《牵引》两件公共艺术装置，北京 / 等待喝多设计工作室

从牵线的经验到空间构成

 

From the pull of a line to spatial form

 

Traction 1: Assembly and Traction 2: Reorientation are two temporary public art installations by Ren Shuang beside Yanqi Lake in Beijing. Steel members, steel wire ropes and white nonwoven gauze create open spatial forms that also serve as backdrops for music performances. The works share a structural unit but respond to different viewing conditions through assembly between units and reorientation within a unit.

 

▼组合装置日间正面与环境，Assembly, frontal view and surrounding vegetation

 

 

创作缘起于北京秋季草地上的放风筝场景。牵线者持续注视远处的风筝，通过手中的线感知拉力与方向。任爽关注这种集中于单一动作的经验，将线的牵引、张力与被托起的轻盈感转化为固定的构件关系。作品在使用期间保持固定形态，悬浮感来自线、面及其空间关系。

 

形态推演从自由手绘开始。任爽在相互交织的线条中选择具有视觉吸引力的片段，再通过 SketchUp 数字建模将它们转化为可调整的直线与曲线。一个完整单元形成后，被复制为三组；组合中的衔接问题又促使创作者返回调整最初的单元。局部与整体之间的往返推演，使绘画中的直觉逐步转化为具有尺度、连接和支承关系的空间形态。

 

▼两件装置的场地透视线稿，

 

The two installations, site perspective drawing

 

 

▼组合装置轴测线稿，Assembly, axonometric drawing

 

 

The starting point was kite flying on a grassy field in Beijing in autumn. Holding a line, the flyer watches the kite and senses changes in pull and direction. Ren translates this experience of sustained attention, tension and apparent suspension into fixed relationships between members. The installations remain stationary throughout their use; their sense of lightness comes from the spatial relationships between lines and surfaces.

 

The form developed through freehand drawing and SketchUp modelling. Selected fragments of interwoven lines became adjustable straight lines and curves. A complete unit was copied into three, then revised as the connections between them were tested. Moving between part and whole turned intuitive drawing decisions into spatial relationships with scale, support and connections.

 

▼斜置装置夜间演出状态，Reorientation during a night-time performance

 

 

牵引 1 组合

 

Traction 1 Assembly

 

《组合》由三组重复单元横向展开。钢构件建立主要轮廓与支承、连接关系，经张紧的钢丝绳通过牵拉参与整体构成。杆件与索线的粗细、方向和疏密同时形成观看的层级：远处先读出整体，靠近后再辨认局部的交叉与牵拉。各类线性构件的构造职责与视觉作用在同一体系中相互支持。

 

▼组合装置钢构拆解线稿，

 

Assembly, steel-framework drawing

 

 

Assembly extends three repeated units horizontally. Steel members establish the main outline, support and connections; tensioned steel wire ropes participate through pulling. Different thicknesses, directions and densities create a hierarchy of perception. The overall form is legible from a distance, while closer views reveal individual intersections and tensile relationships. The structural tasks and visual roles of the linear elements support one another.

 

▼组合装置日间正面全景，Assembly, frontal view in daylight

 

 

白色无纺纱张设于线性构件之间，形成沿竖向延展的分段曲面。正面观看时，连续帆面建立舞台尺度所需的宽幅背景，产生局部遮挡；曲面之间的间隙则让树木、天空与周边环境进入视野。侧面观看时，横向展开的构件依次叠合，作品呈现较窄而高耸的轮廓，重复单元和索线网络强化纵深与排列秩序。四分之三视角同时显露整体宽度与构件深度，使曲面的重复和中部网络的疏密更清晰。

 

装置本体高约 11 米，现场地面至顶部约 13 米。观众可在地面接近并绕行，从侧面、背面及不同方向观察。舞台台面不向观众开放。观看位置的变化，使公众能够在移动中联系不同视图，并逐步辨认正面叠合所遮蔽的构件距离与索线层次。

 

Nonwoven gauze stretches between these elements to form segmented vertical curves. From the front, the surfaces provide a broad backdrop and partial screening, while gaps retain views of trees, sky and the surrounding landscape. From the side, successive members overlap to create a narrow, tall profile with pronounced depth. A three-quarter view reveals the width and depth together. The installation itself is approximately 11 metres high, reaching about 13 metres above the local ground. Visitors can approach and walk around it at ground level; the performance platform is not open to the public.

