the 4th issue

Ren Ri: In a Symbiotic Relationship with Bees 

Ren Ri is a research-based designer and artist focusing on BioArt. Born in Harbin in 1984, he received his bachelor’s degree from the Academy of Arts & Design of Tsinghua University, master’s degree at the Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Saint Petersburg, PhD from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, and master’s degree from the MIT Media Lab. He has held solo and group exhibitions in cities worldwide, including New York, London, Venice, Milan, Saint Peters- burg, Cologne, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, etc. He won the award of Kaiser Ring Scholar 2015, German, for the most potential artist, as the first Asian to receive the award since 1975. 

Michele Sibiloni: Grasshopper Hunters at Night in Uganda 

Michele Sibiloni is an Italian photographer and videographer who has lived between Italy and Uganda for many years. Between 2012 and 2014, he photo- graphed the nightlife of Kampala, and published a photo book “fuck it” in 2016, which was chosen by “Time” magazine and other media as one of the best books of the year. His latest project “Nsenene” recorded grasshopper hunting in Uganda, published by Edition Patrick Frey in 2021. The project was exhibited at Aperture Gallery for the show “Delirious Cities” in 2017 and several other exhibitions.

Lisa Walker: Ensemble with Humpback Whales 

Lisa Walker was born in Vancouver, Canada. She studied classical violin at an early age. After train- ing at the Vancouver Conservatory of Music, she explored various styles, including jazz, folk, and blues. In 1996, she was invited to join a humpback whale research group in southeast Alaska. As a musician, she was able to identify subtle patterns of whale acoustic activities that were less obvious to scientists. Her album “Grooved Whale”, based on her exploration of humpback whale songs, won the NAV Award for Best Environmental Album of the Year.

Xu Tan: Into the field 

Xu Tan was born in Wuhan, China in 1957. He studied oil painting at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. In 1993, he joined the “Da Wei Xiang” (Big Tail Elephant Group), the Guangzhou-based artist collective. His practices incorporate multimedia works, including text, images, video, performance, and so forth. He has participated in numerous Biennales and Triennials worldwide. In recent years, he has acted as the initiator of art projects and events more frequently to invite participants from various professional backgrounds and become co-creators, such as in the research and field-based project, “The Road of Nonglin, The Hill of Zhusi” in Guangzhou, 2019. The collaborative project he has been working on is “Shunde Practice”. 

Joar Nango: The Mission of a Sámi Architect 

Joar Nango was born in Alta in 1979 and lives in Tromsø. He works with site-specific installations and self-made publications that explore the boundary between architecture, design and visual art. His work relates to questions of Indigenous identity, often through investigating contemporary architec- ture. Joar has explored modern Sámi spaces through the self-published zine “Sámi Huksendáidda: the FANzine”, the design project “Sámi Shelters” and the mixtape/clothing project “Land & Language”. He is a founding member of the architecture collec- tive FFB and is currently setting up a network of Sámi architects across Sápmi through the ongoing Indigenous architecture library project. 

Uriel Orlow: African Herbs, Agriculture, and Post-colonialism 

Uriel Orlow lives and works between London and Lisbon. He studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design London, the Slade School of Art, University College London and the University of Geneva, completing a PhD in Fine Art in 2002. In 2020 he received the C. F. Meyer Prize, and in 2017 he was awarded the Sharjah Biennial prize. He also received an annual art award of the City of Zurich in 2015 and three Swiss Art Awards at Art Basel (2008, 2009, 2012) and was shortlisted for the Jarman award in 2013. Uriel Orlow’s practice is research- based, process-oriented and multi-disciplinary, including film, photography, drawing and sound. His work is concerned with residues of colonialism, spatial manifestations of memory, blind spots of representation and plants as political actors. 

Brian CHU Yin-woo: Opening up the Land in Hong Kong 

Brian Chu Yin Woo’s practice involves the use of percussive instruments, the manipulation of cassette feedback, and the use of various found objects for the experimental purposes of exploring their sonorous properties. His practice is premised upon attentiveness to the echoes that resound from the surfaces of daily living, the sonic relationships between everyday objects, and an inclination towards the rhythms they happen to produce. Percussion is his visceral response to all of these. He participated and performed in the KLEX festival in Malaysia in 2019. Upon returning from the festival, he released his first record “Spiral” in 2020. Brian was supported by Soundpocket’s Artist Support Programme 2018–2019. 

Notes from Nyanpo Yutse 

Sipei uses writing and art intervention in communities as practices, with a special interest in ecological-related projects. In August 2021, she visited Nyanpo Yutse as a volunteer, where she participated in infrastructure maintenance, grass planting and nature education. She has been continuously supporting the Association on project/funding application. Be Water Journal invited Sipei to share her experience and stories from the visit.

No.223: Take a deep dive into the micro world 

No. 223(Lin Zhipeng) was born in Guangdong, China in 1979. He is a leading figure of new Chinese photography emerging in the last decade. His work has come to reflect and define a certain zeitgeist of the non- mainstream Chinese youth born in the 1980s and 1990. His photographs have been exhibited in solo shows domestically and internationally, including Delaware Contemporary Museum, The Walther Collection, Stieglitz19 Gallery, to mention only a few. He has published photo books in China, France, Canada, Japan and Italy.

