妻有物语——荣荣&映里

开幕：2014年7月26日周六下午4时

Opening: 4pm, Saturday, July 26th, 2014

展期：2014年7月26日周六 – 10月26日周日 10:00-18:00（周一闭馆）

Duration: Saturday, July 26th – Sunday, October 26th, 2014,10:00-18:00(Closed on Mondays)

地点：三影堂摄影艺术中心

Location: Three Shadows Photography Art Centre

 

2012年，荣荣&映里受邀参加日本越後妻有三年展。一是为了此次大地艺术祭策划“亚洲写真影像馆”，其二是以艺术家的身份在当地创作新的作品。初来到妻有，荣荣&映里立刻被那里自然的力量所震慑，而他们的作品一直以来是围绕“生命环”的主题探索人与自然的关系。自此，两位艺术家便开始了“妻有物语”的创作。

那时，三影堂摄影艺术中心已成立5年，荣荣&映里在这5年间一直忙碌于北京的工作，鲜有时间拍摄创作。当他们有机会暂时远离摄影中心的工作，接触原始生态的大自然，荣荣&映里终于在越後妻有回归自由纯粹的艺术家身份。无论是春夏茂盛浓郁的绿景，还是漫长冬日里那白皑皑凄美残酷的冰天雪地，都给他们带来无限灵感。借此契机，映里于2012年底带着他们的三个小孩一同搬到了日本生活，而荣荣开始了频繁往返于北京与东京的生活。

自2012年年初“妻有物语”开始拍摄延续至今，荣荣&映里多次来到越後创作。他们感受了那里的四季，也常常带着他们的小孩一同前往并参与拍摄。2012年夏天，荣荣&映里把当地一家废弃小学校改造为展厅，将“妻有物语”的作品首次展出。2014年6月，荣荣&映里在东京的三潴画廊展出这个系列，被“The Culture Trip”评为东京今夏十大不可错过的艺术展览之一。终于，在2014年夏天，荣荣&映里带着他们的“妻有物语”来到三影堂，这也是“妻有物语”系列在中国的首展。

常常有人问他们，“妻有物语”的作品是否完结。虽然两位艺术家原计划拍摄过四季之后便可完成，但每次回到妻有，大自然总是带给他们更多的惊喜，好像是他们取之不尽用之不竭的灵感源泉，或许这个故事就不断继续下去……

 

In 2012, RongRong & inri accepted an invitation to participate in the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale. In part, they acted as curators of the “Asian Photography Centre” for the event, and also, as artists, they created a new body of work in this location. Upon arrival in Tsumari, RongRong & inri were immediately awestruck by the palpable power of nature in that place. Furthermore, their works have always used the theme of “the circle of life” to explore the relationship between humankind and nature. Shortly thereafter, the two artists began production of Tsumari Story.

At that time, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre had just celebrated its 5th anniversary. In the intervening five years since its founding, RongRong & inri were continuously busy working in Beijing, seldom having time to create new photographs. Once they had the opportunity to be temporarily distanced from their work at Three Shadows, and reconnect firsthand with nature and the surrounding environment of Echigo-Tsumari, RongRong & inri finally returned to their free and unadulterated role as artists. From the lush and succulent greens of spring and summer, to the pure white brutal beauty of seemingly endless ice and snow in winter, everything served as a source of endless inspiration. As such, at the end of 2012 inri moved with their three children to Japan fulltime, while RongRong began frequently traveling back and forth between Beijing and Tokyo.

Since production of Tsumari Story started in early 2012, RongRong & inri have made frequent trips to Echigo to shoot. They have experienced the power of the four seasons there, and often bring their three children to participate in their photography. In summer 2012, RongRong & inri transformed a local abandoned elementary school into an exhibition hall, showing Tsumari Story for the first time. In June 2014, RongRong & inri exhibited this series at Mizuma Art Gallery and it was named one of “Tokyo’s 10 Unmissable Art Exhibitions of the Summer” by The Culture Trip. Finally, in summer 2014, RongRong & inri will bring their Tsumari Story to Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, marking the premiere of this series in China.

People frequently ask them if Tsumari Story is complete. The artists originally planned to conclude the series after documenting four seasons, however each time they return to Tsumari, Mother Nature pleasantly surprises them with still more to discover. It seems that they have found an inexhaustible source of inspiration and perhaps this story will continue on…