SuiJianguo& XieKe| Good Life proposal: Freedom and Exploration
Opening: People, have been looking for ease, has been returning to ease.
01. Sui Jianguo: Self-consistency is the greatest freedom of the heart
Outwards, to discover the beauty of nature, the beauty of simplicity; Inward, to find their own deep feeling of the heart, the beauty of style.
「Life · Links」
In the room with light coming in, blue paint flows out of interwoven lines along the wall. On one device is a blue paint ball with a diameter of half a meter. The uneven surface looks like a planet, with its own trajectory. This is the work “The Shape of Time” by the artist Sui Jianguo. It has been 16 years since he started to create it in 2006. Every day, he will dip it in a layer of blue paint without interruption. From the original iron wire to today’s “planet”, it has become a ceremony to record the moment.
If creation is an unknown exploration, the riddle is life, and the answer is time. In the cycle, the trend of thought is everlasting, just as Sui Jianguo said: “In the constant operation of it day by day, it is self affirmation and confirmation.” This self negotiation is the greatest freedom of the heart.
So Sui Jianguo found the courage to grab a handful of mud, firmly grasp it, and then magnify it infinitely. You can see the thick hand lines and texture, and see the cracks in the mud. “All these details show the complexity of nature contained in the minuteness.” Just as Shi Tao put forward the “one painting method”: starting from my unique feelings, I use my own method to be comfortable in the world and blend with the natural atmosphere.
「Vein · Mark」
In Sui Jianguo’s mind, home is a milestone for one’s growth. Just like the house he often goes back to in his dream, it was the home he started living in at the age of 6 until he left Qingdao at the age of 24 for 18 years. “When I arrived in Beijing, I changed four studios, but it was hard for them to leave a mark in my heart. I thought: the story didn’t happen enough!”
Now, his home space is 2600 square meters, integrating life, work and artistic creation. He will watch the rain in the tea room, cook tea, read big papers in the study, ponder and pace in his sculpture room… The red stairs connect the upper and lower floors, and also reach all parts of life. The nearly 100 year old locust tree in front of my house was moved from the previous studio and saved by him from the saw blade. Now it is full of shade and green. As Sui Jianguo said, “I don’t live in the mountains, but it is like living in the mountains.”
In his mind, the size of the home space is good, but it should be rhythmic. The interesting meaning should be hidden between the zigzag lines, and it should be more suitable. That is the comfort of layers of penetration. Just like rice paper in Chinese painting, it is ink moistening, durable, and gentle. It is completed in one stroke, with distinct shades and layers.
02. Xie Ke: Return the freedom and authenticity to the owner of the family
In Jinmao Mansion of Xishan Mountain, which is close to the nature of the mountain forest, you can walk to see an invisible elegant life. Take your time, it’s all sincerity; The landscape is a good play.
「Nature · Healing」
The architect Xie Ke is more familiar with the nourishment and gifts of mountains, rivers and wilderness. He often starts a ten day visit with his partners, from the edge of the Red River Valley to the hinterland of Ailao Mountain, from the north of Wenshan Mountain to the edge of Puzhehei Lake, where he unlocks all kinds of natural scenery. The fresh light always brings inspiration.
In Xie Ke’s heart: “There is nothing that can stop and replace people’s desire for nature.” At five o’clock in the morning, he will go to the mountains and forests to be a “matsutake hunter”. Those authentic ingredients and features, after thousands of years of evolution and refining of life history, bear the imprint of a land and water, which is the epitome of life in the ground, but also the healing power of the heart.
Growing up in the mountain city of Chongqing, and now living under the mountains of Dali for a long time, Xie Ke respects a simple and natural life. Clean the courtyard in the morning, and then look far into the tranquility of Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake, watch the sunrise and sunset, and feel the flow of time exactly. Every night the stars rise, and everything slows down, when he gets closer to nature, he will feel that many beautiful details have been magnified and presented in front of him.
「Poetic · Dwelling」
However, the rationality of space is the basis for creating a sense of comfort. In Jinmao Mansion of Xishan Mountain, there is no such thing as being too big and inappropriate. Everything is just right, whether it is spatial scale or functional layout. Walking along a long line of ink colored scrolls, you can enter an elegant residence. In the ingenious space folding, you can sit down and have a drink, meditate and enjoy reading, start painting, take a nap near the window… “From the nourishment of the external environment, you can penetrate into the personal residence layer by layer, which should be rich and full of all kinds of possibilities!” Xie Ke said so.
The most important thing for an ideal living place is to return the “freedom and authenticity” to the owner of the home. After the time and story of household items, comfortable and arbitrary space lines, and the incision connecting with nature, all of these need not be luxurious and full, but must be integrated with the people.
The good geomantic omen in Xie Ke’s mind is not metaphysics, but the calm and freedom that can be felt when entering a space. The sunshine air is bright, the action streamline is relaxed, and the body and mind are happy. You don’t need to cater to a certain setting, but wait for the rush of traffic to dissipate, and all the dust will settle, so that you can return to your own feelings.
「Love · Greatness」
The kitchen at home is to soothe and heal, to forge a tacit understanding, and to conclude an exclusive memory of your own. In the 26 years of her life built by science and technology and great beauty, Fotile has made every wisp of smoke natural, every drop of water as pure as a mountain spring, and people’s love for the earth into three meals a day.
As Sui Jianguo said, “The kitchen is another meta universe!” There is no need to go east or west. It is good to bring convenience and smooth texture. But life should be like this!
