You can “revisit” the “Synchronicity” exhibition which was held from Dec. 1 to April 19 at Pingshan Art Museum now via mobile phone or computer since the museum has rolled out a virtual exhibition recently.

The panoramic online exhibition offers users the immersive experience of a virtual visit to the physical museum, which is now closed for planning new exhibitions. Users can view detailed images of exhibited objects and related introductory texts or watch videos by clicking on hotspots.

The “Synchronicity” exhibition showcased works by Chinese and Swiss artists. Roman Signer explores the relationships between sudden energy release and calmness, and investigates the transformation of materials through time. He refers to his performance art as “action sculpture” or “time sculpture.” Visitors can watch the video of Signer’s action of rushing into his trademark blue balloons stacked inside a wooden installation Nov. 30 last year at the museum, as well as some other installations at the exhibition.

A screenshot of the online exhibition.

Chinese artist Qiu Zhijie’s giant ink painting “Map” (2019) hung on the wall from the fifth floor down to the second floor of the museum echoes the energy concept in Signer’s works.

Visitors may be mesmerized by Hu Jieming’s “One Hundred Years in One Minute” (2010), a compelling video installation consisting of numerous small scenes arranged into a matrix. The scenes are excerpts from a wide spectrum of international art history archives and include footage such as Duchamp’s “Fountain” and the famous photo of a naked John Lennon beside Yoko Ono.

Wang Jianwei’s video “Living Elsewhere” created in 1997-1999 recorded several farmers who tried to survive in the outskirts of Chengdu. The 140-minute video, only 40 minutes of which is shown at the exhibition, expresses Wang’s focus on the relationship between humans and architecture and nature.

Lyu Shengzhong conducted an experiment on traditional Chinese art by applying the element of books in “Study of Landscape” (2003). He wraps each book’s cover so that the spines of 1,000 books in a large bookshelf can be arranged to form a giant ancient Chinese landscape painting.

Signer’s daughter Barbara’s light installation “I Won’t Let the Sun Go Down on You” (2016) presents a melancholic scene of a room soaked in the sunset, in an expression that beautiful moments won’t last forever. Another one of her works, “Capsule Coral” (2013), created with Michael Bodenmann, is a metaphor of a time capsule that stores memories.

Chinese artist aaajiao’s works speak to issues around the Internet, with some projects focusing on data. His video “Column” (2017) modifies a computer system time — heading towards the future or tracing back in history — to reflect a state of conflict between the finite and the infinite. His “Water Measure — Petroleum” (2017) installation questions the value of data.

Scan the QR code to "e-visit" the exhibition.