“艺术与地理”第一期展览 | “有人弄乱了玫瑰花” 将于9月8日开幕
北丘当代美术馆很荣幸地向您宣布，BMCA“艺术与地理”项目第一回展览“有人弄乱了玫瑰花”将于2023年9月8日开幕，展期持续至2023年12月10日。本次展览由建筑师杨乃天与策展人刘林联合策划。
Beiqiu Museum of Contemporary Art is pleased to announce the inaugural exhibition of the Art and Geography Series, Someone Has Been Disarranging These Roses, co-curated by architect Naitian Yang and curator Lin Liu. This exhibition will open on September 8, 2023 and run through December 10, 2023.
“有人弄乱了玫瑰花”着眼北丘美术馆所在地北极阁的历史与现实，特别是后者在中国气象学发展史中扮演的重要角色，调取出美术馆的空间幽灵“天气”作为展览切入点，邀请来自6个国家近20位/组艺术家与建筑师对这段历史进行访问，并以其各自感性创作与理论研究回应气候危机时代的紧迫现实。
Someone Has Been Disarranging These Roses delves into the historical and present context of BMCA’s site – Beijige Mountain, and investigates the pivotal role it has played in the evolution of meteorological science in China. Departing from the spectral atmosphere of the museum's locus, the exhibition brings together about 20 artists, architects, and researchers from 6 countries to create a constellation of artworks engaging with this historical lineage and offering different perspectives towards the omnipresent reality of climate crisis.
本·里弗斯，《命运女神》（静帧），2016，16毫米胶片转高清视频（彩色，立体声），20分钟，本·里弗斯及LUX, London惠允
Ben Rivers, Urth (still), 2016, 16mm film, Colour, Stereo, 20 minutes, Courtesy of Ben Rivers and LUX, London
詹姆斯·班宁，《鲁尔区》（静帧），2009，高清影像，2小时4分钟，艺术家及纽格赫姆施耐德画廊惠允
James Benning, Ruhr (still), 2009, HD Video, 2 hours 4 minutes, Courtesy of the artist and neugerriemschneider, Berlin
北丘当代美术馆所在的北极阁是南京乃至中国历史与现实的交汇点，它以古代神话/道教传统、节气/农事、现代气象科学/中国现代性进程中的知识分子个体（如北极阁中央气象台创建者，中国气象科学先驱竺可桢）以及民防工程/消费场域等要素交织出复杂、含混、浪漫的古今空间。北丘当代美术馆自身空间则是对这一状态进一步的压缩，拥有自然山体、防空掩体及“白立方”构成的歧异地质。展览试图对这一被挤压的时空瞬间进行描画，借由绘画、装置、影像、声音以及特别委任作品，抽取出知觉层面的风、雨、云等流动性意象，并从知觉到实体，再到数据之风雨云，及至作为文化与政治隐喻的“气象”与“气候”概念。
Beijige serves as a point of convergence for the history and reality of Nanjing and China. It weaves together various elements, including ancient myths/Daoist traditions, solar terms/agricultural activities, modernmeteorological science/intellectual individuals in China's modernization process (such as Zhu Kezhen, the founder of the Central Meteorological Observatory in Beijige), as well as civil defense projects/consumer spaces, collectively producing a complex, ambiguous, and romantic environment. The museum's existing spaces further consolidate this essence, blending together mountain terrain, air raid shelters, and the "white cube" gallery environment. The exhibition seeks to portray this compressed moment through image and sound, and to extract the dynamic imagery of wind, rain, cloud, etc. It evolves from the perception of such phenomenon to the intangible existence of data clouds, and ultimately to the cultural and political weather and climate at large.
