Yuwan Zhang’s site-specific sound installation Sound. Flow. Time. was presented in the Gobi Desert, China, in August 2025, curated by 1:4:9 Art, exhibited in STRATA: Future Art Archaeology project, and co-organized with the Sculpture Department, Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University.
The accompanying album is now available on all major streaming platforms.
峪晚彰的场域声音装置《声.流.时.》于2025年8月在中国戈壁亮相，由1:4:9艺术策展，于“层：未来艺术考古”项目呈现，与清华美院雕塑系合作。
作品同名专辑现已全平台发布。
创作概念：
历史在风化中得以打磨，每一刻都是新的模样，也是过去的一部分，在被时间的流逝给予随机新的生命。《声.流.时.》将过往的时间浓缩，寄给未来，成为新的过去，未来的考古。这件艺术品包含了过往与现在：本土文明的新疆音乐，西化社会的交响乐(马勒的第一交响曲)代表外来文明，当地的沙石，风声，驻地的开采声，随机的吟唱声，骆驼马蹄声，蜥蜴声，新疆集市声，过往的海浪声，人们走过戈壁的喘气声，细微的雨声，还有空的音轨，代表斗转星移，没有声音，但却在真实发生。
本作品由所有的音轨一层层重叠而形成，如同筑起的堡垒和高山，也正如同展览主题的地层。在播放过程中，我随机逐渐抽掉一层层音轨，如同工业的开采。所以每一刻都不一样，由时间流逝形成，观众听到的都是不同的形状。而最后会留下什么，就静待时间的揭晓。
封面设计概念：
以戈壁日落下的装置录音机为背景，拼贴了无数张日落中某个瞬间的截图，并且随机抽取掉一些板块，犹如开采与考古。这个封面本身就是《声.流.时.》的静态化身。
Concept:
History is polished through erosion. Every moment carries a new form and remains part of what has passed, receiving unpredictable new life through the slow drift of time. Sound. Flow. Time. compresses traces of the past and sends them toward the future, becoming a future past and a future archaeology.
This work weaves together layers of sound from both history and the present: local Xinjiang folk elements, Western symphonic fragments (Mahler Symphony No. 1) as symbols of external cultural influence, desert stones and wind, quarry noise from the site, spontaneous vocal traces, camel footsteps, lizard movements, market echoes, ancient ocean waves, human breath crossing the Gobi, delicate raindrops, and a deliberately empty track that stands for cosmic rotation. There is no audible sound in this track, yet it marks events that unfold in silence and still exist in time.
The piece is constructed by stacking all tracks into a sonic mass that resembles a fortress, a mountain, a stratigraphy echoing the exhibition’s theme of layers. During playback, tracks are gradually and randomly removed, mirroring industrial extraction. Each moment becomes singular and unrepeatable, shaped by temporal flow. The audience never hears the same formation twice. What remains in the end is not predetermined, and only time will reveal it.
Cover Design Concept:
The cover features the recording device set against the Gobi Desert at sunset. Countless screenshots capturing fleeting moments of the sunset are layered and collaged, while certain fragments are randomly removed, evoking extraction and archaeology. The cover itself becomes a still manifestation of Sound. Flow. Time., holding the work’s temporal and geological gestures in a single frame.
媒体报道 Press：
新疆托里·荒野艺术计划创作营｜成果合辑（Academic Sculpture公众号）
现场丨公共艺术点亮荒野—新疆托里·荒野艺术计划创作营 (Artron.Net 雅昌发布)
现场丨公共艺术点亮荒野—新疆托里·荒野艺术计划创作营 (艺术头条)
公共艺术点亮荒野——新疆托里·荒野艺术计划创作营举办 （光明日报 Guang Ming Daily）
