2025 SOUTHERN FESTIVAL:GLOWING DAYS
在南方生活节——明亮的日子


ART DIRECTION : Hu Zhenchao
DESIGNER : Hu Zhenchao / Liu Caichen /  Ni Simiao
PHOTOGRAPHY : Hu Zhenchao
PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANT : Liu Caichen /  Ni Simiao
CLIENT : 单向空间
YEAR : 2025

  Exhibition & Event  
This multidisciplinary gathering in Shunde, China – hosted at Oneway Space's local branch, adjacent to our studio – interweaves forums, poetry-music performances, creative workshops, and exhibitions rooted in literary and sonic explorations.  

Our visual language crystallizes through the metaphor of **"Potted Plants"** – neither manicured greenhouse specimens nor untamed wilderness, but liminal organisms thriving in communal crevices. These accidental botanicals embody the "awkward elegance" of vernacular aesthetics: adaptable, class-defying installations that mirror the grassroots poetry of Southern living.  

Every scene was lens-captured across Shunde and Panyu villages, where potted ecosystems colonize thresholds – sprouting from doorsteps, sidewalk gaps, and residual urban spaces. Here, cracked ceramic vessels and plastic buckets become amphitheaters for nature's improvisational theater.  


在南方生活节——明亮的日子
第二届“在南方生活节——明亮的日子”,活动包括论坛、诗乐演出、创作工坊、展览等,主体围绕诗歌、文学、音乐展开。活动位于中国南方顺德,也是主办方单向空间的顺德店,和本工作室位于同一个生活区域。
我们用“盆栽”构建整体视觉,也用视觉去书写南方的诗歌。盆栽不同于温室盆景般精致,不同于野生花草的狂野,它是世俗审美里的灰色地带,可甜可咸,不分贵贱,一种“尴尬”的美的状态,也是人们生活态度的写照。
所有场景均实拍于顺德、番禺周边的村庄,盆栽无处不在,每一户人家的门前、街道旁,只要有空隙的地方,就是它们的舞台。





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