Zhang Yibei, Helmet , Bronze, goose egg, brush, Dimension variable, 2024
张移北，钢盔，青铜、鹅蛋、刷子，尺寸可变，2024
The opening exhibition, "Sea of Tranquility," takes the coastal city of Yantai as its starting point, tracing fragments of time associated with the "sea" from its unique geo-cultural context. The chapter "Memories of the Sea" is composed of Zhang Yibei's "Steel Helmet," which explores the imagery of defense mechanisms and Chen Ruofan's "
Diary from the Arctic Circle," which examines the intersection of environmental crisis and emotional shelter.
Through pathways such as writing systems, legends, symbols, and urban landscapes, it explores how the civilization and cultural traditions of a region evolve under the combined influence of geographical factors and industrialization. As the technological revolution of artificial intelligence emerges, the exhibition composes a hymn to the exploration of the unknown.
