兰之盟”的史料。另一部分则是一系列的布景摄影，通过想象与虚构尝试重现历史中金兰契的的神秘仪式，与女性之间的暧昧情谊。
The “Jinlan Qi” refers to a collective of women spanning southern China, from Jiangyong in Hunan to Hui’an in Quanzhou and the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong. These women, unrelated by blood, formed sworn sisterhoods or same-sex romantic partnerships, pledging either to remain unmarried for life or to never return to their husbands’ households after marriage. Such collectives flourished particularly during the late Qing Dynasty and early Republican era in southern China. In Hui’an County, there were even instances of women in the Jinlan Pact committing collective suicide. Rejected by the dominant culture of the time, they received little attention or recognition, leaving behind limited historical records and occupying an ambiguous position in historical narratives. The relationships they represented were similarly obscure and elusive.
Based on this, I embarked on a two-part creative project. The first part uses land and vessels as metaphors for flesh and body. I crafted a series of handmade vessels and clay pots using a mixture of clay and soil from Hui’an, embedding historical references to the “Jinlan Pact” within or on the surfaces of these works. The second part consists of a series of staged photographs, attempting through imagination and fiction to recreate the mysterious rituals of the Jinlan Pact and the ambiguous bonds between women.
舒楚天 