Ziwei Song (naonao) 宋紫薇

Mountain clouds is the “art trace” Ziwei created for the Swatch Art Peace Hotel. It falls under her consistent research and creation on mountain typology. The installation is interested not only in the specific shapes recreated from the nature, but more importantly the interactive space it created from its module play. It adapts from pure circle geometry on plan and morphs into three-dimensional “mountain cave” space. The inspiration comes from traditional taihushi painting in Chinese literature and mountain cave formation. The art innovates on the vernacular types and transforms into spatial constructible form smartly fabricated through 3D printing technology. The spatial quality brings a unique experience to people beyond scale restrictions. The module fabrication idea takes inspiration from the natural stone piling and takes the full potential to grow into a much bigger spatial impact. The delicate perforated and porous patterns also explores the ambiguous boundary within space, which echoes with the poetic vagueness in Chinese shanshui painting.