Category: Spatial Topology
“Spatial Topology” in art is like origami with space and time—folding distant memories together to create an unexpected new realm.“空间拓扑学”就是把不同地方的记忆和空间像折纸一样拼合,创造出一个奇幻的新空间。Transferred to artistic practice, it functions as a structural logic that breaks linear space-time—folding heterogeneous sites, psychological memories, and physical studios into a singular expressive surface.在艺术实践中,它被借用为一种打破三维物理空间与线性时间关系的结构逻辑——将异质的空间片段、心理记忆与物理场所“折叠”进同一个表达场域中。
The Alienated Gaze: Folded Existence Within a Folded Field疏离的凝视:在折叠的场域中折叠的生存
Spanning a decade (2012–2021), this body of work condenses Damao’s profound insight into the human condition. Interweaving performance, installation, and painting, the artist constructs a spatial topology of “Landlessness,” investigating how modern individuals confront abandonment, alienation, and the fixity of the gaze within the folding and interaction of space. …