Jiangshan, CN
Design & Manufacture: YAANK LAB
Equipment: Yizee Light
Location: CIPO（Jiangshan）
SKY
Design & Manufacture: YAANK LAB
Equipment: Yizee Light
Location: CIPO（Jiangshan）
When a distant star emits light and travels 149.6 million kilometers to reach this cloud-covered Earth, the light pierces the atmosphere and encounters molecules and particles in the air, refracting, and finally forming a sky with pure colors.
YAANK Lab has spent a year recording a series of beautiful skies and extracting their natural colors to create the work named 'Sky'.
当遥远的恒星放出光芒，穿越 1.496亿公里抵达这颗被云雾遮盖的地球，光线刺穿大气层时遇到空气中的分子、微粒发生折射，最终形成拥有纯粹色彩的天空。YAANK Lab用一年的时间记录下一系列绝美的天色，并提取天空的自然色彩创造了“青空”。
As time progresses and the course of one's life increases, one's experiences and routines are condensed and therefore exist in the depths of memory.
The so-called "meaning" of artistic expression is removed from the complexity of the work, and the memory is purely evoked. ’Sky’ follows the laws of nature, presenting time and memory in the work.
随着时间的推进和生命历程的增加，一个人的经历与日常会浓缩，并因此存在于记忆深处。
抽离掉繁琐的艺术表达中所谓的“意义”，纯粹地唤醒记忆。“青空”遵循自然规律，将时间与记忆呈现在作品之中。
YAANK Lab has spent a year recording a series of beautiful skies and extracting their natural colors to create the work named 'Sky'.
当遥远的恒星放出光芒，穿越 1.496亿公里抵达这颗被云雾遮盖的地球，光线刺穿大气层时遇到空气中的分子、微粒发生折射，最终形成拥有纯粹色彩的天空。YAANK Lab用一年的时间记录下一系列绝美的天色，并提取天空的自然色彩创造了“青空”。
As time progresses and the course of one's life increases, one's experiences and routines are condensed and therefore exist in the depths of memory.
The so-called "meaning" of artistic expression is removed from the complexity of the work, and the memory is purely evoked. ’Sky’ follows the laws of nature, presenting time and memory in the work.
随着时间的推进和生命历程的增加，一个人的经历与日常会浓缩，并因此存在于记忆深处。
抽离掉繁琐的艺术表达中所谓的“意义”，纯粹地唤醒记忆。“青空”遵循自然规律，将时间与记忆呈现在作品之中。
Unlocking
memories
The switch to people's memories is often turned on inadvertently, perhaps because of a bowl of hot soup, perhaps because of a melody, or perhaps because of the sight of a glimpse of the sky on that day ....... Familiarity can bring back important, touching moments in one's life, like being awakened from a deep sleep. So we don't make the 'blue sky' a single thing, but rather we inject time and memory into the installation, bringing our own stories to the experience, seeing what we see...
人们记忆的开关往往会在不经意间被打开，或许是因为一碗热汤，或许是因为一段旋律，又或许是因为看到那天边的一抹天色.......熟悉的感觉会使人回想起过去生命中重要的，触动的，如同沉睡中被惊醒的一些时刻。因此我们并不将“青空”具象成单一的事物而是将时间和记忆注入装置，带着自己的的故事去感受，看到什么就是什么......
人们记忆的开关往往会在不经意间被打开，或许是因为一碗热汤，或许是因为一段旋律，又或许是因为看到那天边的一抹天色.......熟悉的感觉会使人回想起过去生命中重要的，触动的，如同沉睡中被惊醒的一些时刻。因此我们并不将“青空”具象成单一的事物而是将时间和记忆注入装置，带着自己的的故事去感受，看到什么就是什么......
Design
"The circle is a symbol of traditional Chinese culture, a totem revered by the Chinese since ancient times, and the most emotionally charged figure for the Chinese. For thousands of years, the philosophical spirit generated by the agrarian culture, such as the ’fullmoon’, ’the way of the square and the circle’ and ‘the perfection of merit’, has nourished the Chinese people. "The circle has an irreplaceable place in people's hearts and has been a symbol of memory since ancient times.
Instead, we abandoned the traditional figurative expressions and used abstract 1/2 circle geometry and simple materials to create a simple, pure appearance, which is 'completed' by the reflection of the water.
"圆"是中华民族传统文化的形态象征，是自古以来中国人所崇尚的图腾，也是对于中国人来说最蕴含情感的图形。千百年来，“花好月圆”“方圆之道”“功德圆满”这些农耕文化产生的哲学精神生生不息地营养着中国人，“圆”在人们心中具有无法替代的位置，是自古以来的记忆传承的图形。
而我们摒弃关于传统的具象表达，运用抽象的1/2圆的几何形体和简单的材料，创造简单、纯粹的外观，并利用水面倒影予之“圆满”。
Instead, we abandoned the traditional figurative expressions and used abstract 1/2 circle geometry and simple materials to create a simple, pure appearance, which is 'completed' by the reflection of the water.
"圆"是中华民族传统文化的形态象征，是自古以来中国人所崇尚的图腾，也是对于中国人来说最蕴含情感的图形。千百年来，“花好月圆”“方圆之道”“功德圆满”这些农耕文化产生的哲学精神生生不息地营养着中国人，“圆”在人们心中具有无法替代的位置，是自古以来的记忆传承的图形。
而我们摒弃关于传统的具象表达，运用抽象的1/2圆的几何形体和简单的材料，创造简单、纯粹的外观，并利用水面倒影予之“圆满”。
Production
We handmade this piece because we want it to be more than just a container, we want it to be a memory in itself, to be warm and unique.
