{"id":1872,"date":"2015-12-24T01:08:44","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T01:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gr-cultural.com\/catalogue.etac\/en\/jennis-li-cheng-tien\/"},"modified":"2016-08-22T15:35:17","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T13:35:17","slug":"jennis-li-cheng-tien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gr-cultural.com\/catalogue.etac\/en\/jennis-li-cheng-tien\/","title":{"rendered":"<b>Jennis Li Cheng Tien<\/b><br>2014-2015"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-12 vc_col-md-12 vc_col-xs-12&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1577&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; el_class=&#8221;jennis-imatges&#8221;]<div id=\"modal-trg-txt-wrap-5801\" class=\"ult-modal-input-wrapper ult-adjust-bottom-margin    \" data-keypress-control=\"keypress-control-enable\" data-overlay-control=\"overlay-control-enable\"><button  data-ultimate-target='#modal-trg-txt-wrap-5801 .btn-modal'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"background:rgba(255,255,255,0.01);border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.01);color:#003882; \" data-class-id=\"content-6a0b062d34d048-10021752\" class=\"btn-modal ult-responsive btn-primary btn-modal-md overlay-show modal-bio-button  ult-align-left btn-id-6a0b062d34d048-10021752\" data-overlay-class=\"overlay-cornerbottomleft\">BIOGRAPHY<\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"ult-overlay content-6a0b062d34d048-10021752 modal-bio\" data-class=\"content-6a0b062d34d048-10021752\" id=\"button-click-overlay\" style=\"background:rgba(0,56,130,0.95); display:none;\">\n\t<div class=\"ult_modal ult-fade ult-medium\">\n\t\t<div id=\"ult-modal-wrap-4205\" class=\"ult_modal-content ult-hide\" style=\"border-style:outset;border-width:0px;border-radius:0px;border-color:#333333;\">\n\t\t\t<div  data-ultimate-target='#ult-modal-wrap-4205 .ult_modal-body'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  class=\"ult_modal-body ult-responsive ult-html\" style=\"background:rgba(255,255,255,0.01);color:#adc5e4;\">\n\t\t\t<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"bio-doc alignnone wp-image-1864\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gr-cultural.com\/catalogue.etac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/document-256.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"23\" height=\"23\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gr-cultural.com\/catalogue.etac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/document-256.png 208w, https:\/\/www.gr-cultural.com\/catalogue.etac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/document-256-85x85.png 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 23px) 100vw, 23px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>during her residency, Jennis Li Cheng Tien worked on two projects <em>To various degrees<\/em> and <em>Remember the city by the colors <\/em>in which she stresses the importance of the river on the urban fabric and how this conditions the city\u2019s inhabitants. In Girona, she carried out <em>Dissipation, <\/em>an artistic intervention in which four ice blocks melted into the River Onyar, a metaphor for human desire for permanence in the world and the inevitable course of nature.<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"bio-key alignnone wp-image-1856\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gr-cultural.com\/catalogue.etac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/keywords-blanc-300x283.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"29\" height=\"27\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gr-cultural.com\/catalogue.etac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/keywords-blanc-300x283.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gr-cultural.com\/catalogue.etac\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/keywords-blanc.png 538w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 29px) 100vw, 29px\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0Keywords<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/strong><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Verdana;\">landscape, urban fabric, river, artistic intervention, ice blocks, residence, Onyar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Jennis Li Cheng Tien<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Taiwan. 1983.\u00a0She lives and works in Berlin.<\/p>\n<p>She focuses on territory and the differences that form cities as a way of creating her own conceptual language. She searches in deep urban spaces and makes other people take part in her research process, analysing how they get involved in and change the project. She investigates identity influenced by the digital alteration of images. And she shows us this through installations, site-specific projects, objects, photographs and videos.<\/p>\n<p>She holds a Diploma in Interactive Media Design from Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore (2003) and a Master\u2019s Degree in Public Art and New Artistic Strategies from the Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany (2010).