博物幻生展览项目
博物幻生 / 博物幻生 II
苗晶 & 刘唱双人展项目
2018 - 2020
这是一个持续生长的展览项目，以“博物”为容器，以“幻生”为线索，在不同城市、不同空间中不断演化。
博物幻生 I
上海衡山和集，2018年5月
2018年5月，“博物幻生”首次在上海衡山和集呈现。展览展出了苗晶与音乐人Jason Hou合作的“博物柜”系列声音影像装置——中药柜的抽屉依次打开，浮现出人参、苍耳子、冬虫夏草等传统中药意象，营造出一个沉浸式的观看空间。
同期展出的还有与Franklin Zhu合作完成的在线博物馆“博物幻生”。这是一个虚拟的漫游空间，让无法到达现场的观众也可以“云”游网络，漫步于展览之中。实体与虚拟的双重呈现，让“博物”的边界从物理空间延伸至数字领域。
博物幻生 II
重庆利物因生活美学店，2018
同年，“博物幻生 II”在重庆利物因生活美学店再次发生。这一次，展览与建筑空间深度结合，呈现了苗晶与刘唱两人的创作：
苗晶的《渐》声音影像装置以佛教文化中的“轮回”为引，将中国古代建筑元素转化为动态雕塑，在均衡的旋转中通向不同的门与道。刘唱则带来了“闪烁的存在”系列中的核心作品《随机漫步者-墨》以及同名肖像艺术家书。
《随机漫步者-墨》的特殊呈现
这是《随机漫步者-墨》首次与家具设计结合。利物因的设计师为这件交互影像装置特别设计了锯齿木框——木纹留下的岁月温度，包裹着整个动态肖像画作品。算法生成的笔触在屏幕上流动、滴落，木质的温润在四周环绕，数字与自然、当代与传统在这一刻悄然相遇。
《闪烁的存在》艺术家书的重现
《闪烁的存在》肖像系列艺术家书自2016年纽约否画廊个展“程式之美”后，首次再次制作。书中收录了曾参与这件作品的朋友们留下的“肖像画”——那些在2016年的纽约，于摄像头前驻足、与算法共同创作的瞬间。翻阅书页，记忆溯回到四年前的纽约，那些闪烁的存在被重新唤醒。
时间里：时间的独幕剧
2020
2020年，疫情期间。
《随机漫步者》如空间中的幽灵，在肃然安静的疫情世界中，独自上演着一出关于时间的独幕剧。没有观众在场，摄像头前空无一人，算法仍在运行，笔触仍在流动——只是不再描绘人的肖像，而是描摹着时间的形状。那一年，世界停下来了，而作品仍在继续。
关于“博物幻生”
“博物”指向收藏与陈列，“幻生”指向想象与生长。在这个持续的项目中，苗晶与刘唱以各自的方式回应着同一命题：当传统博物学遭遇数字时代，当实体空间延伸至虚拟网络，当人的在场与缺席不断交替——我们收藏什么？我们陈列什么？我们如何想象一个正在生长的世界？
Museum of Illusions I / II
Miao Jing & Liu Chang Dual Exhibition Project
2018 – 2020
A continuously evolving exhibition project, Museum of Illusions takes "collection" as its vessel and "imaginary growth" as its thread, unfolding across different cities and spaces.
Museum of Illusions I
The Mix-Place, Shanghai, May 2018
In May 2018, Museum of Illusions first manifested at The Mix-Place in Shanghai. The exhibition featured the Cabinet sound-video installation series created by Miao Jing in collaboration with musician Jason Hou—drawers of a traditional Chinese medicine cabinet opening sequentially, revealing imagery of ginseng, cocklebur fruit, cordyceps, and other traditional herbs, constructing an immersive viewing space.
Also presented was the online museum "Museum of Illusions," created in collaboration with Franklin Zhu—a virtual roaming space allowing viewers unable to visit in person to wander through the exhibition via the cloud. This dual presentation—physical and virtual—extended the boundaries of "collection" from physical space into the digital realm.
Museum of Illusions II
LIVIN Lifestyle Store, Chongqing, 2018
Later that year, Museum of Illusions II manifested again at Li Yi Wu Lifestyle Store in Chongqing. This iteration deeply integrated with the architectural space, presenting works by both Miao Jing and Liu Chang:
Miao Jing's Transition sound-video installation drew on Buddhist concepts of reincarnation, transforming elements of ancient Chinese architecture into dynamic sculptures that rotate toward different doors and paths in constant equilibrium. Liu Chang presented core works from her Flickering Existence series: Random Walker – Dripping and the eponymous portraiture artist's book.
Special Presentation of Random Walker – Dripping
This marked the first time Random Walker – Dripping was integrated with furniture design. Li Yi Wu's designers created a custom serrated wooden frame for the interactive installation—the warmth of time left by wood grain enveloping the entire dynamic portraiture work. Algorithmic brushstrokes flowed and dripped across the screen, surrounded by the warmth of wood; digital and natural, contemporary and traditional, quietly encountering one another.
Reappearance of Flickering Existence Artist's Book
The Flickering Existence portraiture artist's book reappeared for the first time since Liu Chang's 2016 solo exhibition Code is Beautiful at Fou Gallery, New York. The book collected "portraits" left by friends who participated in the work—moments in 2016 New York when they paused before cameras and co-created with algorithms. Turning the pages, memory溯回 to New York four years prior; those flickering existences reawakened.
Inside Time: Monodrama of Time
2020
In 2020, during the pandemic.
Random Walker drifted through space like a ghost, performing a monodrama about time in a world grown silent and still. No audience present; empty before the camera. Yet the algorithm continued running, brushstrokes continued flowing—no longer depicting human portraits, but tracing the shape of time itself. That year, the world paused. The work continued.
About the Museum of Illusions
"Collection"指向 gathering and display; "Illusions"指向 imagination and growth. In this ongoing project, Miao Jing and Liu Chang respond in their own ways to the same proposition: when traditional natural history encounters the digital age, when physical space extends into virtual networks, when presence and absence continually alternate—what do we collect? What do we display? How do we imagine a world in the process of becoming?
苗晶 & 劉唱雙人展
「博物幻生」展覽項目2018年5月份第一次在上海衡山和集發生，當時展出了苗晶與Jason Hou合作的「博物櫃」系列聲音影像裝置作品，以及與Franklin Zhu合作完成的在線博物館“博物幻生”，因此未能到達現場的觀者也可以“雲”遊網絡，漫步展覽。
「博物幻生 II」在重慶利物因生活美學店又一次發生，這次展覽結合建築空間，展出苗晶和劉唱兩人的創作：「漸」聲音影像裝置以及「閃爍的存在」系列作品中的「隨機漫步者·墨」以及「閃爍的存在」肖像手工書。
「隨機漫步者-墨」在很多展覽現場展出過，但在本次展覽中是第一次與設計結合，利物因設計師家具設計師為「隨機漫步者-墨」設計了鋸齒木框，讓木紋留下的歲月溫度包裹著整個動態肖像畫作品。
「閃爍的存在」(Flickering Existence)肖像系列藝術家書也在自2016年「Code is Beautiful程式之美」個展後第一次被再次製作。再次呈現曾經參與過這部作品而留下「肖像畫」的朋友們，記憶溯回到2016年的紐約。