Artist Residency / Participatory Installation艺术家驻留 / 参与式装置

The Borrowing Library of Belonging归属的借阅图书馆

The rules are simple: write down a word or short phrase about “home,” place it into one of three trays—Here, There or Not sure—and, if you wish, move someone else’s contribution to a different tray according to how you understand it.规则很简单：写下一个关于“家”的词或短语，把它放进“这里”“那里”或“不确定”三个托盘之一；你也可以根据自己的理解，把别人写下的内容移动到另一个托盘。

Year年份: 2026
Status状态: Completed已完成
Materials材料: Paper, writing materials, bamboo trays and participant contributions纸张、书写工具、竹托盘与参与者贡献
Dimensions尺寸: Variable
Location地点: Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Ireland爱尔兰斯基伯林，Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre

The handwritten contribution “Where Emma is” resting among other slips in the There tray.

Project项目

Developed during an artist residency at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, the installation accumulated through small acts of writing, placing and repositioning. Each contribution entered a temporary shared arrangement. A word could be placed with certainty, moved by another person, or remain under Not sure. The work followed how ideas of home and belonging are articulated, interpreted and repositioned through ordinary language.作品在Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre艺术家驻留期间发展，通过书写、放置与重新移动等细小动作逐渐累积。每一项贡献都进入一个暂时的共同排列。一个词可能被确定地放下，被另一位参与者移动，也可能停留在“不确定”之中。作品由此追踪人们如何通过日常语言表达、理解并重新放置关于家与归属的想法。

Installation in the residency studio.驻留工作室中的装置现场。

The initial arrangement of Here, Not sure and There.“这里”“不确定”与“那里”的初始布置。

Project text and participation instructions.项目说明与参与规则。

A visitor writes a contribution.一位来访者正在书写。

Words could be added or moved between the trays.词语可以被加入，也可以在托盘之间移动。

The Here tray during participation.参与过程中的“这里”托盘。

The There tray, including the contribution “Where Emma is”.“那里”托盘，其中包括“Where Emma is”。

The installation after contributions accumulated.词语逐渐累积后的装置。

Artist’s note艺术家手记

This participatory project is called The Borrowing Library of Belonging. The rules are simple: write down a word or short phrase about “home,” then place it into one of three trays: Here / There / Not sure. You can also move what someone else wrote to a different tray, based on how you understand it.

Everyone has a different idea of home. It is a bit like going to the library for science fiction: Asimov and Liu Cixin tell completely different stories.

To me, the most beautiful part of this project is not only the words that get written down. It is the moment when a family stands in front of the trays, asking each other, “What should we write?” Or when someone simply stares at a blank slip of paper, thinking.

That is the tipping point just before a word is written, while it still remains unwritten—with a little excitement, a little uncertainty. A chaotic but precious moment.

Thank you to everyone willing to stand there and think for a moment.

这个参与式项目叫作《归属的借阅图书馆》。规则很简单：写下一个关于“家”的词或短语，然后把它放进三个托盘之一：“这里 / 那里 / 不确定”。你也可以根据自己的理解，把别人写下的内容移动到另一个托盘里。

每个人对家的理解都不同。这有点像去图书馆寻找科幻小说：阿西莫夫和刘慈欣讲述的是完全不同的故事。

对我来说，这个项目最美的部分，不只是最终写在纸上的词。更是一个家庭站在托盘前彼此问：“我们该写什么？”又或者，一个人只是盯着一张空白纸条，安静地思考。

那是词语即将被写下、却仍未出现的临界点——带着一点兴奋，也带着一点不确定。混乱，却十分珍贵。

谢谢每一位愿意站在那里，花一点时间思考的人。

Relation to the research与研究的关系

This residency project forms a parallel strand of artistic practice. It shares an interest in temporary placement, movement and ordinary language with the doctoral research, while operating through public participation rather than the one-week haptic loan structure.这一驻留项目属于并行展开的专业艺术实践。它与博士研究共同关注暂时放置、移动和日常语言，但通过公共参与展开，并未采用持续一周的触觉借用结构。