TERRA PATRIA LIBERI (2023)

在全球政治气候普遍右转的当下，TERRA PATRIA LIBERI想要在跨越国境的更广阔更普遍性的语境下去探讨高涨民族主义情绪的根源之一：儿童教育。

yawen收集了来自24名来自全世界9个国家不同年龄层的朋友的对于童年教育的回忆口述之后，并在其中提炼出国旗这个不断被提及的元素。旗帜是符号学的极致使用，颜色和图形一起建构了集体叙事；比如旗帜中最常见的颜色是红色，在许多国家都象征战士的鲜血，在这个符号中敌人与他者被树立。

在工作坊中，艺术家带领大家一起回忆，反刍并且反思了童年时代接受的教育，发现隐藏在其中的民族主义叙事隐线，比如历史书中对于殖民过去的回避等等细节。大家一起谈论自己国家的国旗的含义以及其在学校教育中的叙述方式。这些国旗最后成为了素材，大家一起剪下旗帜重新评贴重新阐释作为一种解构与重构这些民族主义符号的过程。


In a global political climate that is increasingly veering to the right, TERRA PATRIA LIBERI seeks to explore one of the roots of rising nationalist sentiments within a broader and more universal context that transcends national borders: children's education.

Yawen collected oral memories of childhood education from 24 friends of different ages from 9 countries around the world. From these accounts, the recurring element of national flags was distilled. Flags are the ultimate expression of semiotics, with colors and symbols together constructing collective narratives; for example, the most common color in flags is red, symbolizing the blood of warriors in many countries, where enemies and the other is delinated.

In the workshop, the artist guided participants to recollect, ruminate, and reflect on the education they received in their childhoods, uncovering hidden threads of nationalist narratives, such as the avoidance of colonial history in textbooks. Participants discussed the meanings of their countries' flags and how these were conveyed in school education. These flags then became materials for the group, who collectively cut them apart and reassembled them, reinterpreting and deconstructing these nationalist symbols in the process.