⋄Through the Memory of the Mountains
Sound-performance, Installation.
Untersberg marble and other stones, rubble powder, body, sound, voice, fabric, wool yarn, paper, cardboard.
2024
When I walked through the mountains holding a huge branch, I once experienced the illusion of being a deer. As if suddenly intruding into the memory of the mountains. Different times belonging to this mountain, and various creatures belonging to those moments, are condensed in the memory of the rocks. Touching these rocks of varying colors and types, the stories between the strata, like the flourishing life spreading across the mountains and fields at this moment, unfold slowly before my eyes. It evokes a child's profound impression of the first bird fossil. So, she wishes to join the birds that witnessed the birth of the mountains, becoming a link in the bridge of memory. Within the mountains crafted by time, narrating a ballad where life converges and continues to extend through these crystals.
当我手执巨大的树枝行走在山间时，我曾获得身为一头鹿的幻觉。如同骤然闯入了山峦的记忆。属于这座山的不同时间，和属于那些时刻的各种生灵，都被凝结在岩石的记忆里。抚摸着这些不同色泽和种类的岩石，岩层间的故事如同此刻漫山遍野铺陈而开的繁荣生命，在我的眼前徐徐展开。它唤起了一个孩子对第一块鸟类化石的深切印象。于是她渴望加入那些见证着山脉诞生的鸟群，成为记忆桥梁的一环。在时间垒砌的群山中，吟咏生命经由这些晶体，汇聚并继续延展下去的歌谣。
Performance and Installation view during “Stone As Actor, Stone As Stage” at Untersberg Quarry, Grödig, Austria, August 2024.
Process
Photos: Helena Kalleitner & Iceylithe Bintong Wang