Small Gallery 斯磨畫廊

Oscillation

Curated by Denise Lin, Yu Wang and Yuri Xiao

24 - 30 June 2025 

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Departing from conventional visual-centered curating, Oscillation invites visitors into a multisensory environment shaped by plants, textures, weather, and sound.  The exhibition unfolds across the gallery’s front yard, interior, and garden—embracing the natural rhythms and overlooked materials that already inhabit the space.

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The project is rooted in an animist methodology, viewing materials not as passive objects, but as co-agents capable of response and resonance.  Curatorial gestures emerge from field-based sensory sampling: sounds of wind through grass, birdsong, and ephemeral traces like moss or fragments of bark.  These are not set decorations, but vital elements of an ecological choreography in which the exhibition takes place.

Sound plays a central role—not as background ambiance, but as a spatial climate.  Wind chimes, environmental recordings, and subtle auditory traces invite slow attention, offering an alternative to visual dominance and linear viewing.  Visitors are encouraged to drift, listen, and dwell in a space where perception is relational, not directive.
 

Oscillation, installation view. Photo by Yuri Xiao