本期部分受訪者

任日，藝術家 
與蜜蜂共生

一九八四年生於哈爾濱。他先後獲得清華大學美術學院學士學位、俄羅斯聖彼得堡國立赫爾岑師範大學碩士學位、中央美術學院博士學位和麻省理工學院媒體實驗室理學碩士學位。他於二〇一五年獲得德國凱瑟琳藝術獎，成為自一九七五年來獲得此獎的第一位亞裔藝術家。他是一位研究型設計師與藝術家，關注藝術與科學交匯處的生物藝術。 

Michele Sibiloni，攝影師 
烏干達夜晚的蚱蜢捕獵者

一九八一年生於意大利。他多年來生活在意大利和烏乾達之間，為《紐約時報》、《華爾街日報》等多家雜誌、報紙拍攝非洲大陸上的事件。二〇一二年至二〇一四年間，他拍攝了烏乾達首都坎帕拉的夜生活。他最新的系列 「Nsenene」記錄了烏乾達的蚱蜢狩獵者，同名畫冊於二〇二一年由瑞士出版社Edition Patrick Frey發行。

徐坦，藝術家 
一直在田野

一九五七年生於武漢，畢業於廣州美術學院。一九九三年，他加入了藝術團體「大尾象工作組」。他的創作涉及文字、圖片、錄像、裝置、行為等多種方式。二〇〇五年，他開啓了「搜尋關鍵詞項目」，二〇一三年，他從中拓展出 「社會植物學」項目。近年，徐坦也以發起者的角色，邀請不同領域的人參與調研項目及共創展覽。 

Uriel Orlow，藝術家 
非洲草藥、農業與後殖民

一九七三年生於瑞士蘇黎世。他曾就讀於倫敦聖馬丁藝術與設計學院、倫敦大學斯萊德美術學院和日內瓦大學，於二〇〇二年取得美術博士學位。他的藝術實踐以調研為基礎，過程導向，涵蓋電影、攝影、繪畫和聲音等多媒介; 他的作品主要關注殖民主義殘餘和空間記憶的盲點，專注特定地點和歷史條件下的微觀歷史，以及植物在政治中的角色。他的作品曾在倫敦泰特現代美術館、白教堂畫廊、巴黎東京宮、里卡基金會、日內瓦當代藝術中心等多個知名博物館和畫廊機構展出，並參加世界各地多個雙年展、三年展。 

Joar Nango，建築師、藝術家 
極地原住民的建築使命

一九七九年生於挪威阿爾塔，現居特羅姆瑟。他曾在挪威科技大學、卑爾根建築學院及柏林白湖藝術學院學習建築。 他的作品探討建築、設計和視覺藝術的邊界，調查當代建築中的對立與矛盾，關注原住民身份議題。他是建築團體FFB的創始成員之一，通過原住民建築圖書館來連接薩米建築師。他的作品展出於卑爾根美術館、第十四屆卡塞爾文獻展、加拿大國立美術館等。 

Lisa Walker，音樂家 
從聆聽鯨歌開始，人類如何改變了海洋聲景
+與座頭鯨合奏

她出生於加拿大溫哥華，自幼學習古典小提琴，在溫哥華音樂學院接受訓練後，嘗試探索爵士、民謠、藍調等廣泛的風格。一九九六年，她受邀加入阿拉斯加東南部的座頭鯨研究小組，關注鯨魚聲學。她的專輯《節奏鯨魚》 (Grooved Whale)基於對座頭鯨之歌的探索，曾獲得 NAV 年度最佳環境專輯獎。 

朱彥龢，聲音創作者、農夫 
在實驗音樂場景「開荒」

來自香港的九〇後，演出化名為「龢wo4」。他運用敲擊 樂器、卡帶回饋和各種物件作即興聲音演奏，實驗物件間的碰觸，並留意環境與物件之間的聲音關係。二〇二〇年，他發行了專輯《螺旋體》。他是香港音樂機構「聲音掏腰包」藝術家支援計劃二〇一八/二〇一九年年度獲選藝術 家。他也在香港務農。
 
編號 223，攝影師 
世間薄物，時間細故

一九七九年生於廣東，現居北京。他的創作涉及攝影、寫作、出版。他的攝影作品圍繞「性與性別」的議題而展開， 折射了中國青年文化近二十幾年的變化。他的作品於國內外多個攝影節及藝博會展出，如連州國際攝影節、巴黎攝影博覽會、阿姆斯特丹 Unseen 攝影博覽會等；近年個展 包括美國特拉華當代藝術館、東京 Akio Nagasawa Gallery、德國 The Walther Collection、巴黎 In Between 畫廊、比利時 Stieglitz19等。 

本期其他內容

年保玉則手記
《青藏高原山水文化》（年保玉則志）

鄭波：生態感悟練習

以鹽為築

時間、觀看與唯一的家園

生態危機的歷史根源

生態滅絕與動物心智的消亡