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2022.05.24
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王垚力✎
Yaoli Wang独立策展人、自由撰稿人、强力超市创始人之一、JINGPHOTO北京影像艺术博览会总监，现生活和工作在北京
Freelance curator and writer, co-founder of Qiangli Supermarket, and director of JINGPHOTO, an air fair in Beijing that focuses exclusively on photography. She currently lives and works in Beijing.
平行，记忆中小学数学概念里最好记的那一个。老师反复强调，只要记住“永不相交”四个字就能得分。虽然数学课中讲解了“平行”的概念会存在于平面或空间中，可之后每每提到这个词，脑海中只会立即浮现两条无论延伸多远，都不会相交或重叠的线。 肉眼可见的协调，相对独立的浪漫。平行是一种关系，彼此是产生平行的关键所在，一方不在，平行便不在了；平行是一种节奏，彼此始终保持一致，但永远不会相互影响；平行是一种心情，期待对方的靠岸，惧怕彼此的纠缠；平行是一种巧合，两者之间恰好有对应关系，但两者并非是彼此的原因。
如果平行是一条法则，“保持距离”将是公民必须遵守的，牢记“非必要，不得相交”。空隙滋生幻想，有助海马体的成长，都是为我们好。
Parallel lines are the easiest concept to remember in grade school math class. The teacher kept emphasizing that “parallel lines never intersect,” and as long as I remembered those four words, I’ll get points. Though we learned that the concept of “parallel” could be applied to 2D and 3D spaces, whenever I heard this word, it would only ever be two lines that appeared in my mind. Two lines that no matter how far they extend, never crossed or overlapped. A parallel is a visible harmony, a romance with a bit of independence. It’s a relationship where each is essential to the other: if one is missing, the relation is naught. It’s a rhythm where both sides stay in sync, but never influence the other. It’s a state of mind, a longing for touch and fear of entanglement. It’s a coincidence where the two happen to echo one another but are not the reason for each other’s existence. If parallelism were a law, “maintaining distance” would be what citizens must abide by, bearing in mind that “nonessential intersections are not allowed.” Distance gives rise to fantasy and helps with the growth of the hippocampus, which is all for our own good.