Jessie Yingying Gong

Away with the Flow

顺气自然

Taiji, the traditional form of Chinese martial arts, incorporates routine and movement, breathing and mindfulness, along with the ideological balancing of the forces of yin and yang. In this binary, movement generates yang; tranquility ultimately generates yin.

The concept of Qi - the flow of energy - is essential to Taiji practice. It is the language used to pinpoint how the internal arts feels – an imagined communication between the mind and the body. In Away with the Flow visualizes and manifests the bodily sensations in Taiji through a variety of media.

Existence flows. Let it flow.

太极拳，中国传统武术形式之一，包括套路、动作、呼吸、运气和意念，以及阴阳理念的平衡：在不断矛盾运动中取得统一。

气 - 能量的流动 - 对太极拳至关重要：它是身体内部感应传导的语言，是大脑与身体之间的想象交流。《顺气自然》通过各种媒介将太极和其对身体的引导和锻炼形象化、视觉化地给大家呈现出来。

意气相合，顺气自然。

Performance in Amsterdam Noord

Installation at He Xiangning Museum

Installation at h27 gallery

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Away with the Flow

顺气自然

In returning to Shanghai, I continue to explore the subject of public exercise, this time spotlighting Taiji. This traditional form of Chinese martial arts incorporates routine and movement, breathing and mindfulness, along with the ideological balancing of the forces of yin and yang. In this binary, movement generates yang; tranquility ultimately generates yin.

The concept of Qi - the flow of energy - is essential to Taiji practice. It is the language used to pinpoint how the internal arts feels – an imagined communication between the mind and the body. In Away with the Flow, I want to visualize and manifest the bodily sensations in Taiji through a variety of media, involving photography, calligraphy, installation, visual poetry, video, and live performance.

Existence flows. Let it flow.