The Pentium Era - South to North

Zhang Chen left his office, went downstairs, and drove to the "Riverside Oil Painting Gallery". Tomorrow is the day when Lao Ju's "Battle of Feishui" video exhibition will be launched. Lao Ju has been setting up the exhibition yesterday and today. It should be almost done by now. , Zhang Chen is going to take a sneak peek to see what this "Battle of Feishui" is like.

Zhang Chen arrived at the "Riverside Oil Painting Gallery", parked his car, and was shocked when he walked into the exhibition hall on the first floor. He saw that all the display panels in the exhibition hall had been removed, and the entire exhibition hall was empty, but along the four sides, there were They were spliced ​​together, black and white photos more than two meters high. Only the left end was in color, and it was the "Battle of Feishui" that he had seen.

The entire circle is several hundred meters long, and the momentum is astonishing. It is simply a panoramic view of war.

Zhang Chen followed the guide arrows for viewing the exhibition, starting from the right and looking all the way to the right. He immediately discovered that the scene he saw that night was only a small part of the "Battle of Feishui", that is, the exhibition The seventeen to eight-meter-long section on the right truly shows the original appearance of the "Battle of Feishui", but then the picture begins to mutate.

The scene is still the same, but the human figures above it have begun to change. Both sides of the fight have smiles on their faces. The previous scenes were still very tragic, but here they start to become a little funny. They are no longer engaged in a battle. It is not a war, but a performance of "Five Animals Show".

Then the picture mutated further. They were all naked and bald men. Even their eyebrows were shaved, and the smiles on their faces disappeared. They all had sad faces, as if they were fighting and thinking hard about life. Or maybe he was thinking about the meaning of this war.

Zhang Chen saw that Fu Jian, Xie Xuan, and Xie Shi were also naked. Even the hair on their crotch mounts had been shaved off, which looked very weird.

Zhang Chen continued to walk forward, and the scene continued to change. Later, what flowed in the Feishui River was not river water, but US dollars, euros, Australian dollars, Japanese yen, Hong Kong dollars and RMB. Everyone was dressed in strange clothes and running around, like In a grand carnival, Fu Jian turned into Michael Jackson, Xie Xuan turned into Ge You, and Xie Shi turned into Guo Degang with a big belly.

Zhang Chen couldn't help laughing. When he got here, the photo also turned into color. Zhang Chen looked at the people in the picture. Every one of them was a celebrity from China and abroad, and their expressions were hilarious.

Zhang Chen turned around, looked around, and took a breath of cold air. He thought, how much hard work and how many villains did this old man put together to piece together such a masterpiece? A masterpiece, even in terms of length.

Zhang Chen shook his head and thought, no wonder Lao Ju would say that all the money he earned was invested in this.

Zhang Chen walked to the second floor and saw Lao Ju and Zhao Xin here. On display here were close-ups one after another, including the serious Xie Xuan, the bald Xie Xuan, the laughing Xie Xuan, and the frowning Xie Xuan. Xie Xuan, until the close-up photos of Xie Xuan who turned into Ge You, are juxtaposed in a row, which has a bit of Andy Warhol flavor.

The other portraits are handled in the same way.

When Lao Ju saw Zhang Chen, he came over and asked him, "Do you see anything interesting?"

Zhang Chen said: "What a dick. It's so interesting. Lao Ju, it shocked me that night. I didn't expect it to be just a drop in the bucket. It's so lethal. You are overturning the entire history of mankind."

Lao Ju nodded and said: "Yes, in my opinion, the entire history written by human beings is a history of absurdity. What is the significance of this war to us?"

Lao Ju pointed to the serious Xie Xuan on the wall, then pointed to Xie Xuan who had turned into Ge You, and said to Zhang Chen:

"For us, is it different whether Xie Xuan is him or not? I can guarantee that after watching this exhibition, what the audience will remember is not the original Xie Xuan, but Ge You's Xie Xuan."

Zhang Chen nodded.

Lao Ju said: "This raises a serious question. Our history is actually miswritten by future generations again and again, no matter what the purpose is, and then more people misread it and then write it wrongly. , what has been continued is always a fallacy, not a fact. Each Feishui battle is absurd to us, and there is no difference between them."

"So, only your photos are real, but the scenes inside and the information they convey are all wrong, right?" Zhang Chen asked.

"It's not just that." Lao Ju said, "We have always believed that cameras are closest to people's eyes. Everyone likes to say that there are pictures and the truth, and they like to use photos as evidence. Even court proceedings and police evidence collection are willing to do so. By adopting photos as evidence, we have incredible trust in photos and believe that they are the best means of recording history and truth.

