《9:30pm的游泳池》小華個展
"9:30pm, at swimming pool" Xiaohua Solo Exhibition

展覽日期 ▍2019/02/23-2019/04/20
開幕茶會 ▍2019/02/23 18:00-21:00
開放時間 ▍週二-週六 13:00-19:00
展覽地點 ▍十方藝術空間（台北市中山區德惠街51號）

*開幕茶會開放時間：16:00-21:00

幾乎每天去游泳，從家騎車到泳池只有10分鐘的路程，泳池是恆溫的28度，所以冬天的時候下到池子裡，反而覺得暖和。我喜歡在水下拼命游，劃開手臂，一口氣能游很遠的樣子，浮在水上，覺得自由又開闊，那種感覺不像在陸地上，得處處小心。戴上泳鏡，水下的一切幾乎就是一個顏色，清晰又模糊，看得時間久了，覺得它很是一個離事物最好的距離。水是很柔的，那種柔軟大大超過了我自己，常常覺得自己就被水“吃掉”了。
泳池晚上11點關門，為了可以少遇見些人，常特意去得晚些，隔著一面朝著室外的大玻璃窗，那種夜裡的美是白天沒有的。泳池在柏林一處很好的酒店裡，酒店特別的全景燈，加上池子裡的三兩人，很像一張流動的極簡圖像，那種安靜和乾淨，哪怕是在並不那麼繁華的柏林也是少有的。
人在水中就是在另一個世界，常常在游泳的時候思考一些問題，然後在上岸時豁然。
小華， 2019年1月

I go swimming almost every day. It is only a 10-minute ride from my home to the swimming pool. The swimming pool is maintained at 28°C, so it’s warm even when I get in the water during winter. I like to stroke hardly under the water, spreading my arms as if I could cover a long distance in one breath. When floating on the surface of the water, I feel free and boundless. That sensation is unlike being on land, where have to be alert at all times. And with goggles, everything underwater seems to be one color - clear yet vague. After some time, I find it provides the best distance to look at things. Water is gentle. Its gentleness is way beyond me, and I often feel devoured by water.
he swimming pool closes at 11 P.M. To avoid the crowd, I often intentionally go there later in the evening. Looking out through a huge glass window, the beauty of the night is what the day lacks. The swimming pool is in a high-end hotel in Berlin. The special panorama light of the hotel and the scanty number of people in the pool make the scene look like one from a minimalist image. That tranquility and cleanness is rare even in a less bustling city like Berlin.
When you are under water, you are in another world. I often ponder questions when I am swimming and find the answer when I get on the shore.
Xiaohua, January, 2019.