Dialogue with Hou Ying: A Dance Artist’s Reflections on the Crisis of Human Civilization Translated title: 对话侯莹：一个舞蹈艺术家对人类文明危机的思考

Abstract

In March 2019, Hou Ying presented a site-specific dance performance called “ Immanent fall” as part of the “ Civilization: The Way We Live Now” series to an audience in the labyrinth-like exhibition hall in the Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing. Her creation seems to have had an amazing predictive function which was almost identical to what is happening in the world today, the outbreak of COVID-19. In an in-depth interview with Hou Ying and Aimee T. Liu, Hou shared her inspiration for creating the work “ Immanent Fall”, and explored her reflections on the crisis that hit human civilization on 23 February, 2020.

Translated abstract

2019年3月，在北京尤伦斯当代艺术中心（UCCA）特别项目《文明：当代生活启示录》迷宫般的展厅中，侯莹为观众呈现了一部特定场域的舞蹈作品《坠入内在》，作品中情景与当下世界正在爆发的2019冠状病毒病疫情场景，简直如出一辙，她的创作似乎具有一种神奇的预言功能。2020年2月23日，在CAET编辑刘婷对侯莹的采访中，她分享了自己创作《坠入内在》的灵感源泉，并探讨了一个舞蹈艺术家对人类文明危机的思考。