2025.3.28-3.31

香港牛棚艺术村12号厅 Cattle Depot Gallery 12

由Art One与灵庐联合呈现 Presented by Art One and Scintillating Art Studio

平了一静

就像吃了一惊、睡了一觉，如果把平静作为一个寻常动词，看似生造，却也不乏生动地描摹了：在如今躁动不安的都会生活里，平静往往得来不易，甚至需要刻意为之。

在曹象对城市日常的观察与捕捉里，就藏着一次次的“平了一静”。在陷入寻常的动作之间，努力凝视为之振奋的东西。

Just like being startled or drifting into sleep, if we treat “calm” as an ordinary verb—seemingly invented yet vivid—it captures how, in today’s restless urban life, tranquility is often hard-won and even requires deliberate effort.

In Cao Xiang’s observations and captures of city routines, there lie repeated instances of ”make calm.” Amidst the triviality of everyday motions, he strives to fix his gaze on what stirs the soul.

香港很多地方充满了痕迹，像是个用顺手了的老物件。

可能就是用着太顺手了，每个人也行动很快，坐地铁进闸很快，走路很快，街边茶餐厅点菜很快，好像稍微犹豫一下点热奶茶还是冻奶茶，就会打乱老板娘的节奏。

很多大楼里的电梯都还是老式样貌，持久耐用。快节奏的表面之下，痕迹也沉淀出一种实在感。

Many parts of Hong Kong bear traces of time, like a well-worn tool that feels effortless in hand.

Perhaps because this familiarity breeds speed, everyone moves with urgency: swiping through subway turnstiles, striding briskly down streets, or ordering dim sum in cha chaan tengs with mechanical efficiency. Hesitating too long over hot or iced milk tea might disrupt the boss lady’s rhythm.

Even the old-style elevators in many buildings, built to last, seem to echo this tempo. Beneath the surface-level haste, the city’s accumulated wear and tear has sedimented into a tangible sense of rootedness.

——曹象 Cao Xiang