李珞，《雨衣人（武汉，2022年末 - 2023年初）》（静帧），高清视频，21分钟，艺术家惠允
Li Luo, Raincoat Man (Wuhan, 2022.12 - 2023.1) (still), HD Video, 21 minutes, Courtesy of the artist
同时，根据北丘的“具体”地理，建筑师杨乃天对基于军事工程学用途的非常规展示性空间进行梳理与对话，在天气/气候议题已经从理论层面上升到紧迫现实的当下，试图以展示空间的特别设计将人与天气整合到同一个流动的、垂危的、攸关的状态之中。展览作品指向所谓“坏天气”，但“好/坏”已经不再适用于我们对天气作出评判。在人类中心主义的视野之外，“好/坏”综合出的混沌才是天气的常态，它无处不在，渗透在所有生命和非生命的存在之中。
Architect Naitian Yang’s choreography of the exhibition space creates an experience that negotiates with the existing concrete structure and resonates with the oscillating cadence of weather itself. In a time when weather and climate issues have transcended theoretical discourse and become an urgent reality, the exhibition endeavors to integrate people and weather into the same fluid, precarious, and crucial state. The artworks within the exhibition allude to what might conventionally be termed "bad weather", yet the binary idea of "good / bad" is no longer applicable to our judgments of weather. Beyond a human-centered perspective, the synthesis of chaos emerges as the norm of weather, where "good" and "bad" coalesce. It pervades every aspect of existence, whether living or not.
贺子珂，《乱码城市》（静帧），2023，14分钟20秒，由现代汽车VH Award委任
He Zike, Random Access (still), 2023, 14 minutes 20 seconds, Commissioned by VH Award of Hyundai Motor Group
林科《下载下雨 No.2》2014，影像，行为，表演，2分钟34秒，艺术家及BANK画廊惠允
Lin Ke, Download Rain No.2, 2014, Video, Performing Arts, Performance, 2 minutes 34 seconds, Courtesy of the artist and BANKMABSOCIETY
詹姆斯·布莱德尔，《云指数》，2016 ~至今，四通道视频，文献，网站，艺术家惠允
James Bridle, Cloud Index, 2016, 4-channel Video, Documentary and Website, Courtesy of the artist
北丘当代美术馆
艺术与地理年度系列展览——
BMCA
有人弄乱了玫瑰花
Someone Has Been Disarranging These Roses
策展人 | Curators
杨乃天、刘林 Naitian Yang, Lin Liu
展期 | Duration
2023.9.9 — 2023.12.10
北丘当代美术馆主办
Organized by Beiqiu Museum of Contemporary Art
地址 | Venue
江苏省南京市北京东路1号环亚凯瑟琳广场
Catherine Park，No.1 Beijing East Road, Nanjing
参展艺术家 | Artists
本·里弗斯、贺子珂、胡昀、詹姆斯·班宁、詹姆斯·布莱德尔、卡丹巴丽·巴克西及研究小组、李珞、林科、菲利普·拉姆、温凌、徐震、亚明、杨扬、曾根裕、郑波、子杰
Ben Rivers, Zike He, Yun Hu, James Benning, James Bridle, Kadambari Baxi & Research Group, Luo Li, Ke Lin, Philippe Rahm, Ling Wen, Zhen Xu, Ming Ya, Yang Yang, Yutaka Sone, Bo Zheng, June Lee
（按英文姓名首字母排序）
关于策展人
About Curator
杨乃天，目前生活和工作于美国纽约市的建筑设计师。他着眼于建筑结构和材料提供的官能体验和其形式语言背后的权力关系，探索信仰系统在人造环境中所扮演的角色。他曾工作于巴黎的 AWP 建筑事务所和北京的简盟工作室。在纽约的 Guy Nordenson and Associates 结构工程公司他参与了多个公共文化建筑和艺术项目的设计与建造，包括惠特尼美术馆委 David Hammons 的雕塑作品 Day’s End、与藤本壮介建筑事务所合作的深圳改革开放馆、以及与Handel Architects 共同设计的Emnauel Nine Memorial。他的写作发表于 Karma International，Serving The People 等平台。
刘林，写作者、策展人，目前生活和工作在上海。近期关注展览制作、技术理论，并试图通过与不同领域创作者合作的方式讨论“共同工作”的问题。2013年至2021年期间，他曾在四方当代美术馆从事策展工作，并发起实施“地形学”（2015-2019）项目。部分策划展览为：“山中美术馆”（2016）、“未完成”（2019）及“今晚一定要梦到这蓝色”（2020）等；他将写作视为行动方式，尝试在不同的写作领域进行实验，部分文章发表于ARTFORUM中文网、艺术新闻中文版、Art-Ba-Ba、Wallpaper卷宗以及澎湃新闻等媒体。
北丘当代美术馆“艺术与地理”项目
BMCA“The Art & Geaography Project”
“艺术与地理”是北丘当代美术馆于2023年开启的年度展览系列，该系列试图以感性创作与学术研究为基础，考察艺术创作与地理/空间/地方环境之间的复杂关系，并邀请不同领域的创作者、研究者参与策划及制作主题展览。“有人弄乱了玫瑰花”是该项目的首个展览。
"The Art and Geography Project" is an annual exhibition series initiated by Beiqiu Museum of Contemporary Art in 2023. This series aims to explore the intricate relationship between artistic creation and geographical/space/environmental contexts, based on a foundation of sensory creativity and academic research. It invites creators and researchers from diverse fields to participate in curating and producing thematic exhibitions. Someone Has Been Disarranging These Roses is the inaugural exhibition of this project.
