箭厂胡同38号(国子监街内)
北京 100007 中国
38 Jianchang Hutong
(off Guozijian Jie)
Beijing, 100007 China

度

李岳阳

箭厂空间高兴地宣布展出李岳阳的作品《度》，此作品复原了一张他在八年半牢狱生涯中日复一日所使用的床。阿阳（李岳阳）在一位前狱友的帮助下，凭借这段难以忘却的身体记忆，二人共同将床制作完毕，从床的大小尺寸及所用材质等细节上的处理把握都可以感受到制作者的煞费苦心，相关床上用品的陈设方式也都尽力保持原先的模样。

阿阳和艺术世界的关系并不那么直接：他和艺术家李景湖是幼时的邻居，在广东东莞的乡间一同长大，虽然后来他们走上了不同的人生道路，但自儿时起的友谊保持至今。六个月前，李景湖安排阿阳帮助另一位艺术家朋友实施作品，与艺术家密切工作的过程，以及一同参观一些艺术展览，这些偶然的经历激发了阿阳的灵感，并促使他开始以自身的经验进行创作。箭厂在此推出的这个展览项目《度》，通过一段特殊的个人史表达，试图对艺术创作中普遍意义上的“冲动”与“动机”，以及将物品作为艺术进行展示的语境及意义等提出一系列问题。

李岳阳1973年出生于东莞长安镇，于2000年被判刑入狱十三年。因在狱中表现良好而被提前释放，目前他居住在广东东莞。

Time Spent

Li Yueyang

2014.10.05 – 11.25 EXTENDED THRU 2015.02.28

Arrow Factory is pleased to present Time Spent, a replica of the prison bed where Li Yueyang (Ah Yang) slept for eight and a half years. Fabricated in conjunction with another former inmate, Ah Yang reverse engineered the bed through muscle memory and by recalling the sensations of sleeping and sitting on it day in and day out. The attention to detail in the measurements is painstaking and the accompanying bedding and related accessories are authentic. The items were smuggled out from the correctional facilities for this project.

Ah Yang’s connection with the art world is tangential: he and artist Li Jinghu were neighbors and grew up together in Dongguan, Guangdong. Although they have taken divergent paths in life, they have remained friends since childhood. Six months ago, Li Jinghu arranged for Ah Yang to assist another artist in realizing a project. The process of working closely with the artist and visiting some art exhibitions inspired Ah Yang to make artwork based around his own experiences. Placing Time Spent inside Arrow Factory raises questions about the nature of creative impulses, the motives for artistic production and the contexts and meanings of exhibiting objects as art.

Li Yueyang (b. 1973) was sentenced to thirteen years in prison in 2000. He was released early for good behavior. He resides in Dongguan.