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Scene Design, for Taikang Art Museum Beijing.

Type
Scene Design

Date
August, 2024

Site
Taikang Art Museum, Beijing, CHINA.

Majoring Part
Concept, Installation Design, and Modeling.

This project was created for the anniversary celebration of the Taikang Art Museum, which also coincided with the opening of artist Zhang Peili’s solo exhibition. Drawing on the artist’s iconic “rubber glove” motif, the design integrates screens with spatial installations. The aim is to create a neutral and versatile interface capable of supporting diverse possibilities. Through the “rubber-like” wrapping of the screens and their detachment from traditional stage formats, the installation intertwines with the audience, blurring the boundaries between art and people. It embodies the idea of “making art a part of life, and part of play, rather than an end goal.”

 

In this project, I am mainly responsible for parts of creative ideas, Installation Design, and Modeling.

The space and scene design are founded on the artist’s emblematic “glove” element. Zhang Peili views rubber gloves as an object of depiction due to their “meaninglessness.” However, for viewers of his work, these monumental gloves evoke a strong sense of expression and meaning. Within the event space, the installations interweave with the crowd, immersing participants in the artist’s narrative and emotional resonance, seamlessly merging the event and the exhibition.

The fragmented screens move beyond traditional event visuals, adopting the form of an exhibition-like visual artwork. The venue itself transforms into a large-scale art piece, where all attendees become both spectators and integral parts of the installation. Like Zhang Peili’s works, the installation is imbued with an ambiguous “meaninglessness of meaning.” It is through human participation—be it performances, speeches, or visual content—that the installation, like gloves being used, gains new layers of significance.