In this RAM HIGHLIGHT project, Kristan Jankowski invited local personal fitness trainers to design a set of sports movements based on the historical architectural space of the museum, trying to deconstruct the heavy history and complex publicity in a humorous way . In another piece, "Heavyweight History," weightlifters combined physical movement and art to lift monuments across Warsaw, Poland. In this way, a new history is created before our eyes!
Artist He Ziyan cites the popular gong music in Southeast Asia to further explore the characteristics of bronze material: fluidity, viscosity and melting, playing the history of the region, opening up the complex social, political and environmental context of Southeast Asia, as well as the influence of colonial history.
The two artists, Christian Jankowski and He Ziyan, try to re-examine the history that has passed, or even has not passed, through their different artistic practices and creative methods. If we want to reflect on and think about the current state of the world, how should we view, understand, interpret, and deconstruct history?
In this era of turmoil, information confusion, and even disintegration, the world is still running fast, and we urgently need an opportunity to stop and watch the changes in the flow of time and self-examination.
—— Xie Fengrong, Senior Curator of Rockbund Art Museum
在本次RAM HIGHLIGHT项目中，克里斯坦·扬可夫斯基邀请本地的私人健身教练根据美术馆的历史建筑空间设计一套运动动作，试图以幽默的方式解构沉重的历史与复杂的公共性。在另一件作品《重量级历史》中，举重选手结合身体运动和艺术，把波兰华沙各处的纪念碑拔地举起。如此一来，新的历史就在我们眼前产生了！
艺术家何子彦引用东南亚盛行的锣乐，进一步对青铜材质的特性：流动、粘度以及熔融性的探讨，演奏着地域的历史，打开东南亚地区复杂的社会、政治与环境的脉络，以及殖民历史的影响。
克里斯坦·扬可夫斯基与何子彦两位艺术家通过各自不同的艺术实践和创作方法，试图再次考察已经过去、甚至仍未过去的历史。如果我们欲反省、思考当下这个世界的状况，那究竟应该如何看待、理解、诠释、解构历史呢？
在这个纷乱不安、信息错乱以至分崩离析的时代，世界仍不停快速运转中，而我们急需一次驻足观看时间流动中的变化并且自我省视的机会。
—— 谢丰嵘，上海外滩美术馆资深策展人