北极阁
Beijige
北极阁通称鸡笼山（因山体形似鸡笼），海拔62米，周长5.3公里，是南京城北的一座小型丘陵。据记载，南朝刘宋初年在山上建立“日观台”，又称“司天台”，专设官员观测天象气候，是南京有历史记录的第一座气象台。元代增建观象台，明初扩建，名曰“钦天山”。清康熙年间在山顶建阁，因这一区域原有明代建立供奉“北方之神”北极玄天上帝的道观，因此得名“北极阁”。1930年，国民党政府在南京定都不久后，在教育家蔡元培与科学家竺可桢的建议下，将北极阁改建为中央研究院气象研究所（毗邻中央研究院），并由建筑师卢树森设计建造北极阁气象台，这也是中国现代最早的官方气象台之一。北丘当代美术馆即位于中国南京市中心北极阁西麓。
Beijige, commonly known as Jilong Mountain (due to its resemblance to a chicken cage), has an elevation of 62 meters and a circumference of 5.3 kilometers. It is a small hill located to the north of Nanjing city. According to records, during the early years of the Liu Song Dynasty (AD420~AD479), a "Sun Observatory Platform," also known as "Heaven Governance Platform," was established on the mountain. This platform was dedicated to observing celestial phenomena and weather, marking the first recorded meteorological observatory in Nanjing's history. During the Yuan Dynasty, an observatory was added, and in the early Ming Dynasty, it was expanded and named "Qin Tian Mountain". In the Kangxi era of the Qing Dynasty, a pavilion was built on the mountaintop. It was named Beijige (meaning the North Pavilion), for there was a Daoist temple dedicated to the "Northern Deity," the Xuantian Supreme Emperor, during the Ming Dynasty. In 1930, shortly after the Nationalist government established its capital in Nanjing, and following the recommendations of educator Cai Yuanpei and scientist Zhu Kezhen, Beijige was restructured into the Central Research Institute of Meteorology, in close proximity to the Central Research Institute. Architect Lu Shusen was entrusted with the task of designing and constructing the Beijige Meteorological Observatory, which stands as one of China's earliest official meteorological observatories in the modern era. Presently, the Beiqiu Museum of Contemporary Art is located at the western foothills of the Beijige in the heart of Nanjing city, China.
北极阁气象台
赫达·莫里逊（Hedda Morrison，1908-1991）
摄于1940年代
关于北丘
北丘当代美术馆坐落于江苏省南京市玄武区环亚凯瑟琳广场半山花园，背倚北极阁鸡笼山。作为全国首座镶嵌于城市中心山丘上的美术馆，北丘集当代艺术收藏、展陈、研发和教育为一体。
美术馆主体建筑保留了二十余年前的建筑原貌，在六年前历经修复与加固，1100平方米的空间与郁郁葱葱的山体巧妙衔接，清水混凝土浇灌的展馆内部呈现出工业与原始的碰撞。历史、自然和现实交织，先锋与传统反复试探，当代艺术的在地性、多模态化和不确定性都在这里得以响应。