Trying to be here …

Trying to be here …The publication Trying to be here , neither a traditional exhibition catalog nor an artists book, is about the intermediary, the fleeting aspect that Jiajia Zhang also always follows in her work. The publication could be called a recipe book, an associative collection of material on the creation of Zhangs fragile, continually reforming exhibitions. The basis for the publication is the e mail correspondence that resulted from an exchange on the here

and the curator Annette Amberg in conversation with Jiajia Zhang

meticulously labeled

the colour of a noir film

Like the photographic prints

This is done without much explanation of what kind of artwork or artist’s project the sketches were intended to help build

screenshots

She documents supposedly everyday things at her place of residence as well as on trips to China

edited by Ivo Barão and Peter Hutter

To explain a constructive detail or similar complexity to someone else

the project questions the validity of past visual paradigms and invites reflection on how nature is perceived in the age of digital acceleration

it reflects more broadly on ornament and vernacular aesthetics

A text by Isabelle Köpfli reflects on his work from a curatorial perspective