<\/p>\n<p>She has exhibited her work at Le LAIT\u00a0Art Centre in Albi, France (2015); the RDV Gallery, Nantes (2014) and at Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (2012). In Germany, she has exhibited at Senatsreservenspeicher, Turtlelab and K\u00fcnstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (2013) and in Norway at the Babel Kunst, Trondheim (2013). She has also exhibited in Asia: at the Mizuma Gallery, Singapore (2015) and tamtamART Taipei IPIX, Taipei, Taiwan (2014). She has shown her work in Spain at the B\u00f2lit Contemporary Art Centre, Girona (2014-2015); at the Casal Son Tugores, Alar\u00f3, Mallorca (2015), and at Addaya Contemporary Art Centre (2014) and on the stand the Centre has in Madrid (2014), among others.<\/p>\n<p>During her residency with the grant awarded by ETAC, firstly at Le Lait, Laboratoire Artistique International du Tarn, Albi, France, and then at B\u00f2lit Contemporary Art Centre, Girona, Spain, Jennis Li Cheng Tien\u2019s creative research focussed on the study of the history and specifics of both cities, the importance played by their rivers and how they have influenced the current urban fabric.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>To various degrees, <\/em><\/strong><strong>2015<\/strong><br \/>\nThree installations and video (2 min 41 sec).<\/p>\n<p>At Le Lait, she carried out a research project on the flooding of the River Tarn of the art centre\u2019s basement. This led to three installations, with tiles and glass forming a visual representation of the event. One of the installations is made of the glass receptacles collected by those people affected by the flood, then painted and placed in glass containers.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Remember the city by the colors, <\/em><\/strong><strong>2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While in Girona, she worked on <em>Remember the city by the colors. <\/em>This was based on her research into the wide-scale restoration of the facades of those houses that give onto the River Onyar, and which had begun in the eighties. Under the same name, in Trondheim she was interested in how the colours or shades of houses create a Pantone that defines one of the city\u2019s most emblematic features.<\/p>\n<p>She also carried out the artistic intervention <strong><em>Dissipation<\/em><\/strong>. She placed four large ice blocks in the River Onyar, made from water collected from the river itself. The blocks then melted, losing their physical texture, the water returning once more to form part of the river current. Through this action, the artist proposes a reflection on human desire for permanence, the inevitable course of nature and the passing of time.\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"ult-overlay-close top-right\" style=\" \"><div class=\"ult-overlay-close-inside\">Close<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><div id=\"modal-trg-txt-wrap-3976\" class=\"ult-modal-input-wrapper ult-adjust-bottom-margin    \" data-keypress-control=\"keypress-control-enable\" data-overlay-control=\"overlay-control-enable\"><button  data-ultimate-target='#modal-trg-txt-wrap-3976 .btn-modal'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  style=\"background:rgba(255,255,255,0.01);border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.01);color:#003882; \" data-class-id=\"content-6a0b062d34d590-26233405\" class=\"btn-modal ult-responsive btn-primary btn-modal-md overlay-show modal-entrevista-button  ult-align-left btn-id-6a0b062d34d590-26233405\" data-overlay-class=\"overlay-cornerbottomleft\">INTERVIEW<\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"ult-overlay content-6a0b062d34d590-26233405 modal-entrevista\" data-class=\"content-6a0b062d34d590-26233405\" id=\"button-click-overlay\" style=\"background:rgba(0,0,0,0.95); display:none;\">\n\t<div class=\"ult_modal ult-fade ult-medium\">\n\t\t<div id=\"ult-modal-wrap-7417\" class=\"ult_modal-content ult-hide\" style=\"border-style:outset;border-width:0px;border-radius:0px;border-color:#333333;\">\n\t\t\t<div  data-ultimate-target='#ult-modal-wrap-7417 .ult_modal-body'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  class=\"ult_modal-body ult-responsive ult-youtube\" style=\"background:rgba(255,255,255,0.01);color:#adc5e4;\">\n\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5AEAe9q85n0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"ult-overlay-close top-right\" style=\" \"><div class=\"ult-overlay-close-inside\">Close<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_id=&#8221;artistes-pag&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;4\/12&#8243;][vc_custom_heading source=&#8221;post_title&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h1|text_align:left&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Raleway%3A100%2C200%2C300%2Cregular%2C500%2C600%2C700%2C800%2C900|font_style:600%20bold%20regular%3A600%3Anormal&#8221; el_class=&#8221;titols-artistes&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;8\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text]Born in 1983 in Taiwan, Jennis Li Cheng Tien moved to Singapore in 1997. She relocated to Germany in 2008 and completed her MFA in Public Art and New Artistic Strategies. She has lived and worked in Berlin since 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Jennis\u2019s work ranges from urban interventions to site-specific installations that aspire to be perceptually engaging. Her acute interest in spatial analysis and locality propelled her to focus on the points of intersection between architecture, sculpture and urban structure, subsequently refining her own conceptual and visual vocabulary. In most of her recent works, Jennis has attempted to integrate local participation, as she is interested in how her work can be shaped differently through people\u2019s input in order to add an additional layer of relevance and purpose to a place. While metaphor is essential in her conception and process, her focus is not primarily on the ideological but on the sensory, aesthetic experience on a primal, physical level.