ZHIWEI BAISYSTEM_INDEX

MEMORY DRIFT

DATE
2024–

/OVERVIEW

Memory Drift draws on travel photographs, sound recordings, and personal records that Bai has accumulated since 2014. Since 2024, this material has taken shape in aluminium panels and installations incorporating sound, evolving with each presentation. Each version carries forward elements from earlier iterations while introducing images, sounds, data, or materials in response to a new site. The project develops through this ongoing process of revisiting and reconfiguring its archive.

/CONTENTS

  1. 01BUJI CULTURAL AND SPORTS CENTER — FIRST INSTALLATION
  2. 02ALUMINIUM WORKS AND DETAILS
DATE
2026
TYPE
Site-responsive installation Mechanical sound
EXHIBITION
Wanderer
This version draws on Bai’s family’s involvement in transport. Grooved aluminium panels, water, and motors are brought together to produce vibration and sound within the installation, alongside aluminium works from earlier stages of the project.
Chants of the Unanchored installation view 1
Chants of the Unanchored installation view 2
Chants of the Unanchored installation view 3
Chants of the Unanchored installation view 4
DATE
2025
TYPE
Site-responsive installation Algorithmic sound
EXHIBITION
Songshan Lake Biennale
LOCATION
Dongguan, China
The installation expanded to thirteen aluminium works. The positions and movement of reflections on Songshan Lake were translated into data that contributed to the generation of sound.
Memory Drift installation view at Songshan Lake Biennale 1
Memory Drift installation view at Songshan Lake Biennale 2
Memory Drift installation view at Songshan Lake Biennale 3
Memory Drift installation view at Songshan Lake Biennale 4

BUJI CULTURAL AND SPORTS CENTER — FIRST INSTALLATION

#
DATE
2024
TYPE
Installation Sound
EXHIBITION
100+ Asia Art Season
Eleven aluminium works were presented alongside eleven recordings selected from Bai’s sound archive. The two groups corresponded in number but were not individually paired, leaving viewers to form their own connections between image and sound.
Memory Drift installation view at Buji Cultural and Sports Center 1
Memory Drift installation view at Buji Cultural and Sports Center 2

ALUMINIUM WORKS AND DETAILS

#
DATE
2024–2025
TYPE
Photographic works Material details
精选作品
Memory Drift 1
72 × 97 cm Aluminium, UV printing, acrylic, lightweight molding compound, chrome plating oil-based paint, electronic chips
Memory Drift 2
70 × 94 cm Aluminium, UV printing, acrylic, lightweight molding compound, chrome plating oil-based paint, electronic chips
Memory Drift 3
97 × 72 cm Aluminium, UV printing, acrylic, lightweight molding compound, chrome plating oil-based paint, electronic chips
Memory Drift 4
70 × 94 cm Aluminium, UV printing, acrylic, lightweight molding compound, chrome plating oil-based paint, electronic chips
Memory Drift 5
70 × 94 cm Aluminium, UV printing, acrylic, lightweight molding compound, chrome plating oil-based paint, electronic chips
Memory Drift 6
72 × 97 cm Aluminium, UV printing, acrylic, lightweight molding compound, chrome plating oil-based paint, electronic chips
Memory Drift 7
67 × 81 cm Aluminium, UV printing, acrylic, lightweight molding compound, chrome plating oil-based paint, electronic chips
Memory Drift 8
94 × 70 cm Aluminium, UV printing, acrylic, lightweight molding compound, chrome plating oil-based paint, electronic chips
Memory Drift 9
73 × 86 cm Aluminium, UV printing, acrylic, lightweight molding compound, chrome plating oil-based paint, electronic chips
Memory Drift 10
73 × 86 cm Aluminium, UV printing, acrylic, lightweight molding compound, chrome plating oil-based paint, electronic chips
Memory Drift 11
94 × 70 cm Aluminium, UV printing, acrylic, lightweight molding compound, chrome plating oil-based paint, electronic chips
Memory Drift 12
70 × 160 cm Aluminium, UV printing, acrylic, lightweight molding compound, chrome plating oil-based paint, electronic chips
Memory Drift 13
72 × 97 cm Aluminium, UV printing, acrylic, lightweight molding compound, chrome plating oil-based paint, electronic chips
Memory Drift black 1
Detail view
Memory Drift black 2
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Memory Drift black 3
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Memory Drift black 4
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Memory Drift black 5
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Memory Drift black 6
Detail view

/DETAILS

MEDIUM
Photography, aluminium panels, symbols, moving image, sound, algorithms, metal structures, motors, and water
EXHIBITION
100+ Asia Art Season, Buji Cultural and Sports Center, Shenzhen, 2024 Songshan Lake Biennale, Dongguan, 2025 Wanderer, Between Gallery, ALOT Creation Factory, 10F Buji Cultural and Sports Center, Shenzhen, 2026