CUCKOONESS × 旗山侠隐 | One Drawing Per Day

During two quiet weeks in the mountains of Suichang, artist XinYi Selina Zhang (张心怡 CUCKOO) brought her project One Drawing Per Day to life within the wooden halls of Qi Shan Xia Yin（旗山侠隐）.

The installation gathers 365 drawings, made one each day during the pandemic — a visual diary of solitude, emotion, and self-discovery. Hung along strings of hemp beneath a timber roof, these drawings became like breaths, each line a trace of an inner rhythm rediscovered.

Accompanying the works are artist-designed books — modular, tactile objects whose pages can be removed, hung, or shared — and 3D-printed vinyl sculptures derived from her ceramic figures. Together, they extend the drawings into space, form, and play.

In the quiet air of the mountains, One Drawing Per Day finds new meaning — transforming personal reflection into a collective stillness, where time unfolds slowly, tenderly, one drawing at a time.

One Drawing Per Day began as a ritual during isolation — one drawing each day, without expectation or end. What started as a form of survival slowly became a mirror of the artist’s inner world, recording fragments of dreams, moods, and passing thoughts.

Each line is a small gesture of authenticity, an attempt to meet oneself through repetition and reflection. Over time, these drawings began to breathe, forming their own quiet universe — inhabited by creatures and emotions that drift between joy and subconscious.

At Qi Shan Xia Yin, surrounded by books, forests, crops, and mountain air, the drawings found their home. They no longer belong to solitude, but to a shared rhythm — the space itself becomes a sketchbook, and every visitor, a reader.

The accompanying books and 3D printed vinyl sculptures extend this diary into touch and play, allowing drawing to slip into the dimension of life, where art becomes a way of being present, tender, and alive.

CUCKOONESS × 旗山侠隐｜每日一画

在遂昌的群山之间，艺术家 张心怡（CUCKOO）于 旗山侠隐 驻留两周，将她的创作项目 每日一画 带入木结构的书屋之中。

展出作品共 365 幅，皆源自疫情时期的日常创作：一日一画，如同视觉日记，记录情绪的流动与自我认识的过程。作品悬挂于麻绳之间，在光影与山风中轻轻晃动，宛若呼吸的节奏。

展览同时呈现艺术家亲自设计的书籍：页页可拆、可悬挂、可分享的“开放式日记”，以及由陶艺形象转化而来的 3D打印玩偶，让平面的绘画延展为空间、形体与游戏的延伸。

在山谷的宁静中，每日一画 获得了新的生命——它让个人的独语化为集体的安静，让时间以温柔的姿态，一页一页地展开。

每日一画 起始于疫情期间的一种自我仪式：每天一张画，没有目标，也没有终点。它最初是一种生存方式，逐渐变成艺术家内心世界的镜子，记录着梦境的片段、情绪的波动与日常的细语。

每一条线，都是一次诚实的触碰；在重复中，艺术家不断与自己相遇。这些图像慢慢生长，形成了一个安静的小宇宙——栖息着介于快乐，忧郁，与潜意识梦境之间的奇异生物与情感。

当作品被带到旗山侠隐，被木香与山风包围时，这些画找到了它们的归宿。它们不再属于孤独，而成为与他人共呼吸的节奏——空间本身化为一本打开的素描本，而每位观者，都是阅读者。

伴随展出的书籍与3D打印玩偶，使绘画的日记延伸至触觉与游戏之中——在那里，艺术不再是对象，而是一种温柔而鲜活的存在方式。

Catagory: Exhibition
Location: SuiChang, Lishui, Zhejiang Province, CHina
Year: 2025