抛锚歌单

Breakdown Playlist

“抛锚歌单”汇集了来自中国与瑞士的16位艺术家的作品。这一展览是2025年中国和瑞士建交75周年的文化交流合作项目之一，是瑞士驻华大使馆“CH><CN工作室”项目上发展出的一个展览项目。

在几年前去到中间美术馆的时候，我对它的印象是特别。走进宽阔到能回音的展厅，想象展览会十分一本正经，实际却是充满趣味和新奇。我想展览背后一定是一群对艺术有很大好奇心的人。在2025年，我得到了参与其中的机会，为他们和瑞士大使馆共同发起的“抛锚歌单”展览设计一系列的视觉。这个项目也印证了我当时的感受——这几乎是一个在过程中不断改写，更新，成长的项目。

最初，策展团队试图围绕“效率”展开讨论。来自中瑞的策展人和艺术家们经历了漫长的交流，却不断因为语言、文化和经验上的差异而产生细小的错位。作为旁观者，也能感受到那些词不达意带来的困顿。最终，两位策展人决定把注意力放在这种“卡顿”本身。

我被这种过程触动，就像试图达到共识而聊到口干舌燥的两个人决定坐下来看看空白，像路途遥远而车子不慎抛锚，疲惫的人决定就让车停着听一首歌。

我尝试把这种过程放进视觉里。标题由不断停顿、转折的线和点组成，呼应这种反复出现的停顿与转向。唱片和时钟的意象也慢慢进入其中，它们都围绕着时间，却拥有不同的节奏。规则的框架与不规则的元素同时存在，也回应了这次合作中不断出现的差异与碰撞。


Breakdown Playlist brings together works by sixteen artists from China and Switzerland. Developed through the Embassy of Switzerland in China's CH><CN Studio programme, the exhibition is part of the cultural exchange celebrating the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Switzerland.

A few years ago, I visited Inside-Out Museum for the first time. The galleries were so large that they echoed, and I expected the exhibitions to feel formal and restrained. Instead, they were full of curiosity and playfulness. I remember thinking that the people behind them must have a deep curiosity about art.

In 2025, I had the opportunity to design the visual identity for Breakdown Playlist. It turned out to be just as distinctive as I had imagined — a project that kept being rewritten, evolving, and growing throughout the process.

The exhibition originally set out to explore the idea of efficiency. As curators and artists from China and Switzerland worked together, subtle misalignments kept emerging through differences in language, culture, and lived experience. Eventually, the curators decided to focus on those very moments of interruption.

I found this process deeply moving. It reminded me of two people talking until they ran out of words in search of common ground, only to sit quietly together instead. Or of a long journey interrupted by a broken-down car, where, instead of rushing to move on, you stop and listen to a song.

I wanted to bring this process into the visual identity. The title is built from lines and dots that pause and change direction, echoing the repeated moments of interruption and transition throughout the process. The imagery of records and clocks gradually found its way into the system; both relate to time, yet carry different rhythms. Structured frameworks coexist with more irregular elements, responding to the differences and interactions that emerged throughout the collaboration.

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