Transparent Afternoon
「透明的下午」
是一个注重在地实践的社会参与式艺术小组，在胖丁和Vis的一场午后对话中诞生。我们希望在日常的真实中松动规则，召唤柔软的相遇。从聋听融合、另类教育、性别议题、到技术反制…透明的下午在不断滚动的实验和探索中成型。我们漫游于社群空间、艺术场所、迪厅、城中村、山野、和每一次手指的相触之间…
Transparent Afternoon is a socially engaged art collective grounded in local practice. "Transparent" represents fearless authenticity, while "afternoon" evokes the ease of everyday life. Through playful interventions in fixed social scenes, we seek to activate transparent and inclusive spaces for dialogue—imagining the possibilities of the world, exploring creative expressions of socio-political topics, and embracing the truthful selves and others in the present moment. From deaf inclusion and feminism to technical countermeasures…Transparent Afternoon continues to evolve through ongoing experiments. We roam across community spaces, art venues, urban villages, nightclubs, mountains, and in between every touch of a finger…
Co-founders and co-organizers: Jia and Vis
Transparent Afternoon is a socially engaged art collective grounded in local practice. "Transparent" represents fearless authenticity, while "afternoon" evokes the ease of everyday life. Through playful interventions in fixed social scenes, we seek to activate transparent and inclusive spaces for dialogue—imagining the possibilities of the world, exploring creative expressions of socio-political topics, and embracing the truthful selves and others in the present moment. From deaf inclusion and feminism to technical countermeasures…Transparent Afternoon continues to evolve through ongoing experiments. We roam across community spaces, art venues, urban villages, nightclubs, mountains, and in between every touch of a finger…
Co-founders and co-organizers: Jia and Vis
低音浴：聋人友好蹦迪
Co-organized with Deaf artist Alice Hu
2024-ongoing
能被听到得才是声音吗？“听觉中心主义”似乎遗忘了声音的振动本质，除了人类听觉范围内的感知，声音也是体感，概念，文化现象...延续对手语和聋人文化的关注，BassBath低音浴厂牌成立于上海，由聋听团队共创，致力于打造聋听共融的艺术、音乐与派对环境。鼓励聋听群体建立连接，去掉抽象的标签，看见具体的彼此。
“BassBath is an inclusive clubbing label in Shanghai in which mid- and low-frequency music is played throughout,along with accessible services,games and artworks, allowing Deaf partygoers of all ages to enjoy the rhythm and energy through powerful vibrations.”
Posters seleced (Design by Jia and Vis)
click for more info^
点击图片查看详情
点击图片查看详情
透明的下午：相亲角
2023
In this collective action, we gathered a group to visit the matchmaking park together. As Chinese individuals, by the time we reach our 20s or 30s, many of us face pressure from our families to marry. Participants brought with them their parents' expectations, LGBTQ+ information, divorced parent bio,and AI-generated content... (displayed on the right) to engage with people at the matchmaking park in Shanghai. These interactions naturally sparked discussions on critical issues such as gender inequality and LGBTQ+ rights within the context of marriage structures.
很多人都有被催婚的烦恼，而关于婚姻的负面新闻又层出不穷。这期工作坊，我们招募大家一起填写相亲信息：有按父母对子女配偶标准而填写，有LGBTQ群体寻形婚，有为离异父母找寻伴侣，也有来自AI生成的相亲信息等等（右图）。大家或带着好奇，或带着真诚，在一个透明的下午相聚人民公园的相亲角，并在与路人的互动中，自然引发了关于婚姻结构中的性别议题等相关讨论。
视频拍摄&剪辑：真一
Video recap by ZhenYi Hua
“The Kindergarten without walls”
透明的下午@无墙幼儿园
2024
"The Kindergarten Without Walls" is a nonprofit art and education space within an urban village in Binglianxincun, Haikou, Hainan. Every Friday night and weekend, dozens of left-behind or migrant children from the neighborhood gather here for free play and activities. The space provides a haven for exploration, where, through careful observation of the children's interests and needs, various educational programs, games, and art activities are introduced. In 2024, Transparent Afternoon collaborated with the kindergarten, offering workshops and other joint activities.
“无墙幼儿园” 是创立于2018年的社区儿童教育实践项目 ，主要面向海口滨濂新村的流动儿童和困境儿童提供陪伴、教育和艺术活动等服务。孩子们在 “无墙幼儿园” 自由活动，成人观察、陪伴、了解孩子。“无墙幼儿园” 在和孩子们的互动与交流中，发起教育、游戏和艺术活动。许多本地和外地的朋友们参与到 “无墙幼儿园” 的共同陪伴和建设中。
透明的下午将会在第三届“无墙儿童艺术节”，和孩子们"一起来耍游戏！"我们将会带着"咕咚魔法学院"和"蔬菜乐器大乱炖"工作坊项目，在海口与大家一起玩～
Workshops intro:
蔬菜乐器大乱炖!
带领者：Vis
你有没有在大口吃饭的某一瞬间，怀疑桌上的一盘盘菜是怎样而来的？蔬菜们是否拥有自己的声音？大葱青椒们会尖叫？！南瓜声音低沉迷人？？豆子们活泼爱翻滚?。。。也许不同的组合又有不一样的惊喜？让我们一起探索蔬菜们的性格和声音，然后试试制作蔬菜乐器吧‧₊˚✧ 一边料理( *´ސު｀*) 一边演奏。:.ﾟஐ⋆*♡·:*ೄ‧͙·*♪最后我们会把它们全都变成美味的蔬菜咖喱 一起吃掉！！！！⏝꒷۰꒷⏝꒷۰꒷⏝꒷۰꒷⏝꒷۰꒷⏝꒷۰꒷⏝꒷۰꒷⏝꒷۰꒷⏝꒷۰꒷⏝
Curry Chorus!
