Sculpture Department: Magic Cube of Light and Shadow
Sculpture art is the fusion of power and spirit colliding in space, the interplay and wandering of light and shadow in space, and the memorial site of wisdom and revelation. Here, light and shadow are the light and shadow in our minds, and Rubik's Cube represents the puzzles and challenges in our actions.
The roller coasters of life, its seasons of joy and sadness of hearts, and the evolution and turmoil of the world constantly provoke our thoughts and insights. We discover captivating pictures hidden within the Rubik's Cube of light and shadow. The entire creative process and the artist's growth are extended and fascinating beautiful masterpieces.
At this moment, this is a realm where we can share the scenery and empathy, waiting for everyone in tranquility.
Public Art Department: Field of Soul and Space-time
The "Brain Garden" is an innovative concept that seeks to merge the realm of human thoughts and imagination with the physical world. Serving as an art garden, it provides a platform for artists to employ virtual reality technology and artificial intelligence (AI) in the creation of immersive and imaginative spatial experiences within public art. By blending these advanced technologies with artistic expression, the Brain Garden offers viewers a captivating and awe-inspiring encounter that bridges the boundaries between thoughts and reality, stimulating their senses and expanding their perception of the world around them.
In this year's China Academy of Art graduation season, the Public Space Art Department has chosen "Mind-Space Field" as a sub-theme for the "Brain Garden" exhibition during Youth Art Festival. It aims to respond to people's rethinking of individuals and society, time and space in the post-pandemic era, and the artistic re-practices that have emerged due to this reflection.
Based on the specific research directions of the four studios in the Public Space Art Department, the creative works revolve around four aspects: rural public art, empathy and sense of place, industrial heritage and regeneration, and technological illusion and future performance. The aim is to provoke a reexamination of the boundaries between reality and virtuality and engage in a deeper reflection on contemporary everyday experiences.
Fiber Art Department: Ancient Culture Pool
The social significance of fiber as an everyday object is subtle yet profound. As a "social object," it permeates human daily life and is taken for granted as part of the routine. It is an "invisible presence" that exists in a state of being and is also a "self-evident material factor" that generates resonance without needing to be explicitly stated.
The hidden factor rooted in "fiber" is like an ancient cultural reservoir embedded within individuals. It allows us to connect to the entire tradition and the vast human realm, prompting us to correspond and flow back with clarity, calmness, and internalization.
Young art creators, within their "Brain Gardens," mobilize this "original microorganism" and ferment it, transforming it into another form of "substance": artistic works.
About BRAIN GARDEN
Brain Garden – The 5th Zhijiang International Youth Art Festival 2023 & CAA Graduation Season kicked off online and offline concurrently on June 1. This edition of Youth Art Festival is co-hosted by Zhejiang Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education, Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Publicity Department of the CPC Hangzhou Municipal Committee, China Academy of Art (CAA), and Zhejiang Conservatory of Music under the guidance of the Publicity Department of CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee and Hangzhou Municipal People's Government. The festival features a wide variety of online and offline artistic shows and activities centered on the future and the youth. It is a grand city-wide artistic feast in Hangzhou.
The Youth Art Festival is presented online on CAACOSMOS and West Lake Sky Screen and offline at six venues, namely Zhejiang Exhibition Hall, West Lake Art Museum, Zhejiang Art Museum, World Tourism Museum (1368 Xiangxi Road), Quan Shanshi Art Center, and Yichuang Town, with a total exhibition area of nearly 70,000 square meters. Over 3,000 works from more than 2,500 Class of 2023 graduates (including 1,766 undergraduates, 688 masters, and 97 doctors) are showcased. Over 2,000 young artists, designers, writers, and scholars have gathered online for this youthful art event.
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