{"id":1874,"date":"2015-12-23T01:08:44","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T00:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gr-cultural.com\/catalogue.etac\/jennis-li-cheng-tien\/"},"modified":"2016-08-22T15:13:27","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T13:13:27","slug":"jennis-li-cheng-tien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gr-cultural.com\/catalogue.etac\/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; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1455377098959{background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221;]<div id=\"modal-trg-txt-wrap-1404\" 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-1404 .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-6a0b060d5e27c0-80561634\" class=\"btn-modal ult-responsive btn-primary btn-modal-md overlay-show modal-bio-button  ult-align-left btn-id-6a0b060d5e27c0-80561634\" data-overlay-class=\"overlay-cornerbottomleft\">BIOGRAFIA<\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"ult-overlay content-6a0b060d5e27c0-80561634 modal-bio\" data-class=\"content-6a0b060d5e27c0-80561634\" 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-4030\" 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-4030 .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 \u00a0Resum:\u00a0<\/strong>Jennis Li Cheng Tien treballa durant la seva resid\u00e8ncia en dos projectes <em>To various degrees<\/em> i <em>Remember the city by the colors <\/em>en els quals emfatitza la import\u00e0ncia del riu en l\u2019entramat urb\u00e0 i com aquest condiciona els seus habitants. A Girona fa una intervenci\u00f3 art\u00edstica, <em>Dissipation, <\/em>en qu\u00e8 quatre blocs de gel es fonen al riu Onyar com a met\u00e0fora del desig de perman\u00e8ncia de l\u2019\u00e9sser hum\u00e0 al m\u00f3n i l\u2019inevitable curs de la natura.<\/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\u00a0<\/strong>Paraules clau:\u00a0<\/strong>paisatge, entramat urb\u00e0, riu, intervenci\u00f3 art\u00edstica, blocs de gel, resid\u00e8ncia, Onyar.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Jennis Li Cheng Tien<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Taiwan. 1983.\u00a0Viu i treballa a Berl\u00edn.<\/p>\n<p>Se centra en el territori i en les difer\u00e8ncies d\u2019elements que configuren les ciutats per tal de crear un vocabulari conceptual propi. Busca en les profunditats urbanes i fa participar les persones en el proc\u00e9s de recerca i analitza com s\u2019involucren en el projecte i el modifiquen. Investiga la identitat influenciada per l\u2019alteraci\u00f3 digital de les imatges. I ens ho mostra a trav\u00e9s d\u2019instal\u00b7lacions, projectes <em>site-specific<\/em>, objectes, fotografies i v\u00eddeos.<\/p>\n<p>Diplomada en Disseny de Mitjans Interactius a Temasek Polytechnic, Singapur, Xina (2003), i m\u00e0ster en Art P\u00fablic i Noves Estrat\u00e8gies Art\u00edstiques a la Universitat Bauhaus de Weimar, Alemanya (2010).<\/p>\n<p>Ha exposat a Fran\u00e7a al Centre d\u2019art Le LAIT\u00a0a Albi (2015), a la Galeria RDV de Nantes (2014) i al Palais de Tokyo de Par\u00eds (2012). A Alemanya, a Berl\u00edn, al Senatsreservenspeicher, al Turtlelab i al K\u00fcnstlerhaus Bethanien (2013) i al Babel Kunst de Trondheim a Noruega (2013). Tamb\u00e9 ha exposat a \u00c0sia, a la Xina a la Mizuma Gallery de Singapur (2015) i IPIX de Taipei a Taiwan (2014). A Espanya ha mostrat la seva obra al B\u00f2lit Centre d&#8217;Art Contemporani a Girona (2015-2014), a Alar\u00f3, Mallorca, al Casal Son Tugores (2015), i a Addaya, Centre d\u2019Art Contemporani (2014) i a l\u2019estand d\u2019aquest mateix centre a Madrid (2014), entre altres.<\/p>\n<p>Com a resident de la beca de l\u2019ETAC primer a Le Lait, Laboratoire Artistique International du Tarn, Albi, Fran\u00e7a, i despr\u00e9s al B\u00f2lit Centre d&#8217;Art Contemporani, Girona, Espanya, la recerca creativa de Jennis Li Cheng Tien es va centrar en l\u2019estudi de la hist\u00f2ria i les especificitats de cada ciutat, la import\u00e0ncia dels seus rius i com han influ\u00eft en l\u2019entramat urb\u00e0 actual.