Workshop by Vis
Have you ever wondered where a plate of food on the table comes from? Do vegetables have a voice of their own? Do shallots and green peppers scream? Do Pumpkins have low, charming voices? Are the beans naughty and love rolling around? Maybe different combinations can have different surprises. Let's explore the characters and voices of vegetables, and make vegetable instruments!
In the end, we'll turn them all into a delicious vegetable curry and eat together！！！！
咕咚魔法学院：寻找你的守护仙子！
带领者：胖丁
咕咚咕咚！魔法学院招生！巫婆课代表胖丁将和你一起开启内心的魔法世界，一起寻找自己的守护仙子🧚✨🍄🕸️💧它是生活在失落帝国的苔藓公主？是泡泡糖化成的史莱姆妖精？还是藏在耳朵里的绒毛海马？
通过肢体热身、视觉化冥想和“通灵游戏”等，孩子们将开发"超能力”通感，将潜意识中的情绪、记忆和感受视觉化与拟人化，在童话的语境中感知自我和ta人。最后，我们会把灵感收纳整理，编织成一场集体创作——“仙子聚会"即兴剧场，用创造性和具身化的方式去看见情绪，建立共情。我们一起连接自我和ta人内心中发光的守护仙子，用身体去体验不同情绪的表达、接纳和释放吧！
˗ˏˋ ♡ ˎˊ˗
Boom Boom Magic Academy: Finding your inner fairy guide!
Workshop by Jia
Boom Boom Magic Academy is now open for admission! Witch Jia will guide you on a journey to unlock your inner magic and discover your fairy guide. Perhaps it's the moss princess from a lost kingdom, a bubble-gum-turning-into-slime monster, or the furry sea horse hiding in your ears!
But before we begin, we’ll need to go through some "enrollment" practices: warm-ups, visualization meditation, and "psychic games." Children will experiment with their imagination and "clairvoyant" senses, visualizing emotions, memories, and feelings, and interpreting them through a fairy tale lens.
To finish, we'll gather these visions and weave them into an improv performance—the "Fairies' Gathering"—where we interact with the inner fairies of others. Through body language, we will express, accept, and release emotions.
In this workshop, children will explore mindful, creative ways to understand emotions while building empathy for the feelings of others.
透明的下午：一起来做针孔摄像头探测仪！
2023
When you take public transportation, stay in a hotel, or use a public restroom, there are hidden "eyes" watching you from the shadows, subtly invading your sense of security in spaces where you should feel at ease. Does privacy still exist?
Transparent Afternoon, in collaboration with XCJ Making-Lab, will host workshops focused on technical countermeasures against the rising issue of pinhole camera voyeurism. Through this, we aim to address and provide practical solutions to this very real and invasive problem, while deepening our understanding of the socio-political implications of privacy and security in everyday spaces.
藏匿于暗中的“眼睛”，凝视着你，在本应自在的空间，隐隐不安。乘坐公共交通时，不经意被偷怕裙底。外出住酒店或上公共厕所，在无形之中被偷窥，被记录。甚至回到家或泡着温泉，也无法真正地放松。在哪个角落哪个小孔里的背后，是一双双眼睛和恶意？空间的私密性还存在吗？在不断滚动的活动实践中，探讨社会议题递进对事件不同面的理解和传播，对于实际日常存在的“困境”，则需要实际日常的解决方式。这一次透明的下午联合新车间，就针孔摄像头偷拍恶性事件，进行一次技术反制工作坊。
透明的下午：隐形篇
2023
From unseen labor of housewives to pinhole cameras, from hidden Buddha statues atop stupas to overly bright light sources that disappear into the walls, from omnipresent yet invisible censorship to countless other forms of erasure—invisibility exists at the edge of perception and in what power structures choose to conceal.
In this workshop, participants shared personal stories related to invisibility, then played “I Can’t See Me”, a word-guessing game in which terms symbolizing different invisible states were placed on each other’s foreheads and guessed based on others’ descriptions. The game gradually unfolded into improvisational performance and collective creation, sparking reflection on social issues and the complex relationship between visibility and power.
The entire process was recorded by a hidden camera, adding an additional layer to our exploration of what is seen, unseen, and deliberately obscured.
从被忽视的家庭主妇劳动、针孔摄像头、佛塔最高处无形的佛像、历史中的空缺，到过亮而隐于墙面的光源，以及无处不在却无处可见的审查——“隐形”既是感知中的不可见，也是权力结构中被划定的能见性界限。
在这期工作坊中，我们邀请大家分享与“隐形”有关的故事，并通过“我看不见我”的猜词游戏，将象征不同隐形状态的词贴在额头，由他人描述猜出，并逐步过渡为即兴表演与集体创作，展开对社会议题、权力与可见性之间关系的思考。
全程也由隐形摄像头记录。
left-"The opening of a sellotape"
Right-"Tampons on Chinese train"-refers to a recent viral Internet discussion that said it is inappropriate to sell tampons on train.
"hidden pinhole camera"-refers to a recent case of a criminal group who sells creep-shots of women captured by hidden camera in hotels, bathrooms. subways....
Notes and drafts of the workshop