介
Drop In

2026年8月29日

金属烛台、中国线香

30 × 30 × 60 cm

装置

《Drop In》
August 29, 2026
Metal candelabra, Chinese incense sticks
30 × 30 × 60 cm
Installation

一个原本用于蜡烛的金属烛台，插入了五根中国线香。
两种不同的物件进入彼此的关系，原有的用途也随之发生变化。
不必区分谁属于哪里，它们只是暂时处在这里。

A metal candelabra originally designed to hold candles now holds five Chinese incense sticks.
Two different objects enter into a relationship, and their original functions shift along the way.
There is no need to distinguish where either belongs. For a moment, they simply exist here.

有时候，一个物件只需要换一个位置，就会开始拥有另一种身份。
金属烛台原本属于蜡烛。五根中国线香进入其中，没有改变烛台的结构，也没有为它重新设计一个专门的功能。它们只是被放在了那里，于是一个原本熟悉的物件，开始做一件并不属于它的事情。
烛台与线香，一个来自西方的日常器物，一个延续东方使用方式的香具。它们没有被刻意解释，也没有必要被归类。不同的形态、用途和文化背景，在一个很小的空间里暂时并置。
点燃之后，作品才真正开始。烟向上升起，气味进入空气。随着线香一点点燃尽，这个临时形成的关系也逐渐消失。
《介》所发生的，也许只是一次简单的“进入”。一个东西进入另一个位置，一个用途进入另一种用途；而在两者之间，产生了一个短暂存在的状态。

Sometimes, all it takes is a change of position for an object to take on another identity.
A metal candelabra originally belongs to candles. Five Chinese incense sticks enter its structure without altering it or introducing a specially designed new function. They are simply placed there, and a familiar object begins to perform something that does not originally belong to it.
The candelabra and the incense sticks come from different traditions: one is a Western everyday object, the other continues an Eastern way of using incense. They are neither deliberately explained nor required to be categorized. Different forms, functions, and cultural contexts are temporarily brought together within a small space.
The work truly begins when it is lit. Smoke rises and scent enters the air. As the incense gradually burns away, the relationship that has formed between them slowly disappears.
What happens in Drop In may be nothing more than a simple act of “entering.” One thing enters another’s position; one function enters another. In between them, a temporary state comes into being.