SMOG

Between 2013 and 2019, I continuously documented Beijing's sky.

Growing up in Beijing, I witnessed some of the city's most severe air pollution years. School closures due to hazardous air quality were not uncommon, and checking the sky became part of everyday life.

Unlike many environmental issues, smog could not be avoided. It existed everywhere — in the air, in public discussions, and in daily routines.

Over the years, I collected photographs, news reports, air quality data, and personal observations, exploring different ways to respond to this shared experience.

2013年至2019年，我持续记录北京的天空。

作为在北京长大的孩子，我经历过空气污染最严重的时期。空气质量恶化时，全市中小学停课；抬头望天判断今日空气状况，成为一种习惯。

与其他环境问题不同，雾霾无处不在。它存在于空气之中，也存在于日常生活之中。

多年间，我不断收集天空照片、新闻报道、空气质量数据以及个人观察笔记，并尝试通过不同媒介回应这一共同经历。

Color Appearance Cut is a book design experiment exploring the memory of sky colors under Beijing's smog.

The title 色貌割 is a wordplay on "SMOG." It combines the ideas of color (色), appearance (貌), and cutting (割) — reflecting both the visual impact of air pollution and the physical structure of the book.

Using photographs taken across Beijing between 2013 and 2019, the project juxtaposes blue-sky and smog-covered conditions from similar locations.

Pages are designed with tear-open cuts. As readers open each page, the hidden blue sky gradually emerges beneath layers of grey.

The images gradually shrink, the colors fade, and the visible landscape grows smaller and smaller.

The project asks a simple question: if we spend years living under smog, will we eventually forget what the sky once looked like?

《色貌割》是一项关于天空颜色记忆的书籍设计实验。

标题「色貌割」是 SMOG 的谐音双关——色（color）、貌（appearance）、割（cut），既指空气污染的视觉影响，也指书籍的物理结构。

我收集了2013至2019年间在北京不同地点拍摄的天空照片，并将同一地点在蓝天与雾霾天气下的颜色进行并置。

书页被设计成可撕开的结构。当读者沿切割线打开页面时，被灰色覆盖的天空逐渐显现出原本的蓝色。

图片逐渐缩小，颜色变淡，可见的风景也越来越少。

项目试图回答一个简单的问题：如果我们长期生活在雾霾之下，是否会逐渐忘记天空原本的颜色？

In discussions about Beijing's smog, a common expression kept appearing: "When the wind comes, the air will be clean again."

While researching, I discovered that Beijing's geography — surrounded by mountains on three sides, like a dustpan — directly affects pollution dispersal. Cold air and strong winds from the north can blow away the smog, but without wind, pollutants accumulate over the city.

This fact reminded me of a subtly absurd situation: when facing environmental problems, it seemed all people could do was wait for the wind.

Waiting for Wind transforms this familiar expression into an interactive experience. Participants blow air toward the projection, attempting to disperse layers of smog.

Through a simple yet deliberately absurd gesture, the project reflects on feelings of helplessness when facing large-scale environmental problems.

关于北京雾霾的讨论中，经常会出现一种说法："等风来了，空气就好了。"

在查阅资料时，我发现北京三面环山的地形会影响污染扩散。来自北方的冷空气和强风往往能够吹散雾霾，而缺少风时，污染物则更容易在城市中积聚。北京人生动形象地形容为一个簸箕。

这一事实让我联想到一种略显荒谬的状态：面对环境问题，人们似乎只能等待风。

于是我设计了一个交互装置。观众通过吹气与作品互动，尝试吹散投影中的雾霾。

作品将一个日常表达转化为身体动作，让参与者体验面对巨大环境问题时的无力感。