2012, Exhibition view, Accidental Message: Art is not a System, not a World – The Seventh Shenzhen Sculpture Biennale, OCT Contemporary Art Terminal (OCAT), Shenzhen, China
2012年，“偶然的信息——艺术不是一个系统，也不是一个世界”，第七届深圳雕塑双年展，展览现场，OCT当代艺术中心深圳馆，中国深圳
2014, Exhibition view, ONE MAN, ONE NIGHT, Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco, USA
2014年，“孤身一夜”，李然个人项目展览现场，卡迪斯特艺术基金会，美国旧金山
Beyond Geography
2012, Color & Sound SD Video Installation, 23’09”, Variable Size
In “Beyond Geography”, I imitated the BBC Discovery travel series, playing the role of host as I led the camera to discover and excavate the “exotic lands”. This “exotic lands”, however, are not real settings but are staged up in a 3D digital film studio with a blue screen. Similar to the familiar methods of Discovery program, I appropriated post-production technology to create intense broadcasting atmosphere, simulated the sound effect of a real jungle, and fabricated a primitive tribe in this fake exotic land. I plotted the encounter between the host and the aboriginals, and simulated a colonist type of cultural visit. Thus, I have built up a recognizable scenario that has repeatedly emerged in our surrounding art system.
地理之外（录像截图）
2012/高清彩色有声录像装置/23分09秒/尺寸可变
“地理之外”，这件作品中，我模仿了英国BBC电视台的地理探险类节目，扮演成为一个主持人，牵引着镜头画面，进行对“异域”的探寻与发掘，而这个“异域”并非真实，而是在一个蓝屏的3D数字影棚进行拍摄。和常见探索发现类的节目一样，我在影片中同样利用了后期手段制造紧张的节目氛围，模拟真实热带丛林的声效，在这个虚假的异域中虚构一个原始部落，我在剧情中制造了主持人与原始的遭遇，模拟了一种殖民主义式的文化探访，并建构了某种我们似曾相识的情境，这种情境一次次的重现在我们周遭的艺术系统中。