Syncopation
2020–2021 · Photography / Installation / Publication
"Time folds, and it doesn't fold neatly."
— Raqs Media Collective
"时间折叠，却从不齐整。"——Raqs媒体小组
Syncopation examines the uneven temporalities of urbanization
through photographs made along the urban fringes of Chengdu. The project
focuses on surfaces, objects, and improvised structures that gather
where different systems overlap without fully synchronizing.
The work unfolds across two publications, Now and Elsewhere, alongside a photographic installation. Now attends to weathered and provisional forms: rust, faded fabric, weeds, dust, spiderwebs, and thresholds caught between use, neglect, and redevelopment. Elsewhere turns toward neon afterimages, LED surfaces, decorative structures, and staged environments associated with progress and aspiration.
Ruin and futurity do not appear here as opposites. They occupy the same terrain. The urban fringe is not outside the city, but one of the places through which the city is continually made.
The work unfolds across two publications, Now and Elsewhere, alongside a photographic installation. Now attends to weathered and provisional forms: rust, faded fabric, weeds, dust, spiderwebs, and thresholds caught between use, neglect, and redevelopment. Elsewhere turns toward neon afterimages, LED surfaces, decorative structures, and staged environments associated with progress and aspiration.
Ruin and futurity do not appear here as opposites. They occupy the same terrain. The urban fringe is not outside the city, but one of the places through which the city is continually made.
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《切分》通过沿成都城市边缘拍摄的照片，考察城市化进程中不均质的时间节奏。该项目
聚焦于那些在不同系统交叠却未能完全同步之处汇聚的表面、物件与临时构筑物。
作品以两本出版物——《此时》与《彼处》——及一组摄影装置共同呈现。《此时》关注 风化与暂存形态：铁锈、褪色的织物、杂草、尘土、蛛网，以及那些游移于使用、遗弃 与再开发之间的边界状态。《彼处》则转向霓虹残影、LED表面、装饰性结构，以及与 进步和愿景相关的人造景观。
废墟与未来在此并非对立，而是共存于同一片土地之上。城市边缘并非在城市之外， 而是城市持续生成自身的场所之一。
作品以两本出版物——《此时》与《彼处》——及一组摄影装置共同呈现。《此时》关注 风化与暂存形态：铁锈、褪色的织物、杂草、尘土、蛛网，以及那些游移于使用、遗弃 与再开发之间的边界状态。《彼处》则转向霓虹残影、LED表面、装饰性结构，以及与 进步和愿景相关的人造景观。
废墟与未来在此并非对立，而是共存于同一片土地之上。城市边缘并非在城市之外， 而是城市持续生成自身的场所之一。