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_id=&#8221;artistes-pag&#8221;][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-4 vc_col-md-6 vc_col-xs-12&#8243;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;peus-fotos-artistes&#8221;]\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Dissipation<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nGirona<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Time-based Intervention in the river Onyar<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1164&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-4 vc_col-md-6 vc_col-xs-12&#8243;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;peus-fotos-artistes&#8221;]<em><strong>To various degrees<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em>Albi<\/p>\n<p>Installations based on site-specific research[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1165&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-4 vc_col-md-4 vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_col-xs-12 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs&#8221;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-6a0b062d34d8a\" data-id=\"6a0b062d34d8a\" data-height=\"30\" data-height-mobile=\"10\" data-height-tab=\"\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"10\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"10\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_id=&#8221;artistes-pag&#8221;][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-7 vc_col-md-12 vc_col-xs-12&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8221; https:\/\/vimeo.com\/147309079&#8243; el_class=&#8221;videos-quadrats&#8221;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;peus-fotos-artistes&#8221;]\n<p class=\"p1\"><b><i>Dissipation <\/i><\/b>2015, Time-based Intervention in the river Onyar in Girona<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-6a0b062d34da0\" data-id=\"6a0b062d34da0\" data-height=\"5\" data-height-mobile=\"5\" data-height-tab=\"5\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"5\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"5\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-5 vc_col-md-5 vc_col-xs-12&#8243;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-12 vc_col-xs-12&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"color: #003882;\"><strong><em>Dissipation<\/em><\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-6a0b062d34db4\" data-id=\"6a0b062d34db4\" data-height=\"10\" data-height-mobile=\"5\" data-height-tab=\"5\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"5\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"5\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-9 vc_col-md-12 vc_col-xs-12&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1190&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; alignment=&#8221;right&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]During the first part of my residency in Girona I first carried out research revolving around the most prominent row of colourful houses along the Onyar River.<\/p>\n<p>I approached and interviewed various residents, such as the artist Enric Ansesa and the architect working at the city\u2019s urban development department, as well as the paint manufacturer Pintures M. Vich, which produces specific paint colours for the Onyar houses. In addition to this research, I carried out a site-specific intervention in the river. Four large ice blocks were made from the water collected from the Onyar River. They were installed in one section of the river, creating a temporary divergence of the river flow. The duration of this intervention is determined by the amount of time it takes for the ice blocks to melt. With this work, I am interested in the portrayal of human desire for permanence in the world which is constantly confronted by the inevitable flux caused by nature.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_id=&#8221;artistes-pag&#8221;][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-12 vc_col-xs-12&#8243;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;text-destacat&#8221;]\n<h2><strong>\u201cWith this work, I am interested in the portrayal of human desire for permanence in the world which is constantly confronted by the inevitable flux caused by nature.\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-6 vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_col-xs-12&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_id=&#8221;artistes-pag&#8221;][vc_column][vc_media_grid element_width=&#8221;3&#8243; gap=&#8221;35&#8243; grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1458765406073-bcb1e801-e05a-4&#8243; include=&#8221;1167,1168,1169,1170&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-12 vc_col-md-12 vc_hidden-sm vc_col-xs-12 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-6a0b062d34dc4\" data-id=\"6a0b062d34dc4\" data-height=\"30\" data-height-mobile=\"10\" data-height-tab=\"10\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"10\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"10\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_id=&#8221;artistes-pag&#8221;][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-12 