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从六里屯到三影堂——荣荣、映里新作展
这个展览的名称有两层含义，一层涉及中国的城市变化，另一层与荣荣、映里的个人生活有关。首先它把这个展览和北京东郊的两个特定地点联系起来：六里屯——荣荣和映里在那个传统小村里生活到它在2003年毁灭的一刻；三影堂——五年后这两个艺术家在草场地村创建了这座崭新的当代摄影艺术中心。在更广的意义上，这两个地点的命运反映了北京的持续毁坏和建设，以及中国当代艺术在这些年里的迅速变化。
但是"从六里屯到三影堂"还有着更深更私密的一层意味：随着三影堂的建立，荣荣和映里的家庭也在不断成长。如今他们已是三个孩子的父母，新地点和新生命的诞生因此交织在一起。
使用不同的视觉语言，这个展览以六个摄影系列展示出这两个相互交织的变化过程。置于展厅起始和结尾处的两个系列分别表现六里屯的最后时日和三影堂的创建伊始。它们的纪实风格与位于二者之间的四个系列形成鲜明对比，但同时又为后者提供了一个整体的叙事框架。这后四个系列从不同角度探寻两位艺术家的关系以及人类生命繁殖的秘密。展示于一个弯曲的"甬道"之中，它们构成了北京城市变化外部世界之中的一个内部景观。
巫鸿
二零零八年七月
陈吟（国内）press@threeshadows.cn
董晓安（国际）stephanie@threeshadows.cn
三影堂摄影艺术中心
北京朝阳区草场地155号（100015）
86-10-64322663 / 64319063 / 64319693
www.threeshadows.cn
"From Six Mile Village to Three Shadows"
New Works by Rong Rong and Inri
The title of this exhibition has two implications, one referring to China's urban transformation, the other to Rong Rong and inri's personal lives. First, this title ties the exhibition to two places in Beijing's east suburbs: Liulitun – Six Mile Village – where the two artists lived together before this traditional village was demolished in 2003, and the Three Shadows Photography Art Centre at Caochangdi, which they together established in 2006. In a general sense, the fate of these two places represents Beijing's ongoing destruction and construction, as well as the rapid changes in contemporary Chinese art over the past five years.
But "From Six Mile Village to Three Shadows" also has a more intimate meaning to the two artists: with the founding of Three Shadows, their family has grown and now they are parents of three children. The birth of a new place is intertwined with that of human lives.
Employing different visual languages, this exhibition represents these two transformations in six sections. Two series of photographs, one placed at the beginning of the gallery space, and one at the end, record the final days of the Six Mile Village and the construction of Three Shadows. With an explicit documentary style, these images contrast with while framing the other four sequences, which explore the artists' relationship and the mystery of human reproduction. Displayed in a winding "tunnel" constructed inside the gallery, works in this second group form an interior landscape within the external world of Beijing's transformation.
Wu Hung
July 2008
Yam Chan (China): press@threeshadows.cn
Stephanie (International): Stephanie@threeshadows.cn
Three Shadows Photography Art Centre
No. 155A Caochangdi, Chaoyang District, Beijing
+86 10 6432 2663 / 6431 9063 / 6431 9693
www.threeshadows.cn
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