词语，世界，墙 | Word, World, Wall

装置 | Installation

刘颢 | Liu Hao

中国 | China

2017

机器带来自由和效率，也构成规则和隔离

word，world，wall，三个在英语中发音相似的词，都指向作品的每一层意思，又彼此相互关系共同构成语言逻辑。Word——词语，用停车场防护栏焊接成的装置主体，它本身就是一个词汇：机器（machine），它组成了我们当代社会的基础构建；word作为动词也可以是拼写的意思，而机器同时也拼写出了我们的世界（world），世界由机器拼写而成；墙（wall）——在一角用防护栏拼成瀑布，瀑布本身是一种自然景观，但防护栏作为材料本身就是对空间的一种隔离，如果把它看做一面工业化的围墙，那就像当代都市对周围环境的隔离，都市内在空间的隔离，个体和城市之间的隔离。

这件作品通过语言和材料之间构建出来的观念来表达当下工业化背景下的社会学格局和生活情境。视觉、词义之间的一场通感游戏，让观者在反思机器带来的障碍与限制时，体会到的层次是丰富的。

Machine Brings Freedom and Efficiency, Forming Discipline and Isolation.

Word, world, wall, the three words with similar pronunciation, all refer to certain meaning of the artwork, and together they are related to each other to form the logic of the language. Word - the main body of is welded by parking protection bar and present the word “machine” as a whole, which also forms the basic structure of our contemporary society; “word”, as a verb, also has the meaning of “spelling”, machine also spells out our world, and the world is spelled by machines. Wall - part of the bars forms a waterfall in the corner. The waterfall is a natural landscape, yet the protective bars as the material is an isolation towards space. If it is regarded as an industrial wall, then you can see the isolation between the contemporary city and its surrounding environment, the isolation inside the cities and also the isolation between the individual and the city.

This work expresses the sociological pattern and living situation under the current industrialization background through the concept constructed by language and material. A synaesthetic game between vision and meaning allows viewers to experience the rich layers among the artwork while reflecting the obstacles and limitations brought by machines.