民胞物与 The Origin

“Each of us is a guardian of time. Guardians of Time is a call tomankind. To the rhythm of the civilisation of the twelvehours, we are invited to reunite in a spirit of fraternity.” — JIANG Qiong Er

“我们每一个人，都是时代的守护者，‘时间的容器’艺术项目，是一次对人类的祝福，以文明的十二时辰，让我们重新在一起，在关爱中相聚。”——蒋琼耳

耶拿广场吉美博物馆的建筑的外立面被一层淡雅的红色纱幕轻轻笼罩，赋予了其一抹浓郁的中国风韵，在历史与 21世纪之间架起了一座桥。外立面的作品“民胞物与”，源自宋代思想家张载在《西铭》中的博大情怀:“民吾同胞,物吾与也“。艺术家蒋琼耳用当代的诠释，将来自中国敦煌莫高窟、云网石窟以及龙门石窟的艺术杰作,在吉美博物馆的外立面重生它们仿若穿越千年时空，在巴黎这座艺术之都占据了一席不可动摇的地位。为众人呈现了一场迷人至极的文化盛宴，引领着每一位观者步入一场令人心动的艺术旅程。吉关博物馆外立面的“民胞物与”创作构思巧妙，铸造出宏伟壮观的时代洞窟,仿佛引领着观众回到举世闻名的莫高“藏经洞”，呼唤人们在原始精神中没取唤醒当下的力量。正是这种对原初精神美学的追求与崇敬，才孕育出洞窟中的艺术瑰宝，凿通人类共同体与天的敬畏与对话。

The fagade of the building is entirely covered in a veil of red tulle,giving the museum the colours of China and building a bridge between past and present.Contemporary caves seem to have been carved into the upper part of the rotunda and at the windows, while the fagade has been reborn as a reinterpretation of the roc-cut sites of Mogao(Dunhuang), Yungang and Longmen in China. Masterpieces of Chinese rock-cut architecture take their place in the heart of Paris to create a fascinating and moving experience. Producing a striking and spectacular impression, the fagade takes the viewer back to the enchantment of the discovery of these renowned caves and awakens the sense of wonder that arises from the original artistic gesture that gave birth to the extraordinary works of art they conceal.

祈起 Initiation

“Where the light of the lighthouse reaches is the past, present and future,the horizon of the human spirit.” — JIANGQiong Er

灯塔的光明所抵达之处，是过去、现在和未来，是人类心灵的地平线”——蒋琼耳

吉美博物馆的入口接待圆厅的装置名为“祈起”。博物馆入口处圆形大厅的柱子以源于中国的不同诗意红色为主要灵感与博物馆百年的历史石柱相拥。在中国交化中，红色是庆典祈福的色彩，它们或热烈或深沉:红、朱红、石榴红、霁红、绛红、胭脂红等等，祈福的红色承载传递着特殊的象征意义和诗意共鸣，蒋琼耳隐藏在时间柱廊里的秘密语言，在柱廊不同角度感受流动的红色力量，倾听祈福的呼唤。

In China, red is a symbol of luck and happiness. A sign of prosperity, a hallmark of honour, red embodies China. In Chinese culture, red is linked to the creation of the world, to fire. lt is associated with vitality and fertility, the sun, blood and the energy of life, Here, the artist JlANG Qiong Er uses different shades of red (fire red, cherry red, sienna, purple, scarlet, carmine, vermilion,hibiscus, pomegranate, cinnabar, etc.), each with its own cultural connotation and poetic resonance. Walking through the hall, cladin red by JlANG Qiong Er, like a rite of passage, is designed to convey to visitors the creative warth of this propitiatory colour.