vc_col-xs-12&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-6a0b062d34dd5\" data-id=\"6a0b062d34dd5\" data-height=\"150\" data-height-mobile=\"10\" data-height-tab=\"10\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"10\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"10\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;1171&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; el_class=&#8221;imatges-artistes-peu&#8221;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;peus-fotos-artistes&#8221;]\n<p class=\"p1\"><b><i>To various degrees <\/i><\/b>2015, Installations based on site-specific research in Albi<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-12 vc_col-xs-12&#8243;][vc_column_text]My involvement with the river in Girona led me to focus on the main river in Albi. The experience of the clean-up operation of the basement of the Centre d&#8217;art Le LAIT following a recent flood prompted my research on local history and stories related to floods.<\/p>\n<p>Deploying pieces of dried mud left by the flood as a visual metaphor, I created several experiments that were all presented in an exhibition resembling an artist\u2019s laboratory. The main installation consisted of a showcase displaying pieces of dried mud covered with a layer of white water-resistant paint. These pieces were subsequently placed inside various glass recipients which had been collected from residents previously affected by flooding. During my stay in Albi I was also in contact with a local architect and an author of children\u2019s books. They shared their knowledge about the river at an open studio event.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #003882;\"><b>To various degrees<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/vimeo.com\/142125874&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-6a0b062d34de4\" data-id=\"6a0b062d34de4\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"10\" data-height-tab=\"10\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"10\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"10\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_id=&#8221;artistes-pag&#8221;][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-3 vc_col-md-3 vc_col-xs-12&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-6a0b062d34df2\" data-id=\"6a0b062d34df2\" data-height=\"330\" data-height-mobile=\"20\" data-height-tab=\"130\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"20\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"20\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_column_text]\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">The collections are based on my research of floods caused by the rLe Tarn River in the city of Albi, France.<br \/>\nThe essential element of all three installations is derived from a collection of dried mud tiles left by a recent flood in the basement of Le Centre d\u2019art Le LAIT in Albi, France.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-4 vc_col-md-4 vc_col-xs-12&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-6a0b062d34e02\" data-id=\"6a0b062d34e02\" data-height=\"200\" data-height-mobile=\"20\" data-height-tab=\"100\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"20\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"20\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;1172&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; el_class=&#8221;jennis-foto-individual&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-5 vc_col-md-5 vc_col-xs-12&#8243;][vc_media_grid element_width=&#8221;6&#8243; gap=&#8221;10&#8243; grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1458765406101-3a041d6b-55fc-10&#8243; include=&#8221;1173,1174,1175,1176,1177,1178&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-6a0b062d34e10\" data-id=\"6a0b062d34e10\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"10\" data-height-tab=\"10\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"10\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"10\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-2 vc_col-md-5 vc_hidden-sm vc_col-xs-12 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-6a0b062d34e1f\" data-id=\"6a0b062d34e1f\" data-height=\"270\" data-height-mobile=\"10\" data-height-tab=\"10\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"10\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"10\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;1179&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; el_class=&#8221;jennis-imatges-petites&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-4 vc_col-md-7 vc_col-xs-12&#8243;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;text-destacat&#8221;]\n<h2><strong>\u201cdisplacements of matter and transformations\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;jennis-text-final&#8221;]The work of Jennis Li Cheng Tien can be compared to that of an archaeologist, who explores the land in search of its origins. It also resembles that of an artisan, who experiments with the various changes in the state of matter, and that of an researcher, who draws on documentation, searching for evidence that will attest to a reality specific to his field of inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>Jennis Li Cheng Tien is an artist who transposes her observations and experimentations so as to suggest a personal and poetic vision of the territory, landscape and\/or city which she establishes at the heart of her work, and whose singular characteristics she consistently highlights.