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Date & Time: Thursday, 15 May 2025, 10:00 AM
Location: V&A Museum Learning Centre Hochhauser Auditorium
时间：2025.05.15 10:00-14:00
地点：维多利亚与阿尔伯特博物馆学习中心霍克豪瑟礼堂

The Research Institute of Better China Initiative of China Academy of Art presented Local Samples: Revitalizing Chinese Craft in Place, using Song of the Earth: Chronicles of Beautiful China 2023 as a narrative thread. The project showcases five representative case studies from their nationwide research, highlighting craft practices that integrate artistry, social engagement, and sustainability. From the World Craft Atlas Initiative driven by Taoxichuan, to Natural Creation, which explores the transformation of rural crafts through contemporary design and industry integration; from reusing coffee grounds and bringing mythical “spirit beasts” of the plateau to global stages, to brand-led initiatives that support the enduring vitality of traditional craftsmanship—these cases reveal the multiple possibilities of embedding craft within ecological and social systems.

中国美术学院美丽中国研究院带来“在地样本：中国地方工艺的再生实践”，以《大地之歌·2023美丽中国纪事》为线索，遴选团队在全国调研的五个具有代表性的案例，展现兼具艺术性、社会性与可持续性的工艺探索。从陶溪川正在推动的世界手工艺术星图计划，到探索乡村手工艺当代表达与产业转化路径的“自然造物”，再到咖啡渣再利用、高原“灵兽”走向国际舞台，以及品牌支持传统技艺永续发展的实践路径，呈现工艺嵌入生态与社会的多重可能。

Life Magazine presents a reflection on its twenty-year journey of documenting grassroots craftsmanship across China, distilling its long-term exploration into the local narration of traditional culture, the contemporary expression of craft values, and the renewed vitality of folk art in everyday life.
From field research and craft aesthetics to editorial storytelling, the exhibition sketches a vision of “Folk Art China”—rooted in the present and extending toward the future. It reveals how folk crafts continue to grow and evolve within contemporary society, serving as a dual vessel of cultural memory and everyday aesthetics, and demonstrating their enduring relevance and redefined value today.

《生活月刊》此次则带来其二十年记录民间手工艺的探索历程，凝练对传统文化的在地书写、工艺精神的当代表达以及民艺在日常生活中的重新激活。从地域采风、工艺美学到出版叙事，展览勾勒出一幅植根当下、延展未来的“民艺中国”图景，体现出民间工艺作为文化记忆与生活美学的双重载体，在当代社会语境中的持续生长与价值重构。

The UK section, Following Objects, features contemporary craft works from Farnham, Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter, and Sussex, spanning mediums such as metal, ceramics, and glass. The exhibition explores how craft creates dialogue between regional culture, material language, and bodily perception.
Emphasising the ongoing revitalisation of local knowledge within contemporary contexts, Following Objects highlights the unique power of craft as a vessel for cultural storytelling, offering global audiences a lens through which to understand the creative ecology of place-based making in contemporary Britain.

英国单元《随物之旅》呈现来自法纳姆、伯明翰珠宝区与萨塞克斯的当代工艺创作，涵盖金属、陶瓷与玻璃等媒介，探讨工艺如何在地域文化、材料语言与身体感知之间建立对话。整个展览强调地方知识在当代语境中的持续活化，呈现工艺作为文化叙事载体的独特力量，为全球观众提供理解英国当代地方创作生态的一个切面。

Chinese and English audiences jointly participated in a traditional Chinese shadow puppetry experience, gaining an in-depth understanding of Chinese traditional crafts and immersing themselves in Chinese culture through hands-on activities

中英观众共同参与中国传统皮影文化体验，在动手的过程中深度了解中国传统工艺、感受中国文化

The special exhibition “Where Hands Hold Light”, presented by Life Magazine, showcases two decades of subtle documentation on Folk Art China through three thematic sections: “Folk Art Map,” “Folk Aesthetics,” and “Cultural Vistas”

生活月刊呈现的《手上的朴光》特别展示现场，从“民艺地图”、“民艺美学”、“文艺景象”三个板块，呈现二十年间对民艺中国的微小记录

From left to right: Ms. Dong Kerong, Secretary of the Chinese Embassy in the UK; Dr. Xiaoxin Li, Curator of the China Collection at the V&A; Lu Chuan, Curator and Co-founder of the international craft innovation organization GyreCraft; Minister Counsellor Wang Yun of the Chinese Embassy in the UK; Dr. Stephen Nott, Director of the UK Craft Research Centre; and Mr. Gao Chu, Secretary General of The Research Institute of Better China Initiative of China Academy of Art

从左到右分别是:中国驻英国大使馆秘书董可容女士、V&A中国馆藏策展人李晓欣博士、策展人和国际工艺创新机构环流GyreCraft联合发起人卢川、中国驻英国大使馆王云参赞英国工艺研究中心总监斯蒂芬·诺特博士、中国美术学院美丽中国影像中心秘书长高初先生

The Tibetan antelope and orange fox hats by Padoba Nomads Professional Cooperative, Yushu, Qinghai, 2015; designed by the Sanjiangyuan Ecological Environment Protection Association Designers’ Alliance | Dai Mumu. Image courtesy of the Sanjiangyuan Ecological Environment Protection Association Designers’ Alliance

帕卓巴游牧民专业合作社的藏羚羊、橘色狐狸帽子，青海玉树，三江源生态环境保护协会设计师联盟|戴木木，2015年;图片由三江源生态环境保护协会设计师联盟惠允

British audience interacts with the exhibits on-site

英国观众现场与展品进行互动

Group photo of the speakers: from left to right are Ms. Jessica Wood, President of Sussex Craft Week, UK; Dr. Loucia Manopoulou, Senior UK Craft Curator and Director of Newlands House Gallery; Lu Chuan, Curator and Co-founder of the international craft innovation organization GyreCraft; Ms. Huang Haiying, Ceramic Researcher and Co-founder of Yrellag Gallery (HK); Dr. Xiaoxin Li, Curator of the China Collection at the V&A; Rebecca Skills, Head of Department at Birmingham City University School of Jewellery; and Penelope Luk, Creative Director of Crafts on Peel

演讲嘉宾合影:从左到右分别是英国萨塞克斯手工艺周主席杰西卡·伍德女士、英国资深工艺策展人和Newlands House Gallery总监卢西亚马诺普鲁博士、策展人和国际工艺创新机构环流GyreCraft联合发起人卢川、陶瓷研究学者和香港逸乐画廊联合创始人黄海瑛女士、V&A中国馆藏策展人李晓欣博士、伯明翰城市大学珠宝学院学科主任丽贝卡·斯基尔斯、飘雅活艺创意总监陆咏沁