Science of the Secondary: Floor Exercises
次要科学：地板练习
Date:
18 May-14 Jul. 2024
accessible between 12:00 - 19:00 （closed on Monday）
Address:
cuspdot, 79 Fengshan Rd, Hangzhou, China, 310000
To launch the latest publication Science of the Secondary: Floor, CuspDot and Atelier HOKO has come together to present “FLOOR EXERCISES”, running from 18 May to 14 July. We invite the audience to participate in a series of activities revolving around the floor. Alongside with this installation, is a display of all previous publications from the Science of the Secondary series and the accompanying experience-based content for each issue.
Science of the Secondary has been produced by the Singaporean artist duo Atelier HOKO since 2013. Each issue focuses on the study of a common everyday object, ranging from apples, cups, and clocks to windows, doors, pipes, eggs, toilet paper, plates, bins, and more. These objects are among the most familiar items in daily life, found in every country and region. Emphasizing and studying such objects and everyday experiences serve to convey a more universal value system and connect with a broader audience. Additionally, the research is infused with humor and critique, challenging traditional norms and exploring more possibilities in everyday behavior.
As creators, Atelier HOKO hopes that the audience will not only be spectators but also participants in the exhibition, collaborating with them to create the exhibition itself. As for the exhibition space itself, they also hope that the exhibition is not a pile of academic clutter, but rather a space where any audience member can easily enter, observe, and see the deeper meanings and possibilities of these everyday objects. They are always considering how to build relationships between the space itself, the exhibited works, and the participating audience. Can the audience safely and comfortably explore more possibilities regarding the everyday object—the floor—in our constructed space? Can we challenge and question traditional norms of daily behavior and rethink the relationship between everyday objects and ourselves? The participation, writing, and reactions of the participants are the directions that this exhibition itself wants to explore.
* To enter the exhibition, please take off your shoes. The space is always ready to provide you with a happy, safe, and comfortable environment. Please listen to the staff's guidance and let them know if you need assistance.
为了推出Science of the Secondary次要科学最新一期的出版物：Floor地板，cuspdot和Atelier HOKO联合推出“Floor Exercises地板练习”，展期由5月18日至7月14日。我们邀请观众参与一系列围绕地板的活动。同时也会展出Science of the Secondary之前的#1-#14期所有的出版物和围绕每一期出版物而产生的体验式的内容。
Science of the Secondary是由新加坡艺术家组合Atelier HOKO从2013年开始制作，每一期围绕对于一个日常物件的研究，从苹果，杯子，时钟，窗户，门到管道，鸡蛋，卫生纸，盘子，垃圾桶等等，这些物件是一些最贴近日常生活的物件，出现在任何国家任何地方，对于这样的物件和日常经验的强调和研究是一个抹去身份性的更普世性的价值观的传递，也是与更多的观众产生链接的方式。同时研究中也充满着幽默和批判，去挑战传统规则和尝试发现日常行为的更多可能性。
作为创作者Atelier HOKO希望观众不仅仅是观看呈现完成的展览的对象，而是展览的参与者，和我们共同创造展览本身。作为展览空间我们本身，我们也希望展览不是冗杂的学术内容的堆叠，我们希望任何观众都可以轻巧地进入展览观看展览，看到这些日常物件更多的意义和可能性。我们总在思考如何构建：空间本身，展出的作品和参与的观众之间的关系？观众是否可以在我们的构建的空间中安全且舒适的尝试对于日常物件——地板探索的更多可能？从而挑战和质疑传统的日常行为准则，重新构想日常物件和我们之间的关系？参与者的参与，书写，和反应是这次展览本身的想要尝试去探索的方向。
*进入展厅需脱鞋，空间随时为你提供快乐、安全、舒适的环境。请聆听工作人员的指导，并告知他们你是否需要帮助。
With “Floor” as the next subject for the Science of the Secondary series, this installation facilitates an ongoing inquiry into our daily, consistent yet mostly unnoticed interaction with the floor. In this exhibition, the space becomes an environment for action, the visitor is no longer a mere spectator. Unremarkable, absurd, and silly actions become considerable. A normal routine becomes the performance of a routine. The only unusual feature will be the attentiveness brought to bear on them. In this respect, to fully experience this exhibition, one must participate.
