When I a Place Doesn’t Agree with You

3D printed parts, resin, postcard
34 × 30 × 28 cm

2026


Tao Hai Yue’s installation When a Place Doesn’t Agree with You delves into questions of historical authenticity. Her work considers how newcomers enter environments shaped by history and tourist imagery. The postcards promise an understanding of a place, while exposing the fragility of this notion. Sculpted apples and a 3D-printed tree placed on a grass mat mimic the artificiality of historical reconstructions and expose the illusion of permanence they suggest. The mat is reminiscent of hot summers in 1980s and 90s China, when people reclaimed public space by sleeping along the streets. The fragmented and carefully balanced objects explore temporary structures as a state of never fully settling.

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陶海悦的装置作品《When a Place Doesn’t Agree with You》围绕历史真实性展开。作品关注初来者如何进入一个被历史叙事与旅游图像共同塑造的环境。明信片看似提供了一种理解地方的方式，同时也暴露出这种认知本身的脆弱性。铺陈于草席之上的手工上色树脂苹果与3D打印树，呼应了历史重建中的人为性，并揭示其所营造出的“永久性”其实只是一种表象。草席则令人联想到20世纪80至90年代中国炎热的夏夜，当时人们常在街边等公共空间休息或入睡。这些被切割、堆叠并谨慎维持平衡的物件，将“临时结构”呈现为一种始终无法真正安定下来的状态。


Exhibition: Fleeting Arrangements,
Kara Bukowski & Tao Hai Yue
08.08.–21.08.2026
fffriedrich, Frankfurt