Gao Wenqian: The Light Emanating from Tweening

“Tweening”-the animation step of filling in frames between key images-is seen by Gao Wenqian as a way to think about time. In Potemkin Village, he turns a Russian reference into a sandbox installation that “feeds” images to Al. With playful intent, he inserts a looping “image of time” into the machine, letting it gradually break from his design and slip out of the loop.

His earlier work 24 Hours (2016) stretched a “clock tower” scene in the style of Chibi Maruko-chan to last a full day; projection drift slowly pushed it out of sync with reality. In Empire, every frame stays aligned with real time, with a virtual lighthouse flashing the hours in the gallery.

From his home desk to the exhibition space, Gao uses tweening to turn the computer’s processes—soon to be taken over by machines—into tangible marks of time.

The Rehearsal Project

“The Rehearsal Project” is not only a theater space that is both public and private, but also an experimental time for adjusting experience and feedback. As an exploratory artist solo exhibition plan of Taikang Art Museum, it will inherit the tradition of Taikang Space 51m² project and “Sunlight Pavilion Series”, take Taikang Art Museum CBD public space as a new coordinate, continue to promote the presentation and research plan of outstanding artists; continue to promote the exploration of the value construction of Chinese contemporary art subjectivity; continue to accompany the fresh artistic practice to grow together.