天目里园区电梯间,杭州,2021

四边形,2021 — 2022

公共空间互动声音装置

《四边形》是一件由 BY ART MATTERS 之馆委托艺术家王长存完成的互动声音装置作品。该作品位于天目里连接地下楼层和地面广场的四组转换梯中。每日早 8 点至晚 10 点间,这里都将输出根据时间和轿厢内乘客人数变化的音乐; 音乐的形态也将在不同的季节发生转变,为每次乘梯带来不同的体验。

Quadrilateral,2021 — 2022

Interactive sound installation in public space

Quadrilateral by artist Wang Changcun is an interactive sound installation commissioned by BY ART MATTERS 之馆. Installed in the four sets of elevators ascending to the ground square of the OōEli campus, the featured music changes from time to time and varies depending on the number of people inside, making each ride in the elevator a unique experience.

音乐受电梯内乘客人数与时间等参数影响,以下是两段不同人数与时间的录音片段:
The music is influenced by parameters such as the number of passengers in the elevator and the time of day. The following are two clips of recordings with different number of passengers and times of day:

上午 8 点,电梯内有 1 位乘客 8AM, 1 passenger:

下午 3 点,电梯内超过 9 位乘客 3PM, over 9 passengers:


游牧画廊 x YveYANG x TCHA, 2021

现实真没劲,2021

存储于 IPFS 网络的网站,NFT

1/3, 2/3, 3/3

受艺术机构 TCHA 委托,使用 NFT 确权的网站作品《现实真没劲》绘制了一组虚空的肖像,以网站为载体及框架绘制了一系列以百无聊赖的慵懒姿态盯着手机屏幕的人物——就像是你我一样的人物,不断被满溢的信息洗刷着。

这些寻常人物,事实上是由空字符串经过区块链底层加密技术运算得出得唯一哈希值: E3B0C44298FC1C149AFBF4C8996FB92427AE41E4649B934CA495991B7852B855 构成的,并永久存在于网络世界。换句话说,这些面貌清晰、细节丰富的形象是完全无内容的;由更像是文字而不是绘画的笔触描绘的轮廓内,没有可被称作实体、现实、意义或深度的东西。作品使用的 HASH SHA 256bit 算法,被广泛应用于基于区块链技术的新一代点对点超媒体传输协议“星际文件系统”(ipfs),并通过智能合约生成 NFT 得以永久确权,在技术层面充盈,却仅与一个虚空的、无实质内容的人相关联。

艺术家以其惯常的黑色幽默对比了虚空画(vanitas)传统,通过创造处于传统绘画形式及电影/动画之间的万变图像(transients image),以貌似寻常且满溢的画面提示了当代存在的荒诞困境。

The Internet is so Boring,2021

website stored in IPFS, NFT

1/3, 2/3, 3/3

Commissioned by the art institution TCHA, The Internet is so Boring depicts a series of hollowed portraits: on the website that contains the totality of the artwork, one sees a group of human figures in various idle postures fixated upon their smartphones, as time lapses – figures that are just like you and me, constantly washed over by overwhelming information.

Mundane and common from a first glance, the fully outlined figures in fact are composed exclusively of a unique cryptoed, permanent hash that corresponds to empty strings: E3B0C44298FC1C149AFBF4C8996FB92427AE41E4649B934CA495991B7852B855. In other words, the meticulously depicted, fully detailed figures are empty; in the outlines that are textual in nature, there is nothing that can be described as tangible, real, meaningful or dimensional. The work uses the hash sha 256bit algorithm that is common in the peer-to-peer network of ipfs, and is rendered permanent as a generated NFT through a smart contract. It is technologically sufficient, yet is only related to a community that is voided and content-less.

In his usual black humour, Wang revisits the profound tradition of vanitas by suspending the subject-still life status of the human figures; and, by creating"transients images" that operate in the space between painting and film/animation, he overwhelms the "canvas" and direct one's attention to an absurd contemporary situation.


西岸美术馆,上海,2020

合成握手,2020

声音影像现场表演,30 分钟以上

不使用预录制好的声音采样或者影片文件,完全基于声音合成与影像合成的实时现场表演。

Synthetic Handshake,2020

audio-visual live performance, 30 minutes +

Real time audio-visual live performance using synthetic sounds and synthetic visuals, no recorded audio samples or video clips are used.