 

▼组合装置斜向观看的构造层次，Assembly, structural layers seen obliquely

 

 

▼组合装置钢索与无纺纱细部，Assembly, steel wire ropes and nonwoven gauze

 

 

牵引 2 斜置

 

Traction 2 Reorientation

 

《斜置》从三组组合中提取一个结构单元，根据以正面观看为主的场地重新组织前后两层帆面。后层向前旋转 45°，并向两侧延伸，俯视构成近似倒 T 形。转向减少了主视图中帆面的过度重叠，使更多曲面及其间隙同时可见。

 

这项调整重新分配了各片曲面的可见程度。单元由整体中生成，又通过内部关系的改变形成独立形态。《组合》以连续重复和密集叠合组织节奏，《斜置》则呈现单体内部两层构成的方向差异。钢构件、钢丝绳与无纺纱继续承担支承、牵拉和曲面组织的作用，使两件作品保持共同的构造语言。

 

▼斜置装置轴测线稿，

 

Reorientation, axonometric drawing

 

 

Reorientation extracts one unit from the three-unit assembly. For a site where frontal viewing predominates, its rear layer of sail-like surfaces rotates forward by 45 degrees and extends laterally. The resulting plan approximates an inverted T. Reducing overlap makes more of the curved surfaces and their intervening gaps visible within the principal view. Changes within the unit produce an independent form while retaining the material and structural language of Assembly.

 

▼斜置装置夜间灯带与表演者，Reorientation, programmed LEDs and performers at night

 

 

▼斜置装置黄昏斜向观看，Reorientation, oblique view at dusk

 

 

▼斜置装置傍晚正面与发光线条，Reorientation,

 

frontal view and luminous lines in the evening

 

 

线与面的夜间呈现

 

Lines and surfaces after dark

 

▼组合装置正面白色发光线条与纱面，Assembly, luminous lines and gauze seen from the front

 

 

▼组合装置夜间斜向结构视图，Assembly, illuminated structure seen obliquely

 

 

《斜置》沿用这一灯光逻辑，在中心增加一排高亮发光单元，以爆闪效果形成更集中的视觉重心。任爽为其预先编写四十余种灯光效果，使单体的中心、周边帆面和线条形成不同的明暗层次。

 

▼组合装置中部灯带结构示意，

 

Assembly, central LED geometry diagram

 

 

Ren programmed more than one hundred lighting effects for Assembly, using its three central diamond-like formations and their interwoven depths. Selective illumination, tracing of loops, simultaneous lighting of all three formations and points of light above them shift the visual focus. Points and lines at different depths overlap into a cluster resembling a star field. A resident or band lighting operator selects and combines the effects during performances; the system also includes a sound-triggered function. Reorientation uses more than forty pre-programmed effects and an additional row of high-intensity central light units, concentrating the visual focus through strobe effects.

 

▼组合装置中部菱形结构的灯带变化，Assembly, LED effects on the central diamond-shaped structures

 

 

 

▼斜置装置夜间演出状态，Reorientation during a night-time performance

 

 

Projection begins only after full darkness. Mapping aligns imagery with the curved gauze surfaces. The translucent material receives images while allowing members and light behind it to remain visible, creating a visual quality reminiscent of dragonfly wings. The LED strips organise luminous points and lines; projection adds imagery to the surfaces. Together, they make different layers of the fixed structures perceptible at night.

 

▼组合装置夜间无纺纱上的映射影像，Assembly, mapped imagery on translucent nonwoven gauze at night

 

 

▼施工过程，Process of construction

 

 

 

 

▼两件装置的场地平面关系，

 

The two installations, site plan

 

 

▼组合装置平面线稿，

 

Assembly, plan drawing

 

 

▼组合装置正视线稿与人物尺度，

 

Assembly, front elevation with scale figures

 

 

▼组合装置侧视线稿与人物尺度，Assembly,

 

side elevation with scale figures

 

 

▼斜置装置正视线稿与人物尺度，

 

Reorientation, front elevation with scale figures

 

 

▼斜置装置纱面拆解线稿，

 

Reorientation, gauze-layer drawing

 

 

工作室： 等待喝多设计工作室（Waiting for Booze Design Studio）

 

委托方： 阿那亚

 

地点： 北京怀柔雁栖湖

 

项目背景： 阿那亚雁栖音乐假日

 

搭建： 2026年9月25–30日

 

展示： 2026年10月2–4日

 

拆除： 2026年10月5日

 

主要材料： 钢构件、钢丝绳、无纺纱及灯光单元

 

作品尺寸：

 

《组合》本体尺寸约为 10.57 × 6.19 × 11.00 米

 

《斜置》约为 5.36 × 4.25 × 8.00 米（按模型完整构件外缘读取，高度从模型台面顶面量至最高点）

 

图片版权： 任爽／等待喝多设计工作室

 

联系： 854998194@qq.com | https://renshuang.studio

 

Artist and Video LED Effects Programmer: Ren Shuang

 

Studio: Waiting for Booze Design Studio

 

Commissioner: Aranya

 

Location: Yanqi Lake, Huairou, Beijing, China

 

Project Context: Aranya Yanqi Music Holiday

 

Installation: 25–30 September 2026

 

Presentation: 2–4 October 2026

 

Dismantling: 5 October 2026

 

Main Materials: Steel components, steel wire ropes, non-woven gauze and lighting units

 

Dimensions:

 

Composition: approx. 10.57 × 6.19 × 11.00 m

 

Oblique Placement: approx. 5.36 × 4.25 × 8.00 m (read from the outer edges of complete model components; height measured from the model base surface to the highest point)

 

Image Courtesy: Ren Shuang / Waiting for Booze Design Studio

 

Contact: 854998194@qq.com | https://renshuang.studio