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>To various degrees, <\/em><\/strong><strong>2015<\/strong><br \/>\nTres instal\u00b7lacions i v\u00eddeo (2 min 41 sec)<\/p>\n<p>A Le Lait realitza un projecte d\u2019investigaci\u00f3 sobre les inundacions del riu Tarn al soterrani del centre d\u2019art. Se\u2019n deriven tres instal\u00b7lacions on les rajoles i el vidre representen la visualitzaci\u00f3 dels fets. Una de les instal\u00b7lacions consta dels envasos recollits per persones que s\u2019han vist afectades per la riuada, pintades i col\u00b7locades en contenidors de vidre.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Remember the city by the colors, <\/em><\/strong><strong>2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Girona es va centrar en <em>Remember the city by the colors<\/em> a trav\u00e9s del qual investigava el projecte de rehabilitaci\u00f3 de les fa\u00e7anes de les cases del riu Onyar iniciat als anys vuitanta. Com al projecte del mateix nom realitzat a Trondheim, s\u2019interessa pels colors de les cases o les tonalitats que creen un Pantone que defineix un espai emblem\u00e0tic de la ciutat.<\/p>\n<p>Tamb\u00e9 va dur a terme la intervenci\u00f3 art\u00edstica <strong><em>Dissipation<\/em><\/strong>. Va col\u00b7locar dins el riu Onyar quatre grans blocs de gel fets amb la mateixa aigua del riu. Els blocs es fonien, deixant la seva textura f\u00edsica, i l\u2019aigua acabava formant part altre cop del corrent. Amb aquesta acci\u00f3 l\u2019artista proposa una reflexi\u00f3 sobre el desig de perman\u00e8ncia de l\u2019\u00e9sser hum\u00e0, l\u2019ineludible curs de la natura i el pas del temps.\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-3336\" 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-3336 .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-6a0b060d5e2dd8-82768854\" class=\"btn-modal ult-responsive btn-primary btn-modal-md overlay-show modal-entrevista-button  ult-align-left btn-id-6a0b060d5e2dd8-82768854\" data-overlay-class=\"overlay-cornerbottomleft\">ENTREVISTA<\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"ult-overlay content-6a0b060d5e2dd8-82768854 modal-entrevista\" data-class=\"content-6a0b060d5e2dd8-82768854\" 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-4574\" 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-4574 .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-6a0b060d5e314\" data-id=\"6a0b060d5e314\" 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-6a0b060d5e374\" data-id=\"6a0b060d5e374\" 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-6a0b060d5e38d\" data-id=\"6a0b060d5e38d\" 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:1458765118915-2f45aacc-f4b8-7&#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-6a0b060d5e3a1\" data-id=\"6a0b060d5e3a1\" 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-6a0b060d5e3b6\" data-id=\"6a0b060d5e3b6\" 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-6a0b060d5e3c8\" data-id=\"6a0b060d5e3c8\" 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-6a0b060d5e3db\" data-id=\"6a0b060d5e3db\" data-height=\"300\" 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_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-6a0b060d5e3ec\" data-id=\"6a0b060d5e3ec\" 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:1458765118944-1a887563-5bb7-5&#8243; include=&#8221;1173,1174,1175,1176,1177,1178&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-6a0b060d5e3fe\" data-id=\"6a0b060d5e3fe\" 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-6a0b060d5e411\" data-id=\"6a0b060d5e411\" 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-6a0b060d5e421\" data-id=\"6a0b060d5e421\" 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][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jennis Li Cheng Tien treballa durant la seva resid\u00e8ncia en dos projectes To various degrees i Remember the city by the colors en els quals emfatitza la import\u00e0ncia del riu en l\u2019entramat urb\u00e0 i com aquest condiciona els seus habitants. A Girona fa una intervenci\u00f3 art\u00edstica, Dissipation, en qu\u00e8 quatre blocs de gel es fonen al riu Onyar com a met\u00e0fora del desig de perman\u00e8ncia de l\u2019\u00e9sser hum\u00e0 al m\u00f3n i l\u2019inevitable curs de la natura. 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