The Initiative of “Green and Beautiful Guangdong”is an ambitious blueprint drawn up by Guangdong Province as an in-depth implementation of Xi Jinping’s thought on ecological civilisation.With the core concept of “green mountains are golden mountains”,this vision is committed to shaping a harmonious and symbiotic ecological future on the road to high-quality development.Thisecological construction strategy has been gradually olled out on the vast land of Guangdong,and is committed to constructing anecological system in which human beings and nature are in harmony and symbiosis.
This exhibition uses immersive multimedia artistic means to explore the profound relationship between nature and culture intertwined on the land of Lingnan area,presenting Guangdong’s unique ecological aesthetics and humanistic spirit.Based on the ecology of Lingnan,the artist team combines philosophical discourse and humanistic concern to outline a visual narrative of harmonious coexistence between human beings and nature.The exhibition unfolds in three chapters,taking the delicate portrayal of micro-ecology,the historical evolution of the Lingnan folk domestic architecture,and the philosophical expression of the unity of heaven and earth as the clues,which not only spreads out the beautiful scenery and cultural heritage of Lingnan mountains and rivers in front of the viewers’eyes,but also visualises the deep thoughts on the contemporary ecological crisis and the future lifestyle in the form of works of art.The artworks are centred on knowledge production,and by triggering the audience’s emotional resonance and active thinking,they go beyond the traditional mode of viewing,provide a path to re-understand the relationship between human beings and nature,and encourage people to re-examine the way in which ecology and culture intersect.Through the combination of art and technology,the exhibition explores how to maintain a sense of reverence for nature and the pursuit of humanistic values in modern society,and inspires people to aspire to a green lifestyle and consciously reflect on their ecological responsibilities.
Chapter 1, A Day in the Woods
Artist: Che Jianquan
CREATIVE TEAM:Liu Shijun,Shen Li,3995Hz (Germany),Wu Zhou,Ln Jingjing.Tan Wei
FILMING LOCATIONS:Qingyuan,Shaoguan,Shixing County,Chebaling National Nature Reserve,Ruyang ForestFarm,Nanling National Forest Park,Yingde,Chaozhou,Shantou,Guangzhou Luhu Park,Shangxiajiu Pedestrain Street,Pazhou.Nansha Blessed with unique geography with mountains and rivers,Guangdong’s dense forests,rich wetlands,beautiful mountains and rivers,combined with the long-established Lingnan culture and profound marine culture,have given rise to a green ecological culture with distinctive features.
This chapter is a visit to Guangdong’s geological,flora and fauna diversity systems from a microscopic perspective,spanning from the National Nature Reserve in the northern part to the wetlands and waterfronts in southern Lingnan.From sunrise to sunset,it condenses the richness of a day in the forest, presenting the resonance among light,water,wind,foliage,branches and leaves,temperature with a microscopic gaze,and focusing on different species of trees,plants,fruit trees,mosses,insects andanimals,to tell he microscopic story of the green and beautifulGuangdong.The film invites the audience to experience a day in the forest,feel the wonders of natural creation,and rethink the harmonious relationship between human beings and nature by strolling in and out of the forest.
Chapter 2, Here Settles the Heart
Artist: Che Jianquan
CREATIVE TEAM: Wang Man,Qin Wanfu,Ye Chenlu,Liu Shijun,Shen Li,3995Hz(Germany),Zheng Chengfeng,Wu Tianran,Tan Kangxu,Wu Zhou,Nan Miao,Deng Jiansi,LiXiaohua,Liu Wei,Li Zhixin
FILMING LOCATIONS:Chebaling National Nature Reserve,Ruyang Forest Farm,Yingde,Shangyue Ancient Village, Shixing County.Mantang Hakka Walled Vilage,Shantou Ancient Vilage,Zengcheng Orchar
Eighteen billion years have passed with endless change; Through countless ages, the world has undergone profound transformation.
