展览前言
进入2022年，疫情仍然盘踞于全球多个地区，深刻地影响着人们的生活和精神世界。
这个名为《每时每刻》的展览，是中国传媒大学和芝加哥哥伦比亚学院于2021年后的再度合作。如果说去年的展览《隔绝》聚焦于 “空间的隔绝状态”，今年的展览则聚焦“时间”，找寻生活中每一瞬间的意义。
在这些作品中，无论是对历史的回溯，对现实的关注，还是对未来的畅想，似乎都充斥着飘忽与变动的气息——科技与全球化带给人类便利的同时，也带来一种不确定性和不安感。在“反思科技”之外，“家庭及自我归属”成为本次展览的第二大主题。疫情限制了人们远行的脚步，但也让我们回到当下瞬间，重新感知自身，重新认识自我与他人的关系。
在科技发展与动荡不安相交织的社会语境下，我们可以将摄影视作一种反思和重新平衡身心的工具，借此映照人类命运与自我处境。摄影，不但可以记录现实中的破碎与冲突，也可以在动荡的现实之外为我们提供一个精神的栖居之所。
中国传媒大学戏剧影视学院摄影系
芝加哥哥伦比亚学院摄影系
Preface
In 2022, a lot of countries and regions around the world are still haunted by Covid-19. The pandemic has significantly changed peoples’ lives and minds.
This exhibition named “Every Moment Counts” is the second collaboration between Communication University of China and Columbia College Chicago since 2021. In contrast with the exhibition held last year which focused on “the isolation in space”, the theme this year concentrates on “time”, in which people are encouraged to capture and reflect on the significance of every moment of life.
Among these works, some reflect on the history, some focus on the reality, while some dream about the future. However, it seems that they are all characterized by a kind of floating and fluctuating feeling. Science and globalization provide people with convenience while also delivering them the uncertainty and insecurity of an unknown future. In addition to the “critique on technology”, “family relationships and belongingness” is another theme of this exhibition. The pandemic, though restricting people from long-distance travel, also enables us to reconnect with the present moment, in the process of which we could rediscover and reassess the relationship between ourselves and others.
In our society where scientific development coexists with the turbulence of life, photography could be regarded as a tool that reflects and rebalances people’s mind and body. It indicates human destiny, from which we could mirror ourselves. Admittedly, there are many fragmentations and conflicts that occur around the practice of photography, but it also provides people a shelter where they can dwell as the turmoil of our current lives continues.
Communication University of China & Columbia College Chicago
Professor Peter Fitzpatrick is an Australian artist / educator who is the Special Advisor for Community Engagement and Professor in Photography at Columbia College Chicago. Peter works with still and moving image, reaching across analogue and digital technologies. Peter has been involved in developing the teaching and research programs at the Australian National University, the Australian Centre for Photography and Columbia College Chicago. Peter coordinates social impact photography programs for the Diane Dammeyer Initiative. Peter has been involved with photography educational practice since 1989. - School of Fine and Performing Arts, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago USA.
Email: pfitzpatrick@colum.edu
Email: pfitzpatrick@colum.edu
Professor Jinghan Xu is an associate professor of Photography Department at Communication University of China in Beijing. He was also a visiting scholar at University of Southern California and Columbia College Chicago. His research focuses on documentary photography, technology related movies and image aesthetics. As well as a writer of books and essays, he is also a photographer, documentary film maker and curator. - School of Film and Cinematic Arts, Communication University of China, Beijing China.
Email: jinghanxu@126.com
Email: jinghanxu@126.com
Jun Hou is a professor in the Department of Photography, Communication University of China.
Email: houjun7535@sina.com
Email: houjun7535@sina.com
Special Thanks to:
Guest Advisor: Xiaoxia Liu
Guest Advisor: Xiaoxia Liu
