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Limitless Growth

詹金·范·齐尔

I was interested in these dance marathons as a proxy to discuss contemporary queer and nightlife, and to consider our modern attention economy, commodification of rest, and productivity. Also, I wanted to explore how pain and suffering are turned into entertainment.

In this exhibition, we encounter a pair of vitreous sculptures that show these infinitely reflecting competitions in a dance marathon, drawn from the film "Surrender". Here we have the first one, with two competing couples caught in a state of both care and collapse. They're mounted on top of a mountain of energy drinks, referencing the "limitless growth" energy drink supplied to contestants in the film. I also depicted them holding a slightly ominous and grinning rat trophy. So, there are binaries at play here: collapse and resuscitation, failure and victory, self and the other. I wanted all of this to be infinitely reflected in the space, creating a mirror maze of multiple reflections.

Flanking the two chambers in the installation are control or operation panels that reference ballroom selectors in hotels. I researched Japanese love hotels for this project, but the panels also reference ambiguous devices used in bureaucratic or scientific experiments. They contain a bizarre series of contradictory and strange promises.

In the second chamber, we see another depiction of these competing couples in a further state of collapse, emphasizing the uncanny doubling between this space and the other. This creates a confusion of orientation as you navigate through the extension, all surrounded by mirrors. Finally, we have another apartment buzzer sculpture containing ridiculous instructions or possibilities, ranging from garbage to public and private parts, to moderate information, civilian requests, and bleep-outs. (edited from artist Jenkin van Zyl's guided tour of the exhibition in Beijing)

詹金·范·齐尔 Jenkin van Zyl

詹金·范·齐尔 Jenkin van Zyl

詹金·范·齐尔 Jenkin van Zyl

詹金·范·齐尔 Jenkin van Zyl

视频制作：萧勋?

图片拍摄：杨灏，阿Q

ABOUT 

詹金·范·齐尔

Jenkin van Zyl

1993 年出生在英国｜现工作生活于英国伦敦

(b. 1993, UK) lives and works in London

詹金·范·齐尔是一位多领域艺术家，常驻伦敦，制作幻觉叙事装置，通常以电影为中心。最初的项目是在好莱坞电影场景的废墟上进行游击电影制作，范·齐尔的项目围绕着奇幻的反文化社区展开：食尸鬼在飞机上制作蛋糕、乳胶充气娃娃在沙漠堡垒中被熏晕、老鼠参加舞蹈马拉松比赛。

这些作品以一种异教式的不敬态度呈现，关注幻想的力量与政治，他的电影呈现了对废弃但宏伟的新自由主义景观的狂欢式探索。通过这种世界创造，范·齐尔发起了一个短暂空间的地下反叛：酒店、机场、沙漠、赌场、舞台、片场。台前和幕后、自我和他者、欲望和反感的二元对立被不稳定性、熵和多重性所替代，在这里，角色们在创造和破坏间循环往复，试图摆脱个体身份的暴政，走向对崩溃的共同庆祝。除了屏幕之外，这些世界还有一种物质遗产，作为雕塑化的逃避者，通常在重新配置的材料如气动管系统、无限镜和机身中展示。

詹金·范·齐尔于2021年获得伦敦皇家艺术学院的研究生文凭，并获得金奖。他的作品曾在《Frieze》、《ArtForum》、《卫报》、《Spike》、《Vogue》、《白色评论》、《i-D》、《艺术月刊》等媒体上受到关注，并最近被《Time Out》评为伦敦最优秀的年轻艺术家之一。

范·齐尔最新的个展包括："投降"，利物浦 FACT 和伦敦 Edel Assanti 画廊；"爱的机器"，格拉斯哥 Tramway；"狩猎"，伦敦 Rose Easton；"机舱压力"，伦敦 Amanda Wilkinson；"遗忘工业"，伦敦 The Horse Hospital。部分群展包括："Barbe à Papa"、波尔多 CAPC；"Transmediale"，柏林 Kunstraum Kreuzberg；"Kiss my Genders"，伦敦 Hayward 画廊；"The Horror Show!"，伦敦 Somerset House。

Van Zyl’s recent presentations include solo presentations Surrender, FACT, Liverpool, and Edel Assanti, London; Machines of Love, Tramway, Glasgow; Vore, Rose Easton, London; Cabin Pressure, Amanda Wilkinson Gallery, London; Oblivion Industry, The Horse Hospital, London and selected group presentations at Barbe à Papa, CAPC, Bordeaux; Transmediale, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin; Kiss my Genders, Hayward Gallery, London and The Horror Show!, Somerset House, London.