Location: Shenyang, China
"Popular" imagines a future landscape and provides a dreamy material conception for Yi culture. It is presented by digital multimedia media to reinterpret, compile and reproduce Yi culture from ethnic minorities in Southwest China. The exhibition will combine the context of Yi culture with spatial narrative, aiming to guide the audience to explore and think about the authenticity of the current nation through the reverie of cultural changes and the change of spatial depth. The author takes the audience on a hearty and clever speculative journey from the perspective of a grain of gravel, smoked wind or a stem of Jianjia, presenting a world of Yi from 2078.
Artists: Lin Jiayi, Li Yuqian
Flutter Lab New Media Studio
Shengjing Hometown Dehua Culture and Art Exchange Center
Beijing Baicheng International Cultural Tourism Development Co., Ltd.
Exhibition Location: Tinglan Art Museum, No. 192 Zhengyang Street, Shenhe District, Shenyang City
"Popular" imagines a future landscape and provides a dreamy material conception for Yi culture. It is presented by digital multimedia media to reinterpret, compile and reproduce Yi culture from ethnic minorities in Southwest China. The exhibition will combine the context of Yi culture with spatial narrative, aiming to guide the audience to explore and think about the authenticity of the current nation through the reverie of cultural changes and the change of spatial depth. The author takes the audience on a hearty and clever speculative journey from the perspective of a grain of gravel, smoked wind or a stem of Jianjia, presenting a world of Yi from 2078.
Artists: Jiayi Lin, Raine Li
Description: "Phenomenon of Fireworks" delves into the symbolism of fire within Yi culture, with a particular emphasis on the Torch Festival, a significant cultural emblem. This artwork harnesses the power of digital imagery and installations to recreate the form and dynamics of flames, thus digitalizing the Yi people's veneration for fire and their traditional Torch Festival rituals. This piece prompts a speculative exploration of the future, examining the unique cultural markers of minority communities that stand apart from modern artificial creations. It challenges viewers to ponder: Can traditional folklore be seen as a prototype of art? Moreover, it raises important questions about how these precious cultural heritages can be preserved and passed down in the digital age.
Medium: New Media Art
Dimensions: Variable
Year of Creation: 2024
Artists: Jiayi Lin, Raine Li
Description: The Five Seasons of the Universe is a narrative inspired by the Big Dipper and the changing seasons, drawing from the Yi people's "Ten-Month Calendar."
Medium: New Media Art
Dimensions: Variable
Year of Creation: 2024
Artists: Jiayi Lin, Raine Li
Description: The Buckwheat Has Bloomed is a digital folklore artwork inspired by stories from the Yi creation epic "Meige." It combines the "creation" and "making" parts of the epic, presenting a cultural panorama of the Yi people through digital forms. The work explores themes of culture, life, nature, and the cosmos' genesis, eruption, and decline.
Medium: New Media Art
Dimensions: Variable
Year of Creation: 2024
Artist: Raine Li
Description: Burning Dreams presents a futuristic perspective on the Torch Festival. The work is divided into four parts: Laboratory, Forest, Flame, and Life Form. It creates a harmonious and repetitive cycle by blending nature and artificial elements, wild environments and cultural totems.
Medium: Experimental Animation
Dimensions: Variable
Year of Creation: 2023