The landscape of Lingnan is composed of mountains,basins,hills,plains,rivers and lakes,and thenorthern part of the area,characterised by four rivers running through,constitutes the ecological barrierof Guangdong.The remnants of human activities can even trace back to the Neolithic period in this area,and as an important channel for migrants from the Central Plains moving from the north to the PearlRiver Delta,here remains numerous ancient villages,and it is where the cultures collided and mingled.
Revealing multiple dimensions that highlight the unique beauty of Lingnan culture,this chapter startsfrom the perspective of humanism with the focus on domestic architecture,traces the history,anduses the rapid switching between dynamic and static images to unfold the picture of people living andworking in peace and building their homes in the green ecology.Leaping over the mountains and thesea,the film then enters the modern metropolis,showing the harmonious coexistence of the humanitiesand the nature.
Chapter 3, Verdant Nanguo
ARTIST: Gao Shiqiang
CALLIGRAPHY: Wang Shaoqiang
CREATIVE TEAM:Yang Kai,Sun Xiaoyu,Wu Qiong.Zhang Shuyan,Zhang Li,SunGuohu,Ling Zongquan,Zhao Chuncheng,Huang Jingtao,Zheng Yue,Huang Jiayi,Lü Yije,Wu Zirui,Lao Xaowu,Chen Shen,Li Yucheng,Bi Yifei,Shang Jiaqi,Jiang Ben
FILMING LOCATIONS: Luofu Mountain,Xunliao Bay,Xinfeng County,Yunji Mountain,Renhua County,DanxlaMoutain,Shixing County,New Agricultural Industrial Belt,Ruyuan Yao AutonomousCounty,Ruyuan Grand Canyon,Nanling Mountains,Shitang Ancient Village,Lianzhou,Liannan Yao Autonomous County.Nangang Millennium YaoVllage.Yangshan County.Yingxi Peak Forest,Liuxihe Reservoir,Qianlonggou Waterfall,Baishuizhai Scenic Area,Shenzhen Overseas Chinese Town,Wutong Mountain,Dapeng Peninsula,Chashan Town,Nanshe VillageTangwel Village Anclent Architectural Cluster,Nanhal District,XiqiaoMountain,Foshan Ancestral Temple,Cuiheng National Wetland,Hengqin Town,Zhuhaisea port,Shangchuan and Xiachuan Islands,Raoping County,QingLan Bingjiu Valley,HanWengong Temple,Guangji Bridge,Chen Clan Ancestral Temple,Longhu AnclentVillage,Jiexi County.Nanshan Town,Longtan Waterfall,Fengshun County,LongguizhaiWaterfall,Dadong Town,Hua’e Building,Xiyang Town,Lixi Village Waterfall,Tong GuZhang.Pingyuan County,Wuzhishi Scenic Area,Shizheng Town,Mashan Vllage,QueshiScenic Area,Nan’ao Island,Dongyuan County,Wanlvy Lake Scenic Area,Tuocheng Town,Mini Three Gorges of Beijiang,QingyuanAncient Woods,Mazhang District,Huguang Town,Jinniu Island Mangrove Forest,Lelzhou,Donghal lsland,Nansan lsland,Hallng Island
The spatial video installatlon”Verdant Nanguo’aims to transform Chuang Tzu’s phllosophical thought ofqiwu(equality of things)into the poetic aesthetic logic of contemporary video,combining live flming anddigital effects to create a panoramic immersion experience for the audience.”Heaven and earth are borntogether with me,and everything is unified with me’,the idea of qiwu pursues the possibility of “the stateof no self”and “the way of combining the inslde and the outside”,while shanshui,the mountalins andrivers,mean the reality and imagery that constitute the “big self. Shanshui are not mere landscape of the olden days composed of various pictorial patterns,but a linkbetween the earth and the sacred,a realm where the mind and things converge.This artistic creation isan attempt to interpret the idea of qiwu,transcending the cognitive oppositions of ‘object-subject’and’nature-culture’,and interpreting the landscape of Guangdong Province from a broad perspective of’creation as one’.
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