XII呼唤 Twelve calls

"In meditative silence, we speak to heaven and earth with our hearts,in our humanity." — JIANG Qiong Er

“文明的全部能量，汇聚在光柱之中，神圣的沉默里，被光环绕的我们，以心灵与天地对话，抵达光明，抵达 ‘人之为人’ 的领悟。” —— 蒋琼耳

藏书阁是人类文明的沉默之处，也是言说之处，声音雕塑装置“XI 呼唤”身处于博物馆历史悠久的藏书阁。当吉美博物馆外立面成为时代的容器与灯塔时，蒋琼耳运用人工智能技术所创造的十二个精神神兽们相聚在藏书阁。每个神兽象征着对当下人类共同体的一个精神价值观的呼唤，它们的呼唤声，沙沙细语充盈着整个空间，让历史的厚重感呼之欲出，文明的全部能量，汇聚在神圣的沉默里，以心灵与天地对话，抵达光明,抵达“人之为人”的领悟。

The bronze statues of the mythical creatures that appear on the fagade are gathered here in a circle: Authenticity, Fraternity,Inclusion, Peace, Equality, Benevolence, Time, Exploration, Bravery, Nature, Wisdom and Freedom.Twelve in number (like the twelve signs of the Europeanand Chinese zodiacs),these hybrid, syncretic creatures arecomposed from elements borrowed from ancestral Chinese legends, recombined by JlANG Qiong Er with the help of artificial intelligence. In this Year of the Dragon, they incorporate morphological details of this central creature of Chinese mythology. Each carries a particular message, each expresses a hope. As they seem to float in the air, the rustle of their multilingual murmur fills the space. Their incantations call for human harmony.

AI 女书2024 | 勇敢 Her Voice – Bravery

“Dialogue takes place here, andthe collective voice of Chinese women is woven together into an epic tapestryof poetry.” — JIANG Qiong Er

“对话在这里发生，中国女性集体声音编织成一幅史诗般的诗歌画卷。” —— 蒋琼耳

文字，是一种生命的气息，一旦被书写，便进入一种集体心智。在吉美博物馆的露台花园，大型装置作品《AI女书2024-勇敢》于博物馆的天台上方铺开了一张巨大的网，这上面绣着60位中国女性的对“勇敢”的集体声音与故事。蒋琼耳受中国历史“女书”启发，创作演绎了AI时代“新女书”。“女书”是世界上唯一由女性完全创作和使用的文字，也是世界上最古老的文字之一，在20世纪末，女书几近绝迹，但在人工智能的辅助下，蒋琼耳为女书注入了新的力量，用21世纪的AI女书来记录当代女性的述说与秘密。“AI女书2024-勇敢”的女性诗歌，运用金属刺绣，使其焕发出坚韧、优雅和灵性，演绎着60位中国女性的勇敢“史诗”。

Vibrant with resilience, these poetic words are the collective work of sixty Chinese women, JlANG Qiong Er sublimates it in a new form of writing, embroidered in metal. This "feminine" script is inspired by nu shu, the only writing system in the world createdand used exclusively by women. Dating back to time immemorial, nu shu resembles Chinesecharacters, but on a diamond rather than square base. Ofen embroidered, it was used by the women of communities originally from Hunan province to transcribe legends, songs and vows, butalso to correspond confidentially with each other at a time whenthey were not allowed access to writing, it is no longer used, but JlANG Qiong Er has used artificial intelligence to reinvent a new form of secret female writing to convey the words of contemporary wоmen.

内观洞穴 Inspection

“Only in looking up to the sky do we return to the light, to the moment when words were formed.”— JIANG Qiong Er

“唯有在向天空仰望之际，我们重归光明，重归词语形成的那一刻。”——蒋琼耳

“时间的容器”之旅在四楼的穹顶迎来高光时刻，穹顶空间被重新创作为一个当代洞穴，邀请着我们与自己进行对话，成为了一个“内观” 的时间洞穴。穹顶内部被 5,000 块普洱茶砖的芬芳紧绕，亨顶中央是蒋琼耳创作的穿越两万年时空的石头洞穴花园。在每个人独自沉漫的时间容器中，展开一场向内沉思的心灵与时间之旅。作品将随着四季的的律与感官与精神共振，创造时间的存在。香席、茶道、戏曲、诗歌、内观、对话都将成为时间容器中的流动，我们每个人都成为属于自己时代的守护者。

An invitation to a suspended moment, the 4th floor rotunda is transformed into a contemporary grotto that invites you to listen to yourself. The interior of the dome is encircled by a scented mesh made from 5,000 pu-erh tea bricks. This drink, with its medicinal qualities, personifies the preciousness of the passing of time: a living product, pu-erh tea improves with age. On the floor, stones are laid out by JlANG Qiong Er in a mineral garden that echoes the creative energy of the cave. In this dome, imagined as a space for meditation but also for creation, each person becomes the guardian of their own time.