"But what I am here is to show you. Did you see that these are all photos? None of what these photos convey is true, and they are all false. For us, since there is no "Fei Shui Zhi" The scene of "war" is real, so will we fall into difficulties in speech and expression?"

"Or the other way around." Zhang Chen said, "If we keep emphasizing the last scene and instilling it in people, in the end everyone will believe that this is the 'Battle of Feishui', and Fu Jian is like Michael Jackson. Xie Xuan is Ge You, and Xie Shi is Guo Degang."

"Yes, what you said is very good." Lao Ju said excitedly.

When Zhang Chen and Lao Ju were talking, Zhao Xin stood beside them and listened to them. Zhang Chen asked Zhao Xin:

“How are you getting in touch with the MoMA Biennale?”

Zhao Xin said: "It has been confirmed that it will be held in November this year."

Zhang Chen said: "This one from Laoju can also be given away. We don't want to be limited to just easel paintings. This is also a work of art."

Zhao Xin said, this won’t work.

"Why?" Zhang Chen asked.

"I contacted a better place for this." Zhao Xin said.

"where?"

"Guggenheim..."

"Awesome!" Zhang Chen exclaimed before Zhao Xin finished speaking. Yes, the Guggenheim's rotating and ascending corridor exhibition hall is so great to have this on display. The audience starts to look at it from below. Looking at the top, there must be a look of confusion on his face.

A look of confusion is the entire meaning of this exhibition. After a look of confusion, everyone will start to think and find their own answers.

This is a completely open exhibition with no predetermined stance.

"I have sent them photos and they are very interested. They will send someone to evaluate it tomorrow. If they are sure that Lao Ju's works can be exhibited there, they will provide a fund." Zhao Xin said.

"We can also sponsor, Laoju, don't worry about funding." Zhang Chen said.

Lao Ju laughed and said: "This is what I am most worried about. To be honest, this 'Battle of Feishui' has already bankrupted me."

Zhang Chen smiled and said: "It's understandable, but we can support your creative projects in the future, and there is only one condition, and that is to use us as the first exhibition venue for your works. For this matter, you can contact Zhao Xin .”

Zhao Xin said yes, and Lao Ju said: "Thank you very much, thank you Mr. Zhang, thank you Director Zhao."

Zhang Chen and Lao Ju said, "Don't be too busy thanking me. If your exhibition is going to the Guggenheim, I think it needs to be adjusted."

"Mr. Zhang, tell me how to adjust it," Lao Ju said.

Zhang Chen said: "Look, this is the 'Battle of Feishui'. It is of course suitable to exhibit it here. How many Chinese people don't know about the 'Battle of Feishui'? When watching the exhibition, it is easy to You were brought in, but it's different in the United States. Does anyone in the United States know about the "Battle of Feishui"? They will be confused and think you are doing Spartacus.

"In the eyes of Americans, the world is the United States, and the United States is the world. In their eyes, they only have themselves. Someone told me that even now, there are still Americans who think that Chinese men still have braids. Give them this. Look, how could they understand, how could they be brought in? In this case, there will be a feeling of 'separation'."

Lao Ju nodded: "Mr. Zhang, you are right. From the beginning, I wanted to show this creation to the Chinese people. I never thought that one day it would go to the United States."

"I know, but now, the people from the Guggenheim are coming tomorrow, and it will definitely be too late to recreate it, but you can make your new plan and show it to them. After they get the plan, they can take a look at the real scene here. I understand what you want to express." Zhang Chen said, "So today and tomorrow, you have to make a plan to adjust the original one."

"Mr. Zhang, do you have any good suggestions?" Lao Ju asked.

"My suggestion is that since you are going to the United States, of course you should do something that Americans can understand. You can do the Civil War..." Zhang Chen said while thinking, "By the way, it can be the War of Independence. We are fighting in the United States." I saw a painting in the Metropolitan Museum called "Washington Crossing the Delaware River". This painting is a household name in the United States. Zhao Xin, you will find it later and show it to me."

Zhao Xin agreed that this painting would be on the first page of the Met’s album.

Zhang Chen said: "You can also create based on the scene of this painting. Of course, the scene can be enlarged a bit and the characters can be added to enhance the visual impact. But the topic can be this, Washington crossing the Delaware River,"

"Haha, Mr. Zhang, if I need to adjust anything, you have already adjusted it for me. Mr. Zhang, this work should be considered a joint creation by us." Lao Ju said.

Zhang Chen said no, no, I don’t dare to steal the beauty. The whole idea is yours. I just provided some suggestions as a friend. If you think my suggestion can be adopted, you can adopt it. If you think it is not necessary, then No need.

"No, no, it must be adopted." Lao Ju said, and the three of them laughed.

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