WU—LIAO/无不吴聊BY WU QIAN / 吴倩
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Essays, conversations, moving-image notes and project texts.

文章、对话、动态影像笔记与项目文本。

Writing lets one project enter another: an interview may continue through a field note, an exhibition essay or a reading list.

Wu Qian in conversation with Kong Hongwei
Position essay25 Aug 2026

Conversation Is Not Before the Work. It Is the Work.

对话并不先于作品，对话本身就是作品

WU—LIAO / 无不吴聊Conversation as Medium
Source frame from Wu Qian's conversation with Sun Xun
Research sequence2024—ongoing

Sun Xun: Looking for an Inner Nature

孙逊：寻找真心自性的 NPC

Sun Xun × Wu Qian / 孙逊 × 吴倩Body, Mind and Agency
Frame from The Diachronic House in the Future
Moving image2018

The Diachronic House in the Future

未来的老房子

Project record / Wu Qian, Co-Executive ProducerDwelling, Memory and Place
Field research beside a lake
Field noteOngoing

The Site Is Not a Backdrop

现场不是背景

Wu Qian / 吴倩Situated Practice
Source frame from a WU—LIAO conversation with Sun Xun
Research strand2024—ongoing

Boredom Is a Change in the Direction of Attention

无聊是注意力方向的改变

WU—LIAO editorial propositionBoredom and Attention
Sound and moving-image production setup
Method essay2026—

Long-form Moving Image: An Editorial Form

长篇动态影像：一种编辑形式

WU—LIAO EditorialMoving Image Archive
Source frame from Plant Instinct
Moving-image note2026

Plant Instinct: Adaptation Is Not Innocent

植物的本能：适应并非无辜

Zheng Jiang × Wu Qian / 郑江 × 吴倩Ecology, Instinct and Civilisation
SOURCE NOTE
Source frame from The Fatal Adaptability
Moving-image note2026

The Fatal Adaptability

致命的适应能力

WU—LIAO source conversation / 无不吴聊资料Speed, Environment and Selfhood
SOURCE NOTE
Source frame from a conversation on consciousness
Moving-image note2026

Consciousness Without a Fixed Location

意识没有固定的位置

Zheng Jiang × Wu Qian / 郑江 × 吴倩Mind, Body and Metaphysics
SOURCE NOTE
Source frame from Wu Qian's conversation with Bai Ming
Moving-image note2026

Familiarity Is Not Knowledge

熟悉并不等于理解

Bai Ming × Wu Qian / 白明 × 吴倩Ceramics, Tradition and Authority
SOURCE NOTE
Wu Qian in conversation with Kong Hongwei
Moving-image note2026

Every Artist Needs Music

搞艺术的都要上音乐课

Kong Hongwei × Wu Qian / 孔宏伟 × 吴倩Rhythm, Colour and Pedagogy
SOURCE NOTE
Source frame from a conversation about Chinese jazz abroad
Moving-image note2026

Music Crosses Borders by Translating Difference

音乐通过翻译差异跨越边界

Kong Hongwei × Wu Qian / 孔宏伟 × 吴倩Improvisation and Cultural Translation
SOURCE NOTE
Source frame from What Is the Face of This Era
Moving-image note2026

What Is the Face of This Era?

这个时代的面孔是什么？

Ma Jinghu × Wu Qian / 马精虎 × 吴倩Visual Culture and Acceleration
SOURCE NOTE
A conversation taking place beside a painting in an exhibition context
Project essay25 Aug 2026

Exhibition Is a Field of Relation

展览是一座关系场

WU—LIAO / 无不吴聊Curatorial Assembly
Hands and materials gathered around a participatory workshop table
Project essay25 Aug 2026

Participation Must Be Able to Change the Work

参与必须能够改变作品

WU—LIAO / 无不吴聊Public Programme and Pedagogy
A stage reading with several voices gathered in live space
Practice essay25 Aug 2026

Voice Before the Edit

剪辑之前的声音

WU—LIAO / 无不吴聊Performance and Voice
An installation room containing living plants, furniture and images
Research essay25 Aug 2026

Living Matter, Unstable Display

生命材料与不稳定陈列

WU—LIAO / 无不吴聊Installation, Ecology and Care
A sound mixer, monitor and production equipment arranged in an interview space
Position essay25 Aug 2026

Production Is Where the Work Thinks

制片是作品思考的地方

WU—LIAO / 无不吴聊Production and Infrastructure