Tan Xun

在飞速变迁快速发展的中国临时建筑材料“彩钢板”被广泛应用。2017年末，艺术家谭勋利用废旧的彩钢板创造性地制作了第一件以其为材料的“彩钢石”作品，命名《彩虹》。此后，艺术家以“彩钢板”为线索调研了中国各线城市的发展现状，并将其延伸为一个更加庞大的《彩虹中国计划》，数十块“彩钢石”以当代艺术的姿态穿行于中国各大城市之中。《彩虹中国计划》可以看做艺术家谭勋在自我创作逻辑基础上的又一次跨越式转型，通过当代艺术的介入方式，对同样“跃迁”式发展的中国社会做出的积极回应。由此，该作品既是中国现代化、城市化进程的物证，也是改革开放四十年来中国社会飞速发展的精神纪念碑。

In late 2017, artist Tan Xun created his first work of colorful steel stone, named "Rainbow", out of used colorful steel plates, which are widely used as a temporary construction material in China's fast-changing and developing society. Since then, the artist has used the colorful steel plates as a clue to research the development status of various cities in China and extended it into a more significant "Rainbow China Project", in which dozens of colorful steel stones travel through major cities in China in the form of contemporary art. The Rainbow China Project can be seen as another leap forward in the artist Tan Xun's creative logic, a positive response to the equally "leapfrog" development of Chinese society through contemporary art interventions. In this way, the work is both physical evidence of China's modernization and urbanization process and a spiritual monument to the rapid development of Chinese society over the past forty years of reform and emancipation.

当下基于模拟思维的互联网世界笼罩着我们的生活，这个虚拟世界甚至有取代现实的势头，也对究竟何为真正的实在提出了终极质疑。艺术家谭勋基于这样的现实情境，以真实地貌为依据，创作了系列作品“谷地地理计划”。该作品通过一款基于谷歌地球API开发的应用软件——谷地地理技术，以及3D打印数字技术的运用，对人与世界的定位、坐标、存在及虚拟、现实、实在之间的多重关系提供出一个新的感知路径。艺术家因而运用这样的多元创作手段行走于世界各地，通过不断地介入与转译，提供出全新的观看视角。

The current Internet world based on analog thinking envelops our lives, and this virtual world is replacing reality, which also raises the ultimate question of the definition of reality. Based on this reality, artist Tan Xun has created the series "Valley Geography Project" based on natural landscapes. Through Google Earth API-based application, Google Geography, and 3D printing digital technology, this work provides a new perceptual path for the multiple relationships between human and world positioning, coordinates, existence, and the virtual, accurate, and actual. The artist thus uses such multiple creative means to travel around the world, offering a new perspective of viewing through constant intervention and translation.