Wang Lu photo exhibition “Now here, Now there” 9/12 – 22

08/27/2020

The COVID-19 occurred in the first half of 2020 has become a true milestone of the times. It has brought many difficulties to people, forcing them to live in fear of unseen threats and pressured by anxiety with no place to go.

In a society that has been changed so much in recent months, many people are pondering more than ever about their own position in society and their future life plans.

Reminders Photography Stronghold has experienced the first postponement of exhibitions and workshops since the gallery opened. Many galleries and museums in the world were closed to prevent the spread of the virus, the annual photo festival had to be cancelled or postponed, which made it hard for people who were planning to produce or present their work to come to a standstill.

We thought about what we could do to help in this situation. Then we decided to hold an open call for an exhibition for individuals or groups to create works under the theme of COVID-19 Pandemic.

The application was closed on August 15, one winner and three finalists were selected. The winner is Wang Lu’s work “Now here, Now there”. To commemorate the award, a solo exhibition will be held from September 12 to 22. Please come and visit us during this period.

We are also planning to exhibit the works of the three finalists from October 17 to 25.
Please look forward to seeing them as well.
https://reminders-project.org/rps/covid19exhibit_finalistjp/

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2020年上半年新冠肺炎的发酵，仿佛是象征着“时代的节点”的事件。它给人们带来了很多困难，恐惧，以及无形的威胁。生活被无处可去的不安所压迫。

而在这三四个月里，整个社会发生了很大的变化。我们认为在这样的前提下，很多人比以往任何时候都在思考自己在社会中的地位和未来的人生规划。

Reminders Photography Stronghold画廊成立以来，第一次经历了企划展和研讨会等的延期。在全世界，为了防止新冠病毒的感染扩大，画廊和美术馆一律关闭，历年举办的摄影节不得不取消或延期。对于正在制作作品和准备发表作品的艺术家来说，不得不去重新思考接下来要怎么做。在这种情况下，我们考虑了我们能够做什么。我们决定以“COVID-19流行”为主题，公开征集个人或团体创作的作品。

到8月15日报名截止，我们评选出1名大奖得主和3名入围者，最终确定大奖得主为王露的作品《现在，这里。现在，那里。》。为了纪念获奖，王露将在9月12日至9月22日举办个展。希望各位在展览期间前来参观。

我们还计划于10月17日至10月25日展出其他三位入围者的作品。也请大家期待。

【緊急企画展COVID-19パンデミック公募ファイナリスト決定】杉浦修治「dissociation」、松下律子「空を仰ぎ、彼らを見送る」、魏子涵「呼吸の響き」

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©️Wang Lu / Here and now, there

Now here, Now there

Due to influence of COVID-19, some of my work in progress is hard to be produced for now.

The work “Now here, Now there” is a story that mixes reality and a fictional description of my hometown and Tokyo as its subjects.

I use a map of China to visualize the landscape of returning home by combining images which cut from the map with the photos taken in my hometown.

On the other hand, with the COVID-19 explosion, a new routine is created, the action of “washing hand, disinfecting hands” has become a very frequent and important act, often mentioned by the government, newspapers, family and friends.

I took this new normal life as one perspective, expressed a new lifestyle through photography.

The fictional description took me back home and back to the past as well.

But the newly created routine always presents me with a return to reality.

Wang Lu

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《现在，这里。现在，那里。》
由于新冠肺炎的影响，我现在正在制作的作品无法继续进行。在这个前提下诞生了这次的作品《现在，这里。现在，那里。》。这是一个以我的故乡和我现在所居住的地方为拍摄对象，通过现实和虚构的想象交织在一起的作品。我通过利用地图中实时取景的截取画像，和以往在故乡拍摄的照片重新排列，合成，把“回到故乡”的风景可视化。同时，新冠肺炎的爆发产生了很多新的日常。“洗手，给手消毒’这一动作被来自政府，新闻，家人和朋友不断强调，变得非常频繁和重要。我以新日常为切入点，通过摄影媒介表现了新的生活样貌。虚构的记述带着我回到了故乡，回到了过去。但是，新的日常生活总是提示着我回到现实。
王露

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Wang Lu photo exhibition “Now here, Now there”
*From 2020,Sep,12(Sat)-22(Tue)
13:00~19:00 No charge
*Facebook live art-talk
2020,Sep,12(Sat),19:00~

*Location:Reminders Photography Stronghold Gallery
Address:2-chōme-38-5 Higashimukōjima
(Tobu-Isesaki Line, 6 minutes walk from Hikifune Station or 5 minutes walk from Keisei Hikifune Station)

王露写真展《现在，这里。现在，那里。》
◎展期：2020年9月12日(六)〜22日(二)
13:00~19:00 展期午休、入场免费
◎Facebook 直播艺术家对谈
2020年9月12日（六）午后19:00～

◎展览会场：Reminders Photography Stronghold Gallery
地址：東京都墨田区東向島2-38-5
（東武スカイツリーライン曳舟駅より徒歩６分・京成曳舟駅より徒歩５分）

©️Wang Lu / Now here, Now there

Profile | WANG LU
Born in China,1989. Based in Tokyo.Graduated from Musashino Art University, Department of Imaging Arts & Sciences. Currently enrolled in the Department of Intermedia Art at Tokyo University of the Arts. By using photographic media, visualizing the time, memories, and the daily life that we usually overlook, to make fictional and non-fictional story, which has been presented in galleries in Japan and abroad.The work in progress, “Frozen are the Winds of Time”, is an attempt to visualize time as well as memory using the microcosm of family. The work for exhibition this time, “Here and now, there” depicts a story with a mixture of reality and fictional imagination.

The 20th「1_WALL」Photography, Finalist (2019);Canon’s New Cosmos of Photography, Honorable Mention Award (2019);Canon Ginza Presents Shines Award (2019);In the LensCulture Critics’ Choice 2020 Awards (2020), the work is recommended by Aperture Magazine’s editor, Michael Famighetti, and is scheduled to be exhibited in 2021.

个人简介 | 王露
1989年生于中国山西。本科毕业于武蔵野美術大学造型学部映像学科摄影方向。现在就读于东京艺术大学先端艺术表现学科。通过使用摄影媒介将时间、记忆和不被注意的日常生活等，以故事和虚构叙事的方式视觉化。作品曾在国内外的画廊，美术馆等发表。目前正在进行的作品《时间的风，停下了》，是以家庭为缩影把时间以及记忆可视化的尝试。此次展出的作品《现在，这里。现在，那里。》描述了现实和虚构想象下的故事。

曾获第20回日本「1_WALL」写真 Finalist(2019)；第42回日本写真新世纪佳作赏(2019)；第2回佳能SHINES写真家选拔受赏(2019)； LensCulture Critics’ Choice 2020 Awards (2020)中，作品被美国Aperture杂志编辑迈克尓・法米格赫蒂推荐，并计划于2021年展出。

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