空总当代文化实验场,台北,2019

PlayStation mod 4,2019

四声道声音装置

四支音箱同时播放 Spotify 本地音乐排行榜前 10 名金曲,第 1 支音箱播放第 1、5、9、13... 秒的声音,第 2 支音箱同时播放第 2、6、10、14... 秒,第 3 支同时 3、7、11、15...秒,第 4 支同时 4、8、12、16...秒。以 1/4 的时间分秒不缺地听完。

PlayStation mod 4,2019

4-channel sound installation

playing back Spotify local top 10 songs, speaker1 plays the 1st sec, speaker2 plays the 2nd... speaker4 plays the 4th AT THE SAME TIME, uses 1/4 time to finish listening to these 10 songs.


七木空间,北京,2019

坠落,2019

声音影像装置(电脑程序声音合成,Python,FFmpeg,SoX), 9 分 32 秒

洞穴中的持续坠落。

The Fall, 2019

Audio-visual installation (Computer audio synthesizer, Python, FFmpeg, SoX), 9’32”

fall in endless caves.


AIKE 画廊, 上海,2018

横向卷轴,2018

网络程序和双通道声音装置,尺寸可变

「横向卷轴」是一个包含九个窗口的 macOS 软件,每个窗口以不同的速度从画面的最左端向 右移动,直至在画面的最右端消失之后再次从画面最左端出现。

  • 窗口 1:实时从万维网获取近期的新闻头条标题
  • 窗口 2:随机生成一个 0 至 1000 之间的整数,并在万维网搜索关于这个整数的相关知识
  • 窗口 3:实时从万维网获取的此刻沃尔玛网站最畅销的产品名称与图片
  • 窗口 4:「横向卷轴」运行所在空间的实时摄像头画面
  • 窗口 5:实时从万维网获取关于当前日期的相关知识
  • 窗口 6:实时不断生成的序列音乐乐句
  • 窗口 7:时间。小时分钟秒
  • 窗口 8:实时从万维网随机获取狗的照片
  • 窗口 9:实时生成并调变的白噪声,声音的立体声位置与窗口所在画面位置同步

Side-Scrolling, 2018

Network program and dual-channel sound installation

macOS software which includes 9 windows. Each window keeps moving from left to right of the whole display area.

  • window 1: Realtime big news title from the internet
  • window 2: Knowledge from internet about a random number between 0 to 1000
  • window 3: Best selling product now on Walmart website
  • window 4: Realtime camera visual of the exhibiting space
  • window 5: Knowledge from internet about the current date
  • window 6: Realtime generated twelve-tone series music
  • window 7: current time
  • window 8: Random dog picture from the internet
  • window 9: Realtime generated & processed white noise, sound panning is based on the window position

AIKE 画廊, 上海,2018

well then,2018

软件,计算机,3.5 英寸显示器,立体声;8.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm

3.5 英寸显示屏和立体声音频的电脑程序。通过计算机算法生成 ASCII 表情符号和电子声音。"well then" — 是当你想不出一个答案、快速转换话题或是想要打破静默的时候所会说的......” — 城市词典

well then, 2018

Software running on computer with 3.5 inches display with stereo sound; 8.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm

Computer program with 3.5 inches display and stereo audio. Algorithm generated ASCII emoticons and electronic sounds between silences. “well then, something you say when you can't think of an answer or/and a quick change of subject or to break a silence...” — urbandictionary


王长存:逻辑的感觉,OCAT 美术馆上海馆,2018

沙丘,2018

电脑程序生成图像,180 ×120cm 每件

「由电脑程序流动构成的松散像素山丘。」

Dune, 2018

Computer Program Generated Image, 180 ×120cm each

「Hills of loose pixels built by the flow of computer programs.」


王长存:逻辑的感觉,OCAT 美术馆上海馆,2018;上海 K11 美术馆,UCCA Lab,2021

金元素,2018 — 2021

电脑程序生成影像,4 分 55 秒

同时听音乐流媒体服务 Spotify 全球排名前 50 首金曲。

Aurum, 2018

Computer Program Generated Video, 4’55”

Aurum is for listening to music streaming service Spotify’s Global Top 50 tracks at the same time.