<\/p>\n<p>Her plastic propositions and \u2018translational\u2019 work provide us with a way of deciphering the history of mankind in all its singularity.<\/p>\n<p>In Albi, Jennis gathered fragments of silt left behind by the floods of November 2014 in the basement of the Moulins Albigeois (Albi Mills) exhibition space. This soil, which originated from the Rougier de Camar\u00e8s area, travelled several dozens of kilometres before settling underneath the Moulins centre. As such, it already represents a form of \u2018displaced territory\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Her interest in this red earth then led her to local architecture, which uses bricks made out of this same soil, thus constituting another example of matter that is displaced in order to be transformed.<\/p>\n<p>Her attention to thorough documentation then led her to Henry Ser, an architect in Albi.<\/p>\n<p>The work process she engages in is identical, involving displacements of matter (fragments of silt) and transformations (pictorial treatment and various experimentations).<\/p>\n<p>The act of painting the fragments gives them a precious aspect, like items from an archaeological excavation, shards of pottery of ceramics that have lived a life of their own\u2026<\/p>\n<p>In her search for individual and collective stories, Jennis first met with the writer Brigitte Coppin, an author of books on medieval history who lives in the Tarn region. She then invited residents of the Moulins Albigeois area, who endure the erratic assaults of the River Tarn, to share their stories with her and give her some clear glass containers \u2013 glasses, dishes, vases\u2026 Serving as metaphors of their homes and personal stories, these containers were gathered together at the Moulins centre, on a table facing the river.[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-6a0b062d34e2c\" data-id=\"6a0b062d34e2c\" data-height=\"0\" data-height-mobile=\"10\" data-height-tab=\"10\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"10\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"10\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-4 vc_col-md-7 vc_col-xs-12&#8243;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;jennis-text-final&#8221;]For the Open Studio she designed at the exhibition space, Jennis displayed a few of her painted fragments on shelves, like a collection of archaeological treasures. The containers provided by the residents are filled with water, into which she delicately deposits her fragments. The earth crumbles in the water, which becomes cloudy at first, before the sediment gradually settles.<\/p>\n<p>Only the \u2018skin\u2019 of the paint is left at the surface of the water \u2013 an imprint of the transformed matter, the creation of another form of memory. The silt resumes its movement at the bottom of the container, dissolved, shapeless. After becoming solidified by an extraordinary event and made visible for a short while, it once again reverts to its initial shapeless and elusive form.<\/p>\n<p>Further back, on the windowsill overlooking the river, Jennis placed a flat screen that shows a static shot of the red, roaring river. The colour contrast is startling on the days when the river reverts to its pale green hue, reminding us of the ever-changing nature of things. The screen sits on a layer of silt, which the artist crumbled and filtered until she obtained a soft, smooth powder, reminiscent of spices or pigments, or other noble and precious substances\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Jennis\u2019s work process, which is very rational and relational, documented and protean, matters as much as the result that summarises these various aspects. All the different elements produce a metaphoric, poetic and singular proposition, which reflects each studied location. There is nothing automatic about her work, despite the fact that she always uses some form of natural element (light, water\u2026), and consistently reproduces a plural approach that involves elements of archaeology\/handicraft\/documentation\/art. Each new work is a new beginning. The protean nature of Jennis\u2019s artistic productions might at first make her work seem a little hard to comprehend as a whole. But hidden under this apparent disparity of forms is a subtly constructed, delicate, and highly contemporary practice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Murielle Edet<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;text-destacat&#8221;]\n<h2><strong>\u201cThe different elements produce a metaphoric, poetic and singular proposition which reflects each studied location.\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-2 vc_col-md-5 vc_hidden-sm vc_col-xs-12 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1180&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; el_class=&#8221;jennis-imatges-petites-esquerra&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During her residency, Jennis Li Cheng Tien worked on two projects To various degrees and Remember the city by the colors in which she stresses the importance of the river on the urban fabric and how this conditions the city\u2019s inhabitants. In Girona, she carried out Dissipation, an artistic intervention in which four ice blocks melted into the River Onyar, a metaphor for human desire for permanence in the world and the inevitable course of nature. 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