对于“青空”我们采用纯手工的制作方式，我们希望它不仅仅是一个承载的容器，更希望它成为回忆本身，是有温度的，独一无二的。
对于“青空”我们采用纯手工的制作方式，我们希望它不仅仅是一个承载的容器，更希望它成为回忆本身，是有温度的，独一无二的。
制作外框
刷漆
放置光源/调试效果
装置复尺
Nature is the best colorist, and we have taken the colors from our photographs of the sky and chosen to use RGBW light sources for the presentation, with highly saturated triple primary color beads and chips with IC control for a more detailed presenting.
光和色彩并不是我们臆想出来的，大自然是最好的调色师，我们装置都取色于我们记录天空照片的色彩，并选择用RGBW的光源进行呈现，高饱和度的三原色灯珠和带IC控制的芯片使效果呈现更细腻。
光和色彩并不是我们臆想出来的，大自然是最好的调色师，我们装置都取色于我们记录天空照片的色彩，并选择用RGBW的光源进行呈现，高饱和度的三原色灯珠和带IC控制的芯片使效果呈现更细腻。
The sky was chosen as the color palette because we feel that it is a timeless and universal language that exists as a testimony to a specific time in our lives and therefore best expresses the concept of 'sky'.
之所以选择天空作为色卡，是因为我们觉得天空是一种永恒又普遍的语言，它作为我们生活中特定时间的见证而存在，因此它最能表达“青空”的核心理念。
之所以选择天空作为色卡，是因为我们觉得天空是一种永恒又普遍的语言，它作为我们生活中特定时间的见证而存在，因此它最能表达“青空”的核心理念。
About
Site
Selection
It was in the summer of 2021 when we met with nature at Qiandao Lake in Cipo, where the sky was so beautiful that we couldn't resist recording it from early morning to late evening and into the night, and it was there that we first became interested in the sky and developed the idea of recording it. It was there that we first became interested in the sky and developed the idea of recording it. Therefore, when it came to choosing a place to present ‘Sky’, the Cipo was our first choice.
与西坡相遇是在2021年的夏天，在西坡千岛湖我们与自然亲密接触，那里的天空很美，从清晨到傍晚直至夜晚，都忍不住去记录，也是在那里我们第一次对天空产生了浓厚的兴趣，萌生了记录天空的想法。因此当为“青空”选择呈现的地方时，西坡也成为了我们的第一选择。
与西坡相遇是在2021年的夏天，在西坡千岛湖我们与自然亲密接触，那里的天空很美，从清晨到傍晚直至夜晚，都忍不住去记录，也是在那里我们第一次对天空产生了浓厚的兴趣，萌生了记录天空的想法。因此当为“青空”选择呈现的地方时，西坡也成为了我们的第一选择。
Cipo-Jiangshan was chosen because of a phrase on the Cipo website: "It's like going back to my childhood home", a short phrase full of emotions and memories.
The ten thousand acres of terraced fields are built on a hill in the middle of a small village with century old houses with yellow rammed earth walls, red and black tiles, wooden doors, windows and chairs, ancient trees in the courtyard...
选择西坡·江山是因为西坡网站上的一句话“就好像回到童年的故乡”，短短一句话却饱含情感和回忆，西坡江山是一个留存记忆的地方，这与“青空”契合。
万亩梯田依山而建，位于小小的村子中，百年的老房拥有黄色的夯土墙面、 搭配红黑色的瓦片、木质的门窗椅、 院落的古树...
The ten thousand acres of terraced fields are built on a hill in the middle of a small village with century old houses with yellow rammed earth walls, red and black tiles, wooden doors, windows and chairs, ancient trees in the courtyard...
选择西坡·江山是因为西坡网站上的一句话“就好像回到童年的故乡”，短短一句话却饱含情感和回忆，西坡江山是一个留存记忆的地方，这与“青空”契合。
万亩梯田依山而建，位于小小的村子中，百年的老房拥有黄色的夯土墙面、 搭配红黑色的瓦片、木质的门窗椅、 院落的古树...
Q & A
Q：可以说“青空”的关键词就是记忆，那么记忆究竟意味着什么？
Q： It could be said that the key word in ‘SKY’ is memory, so what does memory mean?
A：我觉得“记忆”应该是一种积累，不管好的不好的，美得不美的，对的或错的，都是属于每一位不同的个体，只有独特唯一没有重复，那是一种专属于自己的，重视这种价值，会让这样独特更有意义。
A： I think "memory" should be a kind of accumulation, no matter good or bad, beautiful or not, right or wrong, all belong to each individual, only unique and unique without repetition, that is a kind of exclusive to oneself, pay attention to this value, will make this unique more meaningful.
Q： 你希望观众在你的装置前会有什么感觉？观众的角色又是什么 ？
Q： How do you want the audience to feel in front of your installation? And what is the role of the audience ?
A： 我希望观众的角色是自己本身，每个人都是独特的个体，观众独特的视角和感知完成了作品，对我来说，作品不需要过多解释，但它确实需要传播和交流。一眼看到的东西很少，而需要感受的东西则很多。
A： I want the audience's role to be their own; each person is a unique individual, and the audience's unique perspective and perception completes the work; for me, the work doesn't need much explanation, but it does need to be disseminated and communicated. There is very little to see at first glance, and much to feel.
Q： 是什么激发你的创作灵感 ？
Q： What inspires you to create?
A： 我喜欢观察自然和周遭事物，从中汲取灵感。当尝试让自己不要忽略生活中的小事，热衷于观察和记录，在某一刻灵感就会被激发 。
A： I love to observe nature and the things around me and draw inspiration from them. When trying not to lose sight of the little things in life and being keen to observe and record them, at some point inspiration will strike.
The story of YAANK LAB continues !
YAANK LAB的故事还在继续
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( Thank you for the support of Cipo-Jiangshan! )
( 感谢西坡·江山的支持 )
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