第四单元

“幻方：艺术与文学的互映”

“Magic Square: Art and Literature in Mirror Image”

策展人丨CURATOR：申舶良 （Boliang Shen）

展览设计丨Exhibition Design：李昕頔（Li Xindi），杨扬（Yang Yang）

展览时间丨Dates：2022年12月23日—2023年2月12日

展览地点丨北京友谊社区（原北京友谊商店）

Exhibition Venue丨FRIENDSHIP ART COMMUNITY

参展艺术家丨Artists：

阿彼察邦·韦拉斯哈古/阿洛拉&卡尔萨迪利亚/包慧怡/btr/常羽辰/陈思安/陈哲/程然/傅强/哈达莎·戈德维希特/孔令楠/刘娃/鲁迅/娜布其/娜塔莉·杜尔伯格&汉斯·博格/潘涛阮/齐白石/苏菲·卡尔/苏予昕/索菲·冯·海勒曼/谭婧/Team9/藤原西芒/王伊芙苓韬程/萧涵秋/谢素梅/张如怡

Apichatpong Weerasethakul / Allora & Calzadilla / Bao Huiyi / btr / Chang Yuchen / Chen Si'an / Chen Zhe / Cheng Ran / Owen Fu / Hadassa Goldvicht / Kong Lingnan / Liu Wa / Lu Xun / Nabuqi / Nathalie Djurberg & Hans Berg / Thao Nguyen Phan / Qi Baishi / Sophie Calle / Su Yu-Xin / Sophie von Hellermann / Tan Jing / Team9 / Simon Fujiwara / Evelyn Taocheng Wang / Xiao Hanqiu / Su-Mei Tse / Zhang Ruyi

幻方是起源于古代中国“洛书”的数字方阵，其中每一行、列和对角线上的数字之和皆相等。幻方自古被视为宇宙自然和谐之力的象征，在后世发展出诸多的变体，并对全球的组合数学、程序设计、人工智能等领域产生过重要影响。

作为2022首届北京艺术双年展文学单元的主题意象，幻方既像是汉字书写与文本布局的缩影，亦如同北京城市空间规划的模型。不同方格中数字之间奇妙的对称与互补关系，呼应着北京自古作为多元生态与文化交会之地的特性，也为我们思考本届双年展的主题“共生”带来丰饶的启示。

展览借用友谊艺术社区原有的格子结构，营造形如幻方的展场布局，在幻方形成的互映关系中激发艺术与文学的对话。来自全球各地的近30位（组）艺术家的参展作品皆受到文学阅读或书写的启发，并包含3组艺术家与文学作者接受本展览委任、互动合作完成的新作。展览同时指向当今世界生态问题凸显、数字化生存成为常态的双重语境，透过文学与艺术交织的想象，探索人类与不同生命体、人居环境与虚拟空间、历史遗产与未来图景的共生之道。

Magic square is a square array of numbers originated from ancient Chinese “Luoshu” (characters associated with the legendary Emperor Yu), in which the sums of numbers in each row, column, and diagonal are equal. Magic square has been regarded as a symbol of the harmonious power of the universe since ancient times, with many variants emerging in later generations that made a global impact on combinatorics, programming, artificial intelligence, and other fields.

▲阿彼察邦·韦拉斯哈古，《虚构》（Fiction），2018年，单路视频，玻璃投影幕，致谢艺术家与香格纳画廊

▲索菲·冯·海勒曼，《宝玉重生》（Rebirth of the Stone），2021年，布面丙烯，致谢艺术家与柯芮斯画廊

As the theme of the literary unit of the first Beijing Biennial, magic square is not only an embodiment of the writing and text layout of Chinese characters but also the model of Beijing's urban spatial planning. The wonderful symmetry and complementary relationship between figures in different squares echo the characteristics of Beijing, a place where diverse ecology and culture have intermingled since ancient times. It is also reminiscent of “Symbiosis,” bringing great inspiration to the theme of this Biennial.

▲藤原西芒，《肖似》，2018年，双频影像，致谢艺术家与施博尔画廊

▲娜布其，《对称（居所和墓室）》、《我们》（展览效果图），2022年，北京艺术双年展委任作品，致谢艺术家

The exhibition venue is arranged to reflect a magic square while still maintaining the original lattice structure of the Friendship Art Community, galvanizing the discourse between art and literature through the mutual reflection formed by the magic square. The exhibits come from nearly 30 artists worldwide inspired by literary reading or writing and include new collaborative works completed by three groups of artists and literary authors commissioned by this exhibition. At the same time, the exhibition puts the spotlight on the dual context of significant ecological and environmental problems alongside the normalization of digital existence. It explores the symbiosis between human beings and different life forms, human settlements and virtual spaces, as well as historical heritage and future prospects through the interwoven imagination of literature and art.