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The Seed Within|种子一直在那

Project statement

Developed during the Liangrang Experimental Art Festival, The Seed Within emerged from the artist’s ongoing exploration of inner perception and the forms that may remain present beneath experience. During the residency, the idea of the “seed” became a way of giving this otherwise intangible presence a concrete form: something quietly held within each person, which may take the shape of an ideal, a memory, a desire, or a self not yet fully seen.

《种子一直在那》于良壤实验艺术节期间展开,源于艺术家对内在感知,以及那些始终潜藏于经验之下的事物的持续探索。在此次驻留中,“种子”成为一种将这种原本难以言说的存在具体化的方式:它存在于每个人心中,可以是一份理想、一段记忆、一个愿望,也可能是一个尚未被真正看见的自己。

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The project extended into an open work, bringing together painting, space and participation. Its large-scale installation developed from the structural language of Friday Hug, while the seed itself became a new conceptual form within the artist’s practice. During the open studio, participants were invited to create their own seeds. What emerged was not a collection of identical symbols, but a gathering of distinctly different forms, each carrying its own possibility and presence.

Rather than defining what the seed should become, the project leaves it open—something already there, waiting to be encountered.

项目进一步延伸为一个开放的作品,将绘画、空间与参与结合在一起。大型装置的结构延续自作品《星期五的拥抱》的视觉语言,而“种子”则成为艺术家创作中一个新的概念性形态。在开放工作室中,参与者被邀请创作属于自己的种子。最终出现的并不是一组相同的符号,而是许多彼此不同的形态,每一颗种子都带着自身的可能性与存在。

作品并不试图定义种子最终会成为什么,而是将它保持在开放的状态——某种一直存在于那里,等待被重新遇见的东西。

Selected works

Encounters X|相逢-X
Artist
Na Xin / 那芯
Title
Encounters X|相逢-X
Year
2026
Medium
mixed media on Canvas
Dimensions
38 × 60 cm
Series
Encounters / 相逢
Encounters VII|相逢-VII
Artist
Na Xin / 那芯
Title
Encounters VII|相逢-VII
Year
2026
Medium
mixed media on wood panel
Dimensions
40 × 50 cm
Series
Encounters / 相逢
Encounters VI|相逢-VI
Artist
Na Xin / 那芯
Title
Encounters VI|相逢-VI
Year
2026
Medium
mixed media on Canvas
Dimensions
80 × 100 cm
Series
Encounters / 相逢
Sun Day II|丙火之日 II
Artist
Na Xin / 那芯
Title
Sun Day II|丙火之日 II
Year
2026
Medium
mixed media on Canvas
Dimensions
20 × 20 cm
Series
Illuminations / 照见

Documentation

Na Xin seated at an easel, working with a brush during The Seed Within residency.
Na Xin reaching toward small circular forms on a yellow-lit wall, beside stacked blocks.
Two views of The Seed Within: Na Xin walking among stacked-block columns, and standing before paintings displayed on a wall and plinths.
Na Xin holding a yellow painting in front of a wall displaying smaller works.