Sijun Liu 刘思均
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🏡 Trees or Poles...? 树与电线杆：
Why do the utility poles on the streets of Britain seem to radiate like a net into the sky?
I questioned, having just arrived in London. After observing and recording a whole street full of poles along the way, I discovered their subtle relationship with trees in a conversation with a resident.
Trees or Poles...? explores the relationship between humans and nature in the city. Through a series of observations, recordings, interviews, and collections, using the relationship between telegraph poles and trees in the streets around us as the source and purpose, I explored and reflected on how man-made objects and nature coexist harmoniously with a non-anthropocentric perspective. I created a series of posters using rubbing and anthropomorphic dialogues. At the same time, I planted a "tree" at the open studio site to blur the visual boundaries between the tree and the telegraph poles. Finally, I brought the outcome back to the scene of life to create a poetic and humorous atmosphere.
I realised: they are already coexisting in our environment, just like the relationship between human and nature.
为什么英国街头的电线杆好像网般放射在天空中?
刚刚来到伦敦的我发出疑问。在沿途观察记录了一整条街的电线杆后，在一次与居民的交谈中我发现其与树的微妙关系。
Trees or Poles...? 是对城市中人与自然关系的探索。通过以身边街头电线杆与树的关系，为来源与目的导向的一系列观察、记录、采访与收集，探究与反思在非人类中心主义视角下，人造物与自然是怎样和谐共存的。我运用拓印与拟人化地对话创作了一系列海报，同时在展览现场，我种了“一棵树” ，试图模糊树与电线杆的视觉边界。最后，将产出物再次带回到生活的场景，创造一种诗意而有趣的氛围。
我发觉，它们已然共存与我们的环境之中，就像是人与自然的关系。
I conducted a street interview and recorded a video clip of the clip. The neglect and indifference of the passers-by made me start to reflect and put forward the idea of trees and poles co-existing in harmony. At the end of the video, I wrote a poem about my thoughts, which combines wit and humour with a serious and beautiful atmosphere, and serves as an introduction to the next stage of creation.
As in the installation and posters displayed at open studio, I tried to blur the boundaries between the tree and the telegraph pole by using rubbing. I "planted a tree" indoors, using branches and wires to connect the whole space, echoing the tree outside the window, which intuitively brings surprise and thought to the viewer. Just like man and nature, they are omnipresent in our lives, but coexist harmoniously without us noticing.
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