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        2021 年 8 月中下旬，作者在四川甘孜藏族自治州丹巴縣進行駐留和創作。該地屬於嘉絨藏區，四周被四座被當地人尊稱為神山的山脈包圍。作者居住在山中藏寨，幾乎天都徒步進入山林，以雙腳丈量人類和自然的距離關係，對現實存在的聲音和聲景作忠實的記錄。20 天的駐留生活體會和進行大量的田野錄音工作之後，他發現這些原始的、質樸的、不經修飾的聲音在病毒肆虐的 2021 年那個當下是如此珍貴。
在田野錄音的過程中，他同時對聲音和影像進行記錄，聲音和影像也在進程中同時進行編排和構圖（Composition）。影像用垂直 9:16 模擬肖像構圖，將鏡頭前的現實當作擬人對象，嘗試以觀察者和聆聽者的角度，期待觀眾與之進行某種深層對話。聲音收錄的角度範圍比視覺角度更加寬廣，最終我們在影像中聽見的同步聲景，觀眾之感受將會遠超幕布之外。
作品最終落地於長沙，作者親自搭建了一個高度接近 8 米，佔地大約 35 平方米的觀影台。以白紗撐起記憶中那座「藏式白塔」，以空心磚搭建半弧形矮牆，「白塔」和圍牆之間用彩色小旗連接 —— 作者將他在甘孜州駐留期間的身體記憶實體化，每日清晨踏出房屋，迎面而來的就是高聳的山，像一堵巨大的牆佇立在我們的面前，我們只能仰望。渺小的個體和龐然無邊的大自然，形成巨大的落差，是作者在搭建這個裝置中嘗試探討的另一個議題。
白紗、無字彩旗和磚牆之間形成了一個被半環繞被包裹的場域空間，人處於其中或許可以被視為一種受到庇護的狀態。同時，在展館內通過使用多部電風扇讓空氣從空心磚牆後方向白紗流動，帶動彩旗和白紗飄動，亦是對他記憶的某種還原。
        In mid August 2021, the artist undertook a residency in Garzê, Sichuan, within the Gyalrong Tibetan region, encircled by four mountain ranges revered as sacred. Living in a mountain village, he spent nearly every day hiking into the forests, measuring the fragile distance between humans and nature with his own footsteps, and faithfully recording the sound and scene he encountered. After 20 days of immersion and extensive fieldwork, he came to realize how precious these raw, unadorned sounds were, especially in the pandemic-stricken year of 2021.
Alongside sound, he also recorded video, treating both as parallel forms of composition. The images, framed vertically in 9:16 as if in portrait, regard the landscapes as human-like presences, inviting viewers into an intimate dialogue. Meanwhile, sound extended beyond the camera's gaze, offering a sonic field that reaches far past the edges of the screen.
The work was ultimately realized in Changsha, where the artist constructed an 8-meter-high, 35-square-meter viewing structure. White chiffon evoked the image of a "white Tibetan chorten," while a semicircular wall of hollow bricks and strings of colorful flags recreated the embodied memories of Garzê: each morning stepping outside to face towering mountains like immovable walls. The striking contrast between the smallness of the individual and the immensity of nature is another theme the artist sought to explore in constructing this installation.
Within the semi-enclosed space formed by fabric, flags, and hollow bricksy, visitors experienced a state of shelter. Fans concealed behind the wall directed air currents that set the flags and fabric into motion — an ephemeral gesture of memory and a quiet homage to the mountains.
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