王长存:逻辑的感觉,OCAT 美术馆上海馆,2018

C 小调的三个窗口,2018

电脑程序生成影像(声音软件、macOS 电脑软件)

三个窗口中的任何一个撞击边界时,都会演奏巴赫《C 小调赋格》的下一个音符。

Three Windows in C Minor, 2018

Computer Program Generated Video (Audio Software, MacOS Software)

Any of the three windows hits the edge will play the next note from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Fugue in C Minor.


王长存:逻辑的感觉,OCAT 美术馆上海馆,2018

快速查看 (s02e08), 2018

电脑程序生成图像(Python, FFmpeg, ImageMagick),10 x 2.8m

《快速查看》是一个用于高效观看电视剧的工具,比如一眼即可看完包含 84,659 帧画面的一集连续剧。

Quick Look (s02e08), 2018

Computer Program Generated Image (Python, FFmpeg, ImageMagick), 10 x 2.8m

Quick Look is a high efficiency tool for quickly watching TV series. For example it takes only one glimpse to finish an episode which contains 84,659 images.


王长存:逻辑的感觉,OCAT 美术馆上海馆,2018

视口二重奏,2017

互动影像装置

《视口二重奏》通过一个虚拟的电脑视线,经由视口反视由节点与色块构成的人类活动。这一 切再由第三方观看者以游戏手柄的方向摇杆控制节点色块人的活动方向。

Viewport Duet, 2017

Interactive Video Installation

Viewport Duet generates human activities with coordinates and color blocks from the line of a virtual computer line of vision, seen introspectively. All of which is seen by a third party viewer’s manipulation of a joystick to control the directions of the color person’s coordinates.


王长存:逻辑的感觉,OCAT 美术馆上海馆,2018

一个半音(计时器),2014

声音装置,8 小时

《一个半音(计时器)》是一个时长八小时的半音滑音。

A Semitone (Timer), 2014

Sound Installation, 8 hours

One Semiton (Timer) is a pitch sliding which takes 8 hours to slide one semitone.


Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, United States, 2013
Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, Hong Kong, 2014

瀑布,2013

声音装置

电视机杂讯画面与瀑布的声音。

Waterfall, 2013

Sound Installation

TV static noise and waterfall sound.


Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, United States

蝉,2013

声音装置

美国寒冬树林中的杭州蝉鸣。

Cicada, 2013

Sound Installation

Hangzhou cicadas sound in American winter.


王长存:逻辑的感觉,OCAT 美术馆上海馆,2018

按摩椅,2012

声音装置

被一套按摩椅录音按摩。

Massage Chair, 2012

Sound Installation

Massaged by audio recording from a massage chair.


王长存:逻辑的感觉,OCAT 美术馆上海馆,2018

透纳测试,2010

像素图像,120×120cm 每件

《透纳测试》是电脑程序生成的左右对称像素图,通过采样约瑟夫·玛罗德·威廉·透纳风景画中的颜色值,颜色采样的顺序遵循原 画中像素的排列顺序,以保留原画的色彩过渡。

Turner Test, 2010

Pixel Image, 120 x 120cm each

Turner Test is bilateral symmetry (symmetrical) pixel art (image) generated by sampling color values from Joseph Mallord William Turner’s landscape paintings. The color sampling process follows the order of the original painting therefore keeps the color transitions of the sampled painting.


王长存:逻辑的感觉,OCAT 美术馆上海馆,2018

五言绝句,2009

电脑程序生成影像(自动写诗软件、MacOS 电脑软件)

《五言绝句》是一个基于平仄格式,实时不断生成五言绝句诗的 MacOS 软件。所有《五言绝句》中的汉字均采样自唐诗。

Five-character-quatrain, 2009

Computer Program Generated Video (Automatic Poem Composing Software, MacOS Software)

Five-character-quatrain is a MacOS software which keeps generating five-character-quatrain based on the Ping Ze rule (tonal pattern) in real time. All the Chinese characters are sampled from Tang Dynasty poems.