沈少民项目 SHEN SHAOMIN PROJECT

　　中国鲤鱼 CHINESE CARP

　　一条鱼

　　我盯着盘子里的一条鱼看

　　看着

　　看着

　　就看成了活鱼

　　我再盯着盘子里的活鱼看

　　看着

　　看着

　　就成了大海

　　我再盯着大海看

　　看着

　　看着

　　就看成了一望无际的盐滩

　　A FISH

　　Staring at the fish on my plate I looked

　　Kept looking

　　Kept looking

　　Until it looked like a living fish

　　Then, staring at the fish on my plate I looked

　　Kept looking

　　Kept looking

　　Until it looked like the sea

　　Then, staring at the sea

　　Kept looking

　　Kept looking

　　Until it looked like an endless salty beach

　　鲤鱼被视为中国的国鱼，中国人赋予鲤鱼丰富的文化内涵，常借鲤鱼表达美好向往。2018，中国掀起一阵“鲤鱼热”，无论在微博还是微信，全国各地各种“锦鲤”刷屏，一时间，“转发锦鲤求好运”成了中国网友们最热衷的事。

　　The Carp is regarded as the Chinese national fish. Chinese people endow the Carp fish with rich cultural connotations that express beautiful wishes through its symbolism and iconography. In 2018 "a carp fever" swept China's social medias, and many kinds of carp imageries and topics flooded the Internet. "Forward the Carp for good luck" became very popular among Chinese Netizens.

　　中国鲤鱼擅食微生物和浮游植物，曾被当作“环保卫士”大量引入其他国家，用来净化水质，后因其强大的适应力和繁殖能力，泛滥成灾，造成当地的生态失衡。因此各国想方设法开始围捕中国鲤鱼。

　　The Chinese carp eats microorganisms and phytoplankton, and as an ecological utility it was introduced to many other countries to purify water quality. However, due to its strong adaptability and fertility, the Chinese carp over-populated and caused local ecological imbalances. Nowadays people try to fish Chinese carps in an attempt to reduce its population.

　　每个人都是时代之河中的一条鱼。中国鲤鱼，在娱乐化、商业化当道的今日，在万物互联的大数据时代，成为了一个穿越古今、牵连传统与当代的特殊意象。

　　"Everyone is a fish in the river of time". In the entertainment and commercial fields, the Carp has become the special icon that crosses ancient times to modern days, connecting traditional and contemporary within the era of big data and the Internet of Everything.

　　在此项目中，艺术家结合电子科技与仿真硅胶，将2000条鲤鱼置于一片白色盐滩上，所有的机械鱼微弱地呼吸着挣扎着，在以假乱真的魔幻现实场景中，激发观众的无限遐想与对中国鲤鱼的别样思考。

　　In this project, the artist combines electronics and silica gel to replicate and simulate 2000 mechanical carps faintly breathing and struggling in an endless white salt flat. This magical scene will evoke in the audience boundless imagination and perspectives of thoughts towards the Chinese carp and its rich symbolism.

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