The title of this exhibition is “Floor Exercises”- it is also a near-accurate description of what the gallery is positioned as and how visitors will be experiencing the floor within. 30 printouts of Floor Exercises are displayed around the room. The room is an environment for action.
The visitors are participants. No footwear allowed. Upon entering, The room is quite empty. The floors are sparsely populated by a few random objects (prompts)Sheets of printed instructions dot the walls. At the opposite end of the room, a low table with a computer terminal and printer sits. On first impression, one would think that the content of this exhibition centers on the “artworks” displayed. This is not incorrect. As the participant progresses, she cannot help thinking of the seemingly random objects scattered around, suspecting of being accompanying props to which specific “exercises” can be carried out. The participant is slightly hesitant….should she perform one of the “exercises” on the wall? There is only another couple in the gallery, they seem oblivious to her. She decided to go ahead and kneel down, lowering her face down to the floor, until the top of her nose hovers right above the floor, and began sniffing…Behind her, pinned on the wall, a sheet of “floor exercise” that reads:
#09
Lower your face until your nostrils barely touch the floor.
Begin sniffing.
放低脸，直到鼻子几乎接触地板。开始闻。
Arriving at the low table, one is informed that it is possible to contribute a “floor exercise” to be printed out from the computer terminal and put up alongside those already up on the wall. Everybody can think of doing something silly. Maybe another visitor of the show will perform this instruction later…
Who knows?
“Floor 地板”是Science of the Secondary系列的下一个主题，这个展览促进了对我们与地板的日常、时常存在但大多数时候未被注意到的互动的持续探讨。在这个展览中，空间变成了一个行动的环境，观众不再只是简单的旁观者。不起眼的、荒谬的和愚蠢的行为变成被强调的主体。一个日常行为变成了日常行为的表演。唯一不同的是对放置在这些行为中专注。所以，要完全体验这个展览，观众需要参与其中。
这个展览的标题是“地板练习”，它也几乎准确地描述了空间的定位以及观众将如何在其中体验地板。房间里展示了30张地板练习的纸张。房间是一个行动的环境。观众是参与者。不允许穿鞋。进入时，房间是空旷的。地板上稀疏地散布着一些随机物体。墙上点缀着印刷的指令说明。在房间的里面，有一张低桌，上面有一台电脑和打印机。
进入这个房间的最初印象，人们可能会认为这个展览的内容集中在展示的“艺术作品”上。
这并不是不正确的。
随着观众的逐渐进入整个空间，她会不由自主地思考周围散落的看似随机的物体，怀疑它们是否是可以进行特定“练习”的伴随道具。
她有些犹豫……她应该在墙上执行一个“练习”吗？
空间里只有另外一对夫妇，他们似乎没有注意到她。
她决定继续，弯曲膝盖，将脸降到地板上，直到鼻尖触碰到地面，然后开始闻。
在她身后，贴在墙上的一张“地板练习”纸上写着：
#09
Lower your face until your nostrils barely touch the floor. Begin sniffing.
放低脸，直到鼻子几乎接触地板。开始闻。
到达低桌时，有人告诉她可以从电脑上打印出一份“地板练习”，并将其放在墙上已经有的练习旁边。
指令可以是每个人都可以想到做一些愚蠢的事情。也许后续的另一个观众以后会执行这个动作……
谁知道呢？
30 instructions by Atelier HOKO
在展览现场观众可以使用的指令网站
Instruction website available to visitors at the exhibition site
Atelier HOKO & cuspdot
design by herbr
Instruction website available to visitors at the exhibition site
Atelier HOKO & cuspdot
design by herbr
Science of the Secondary #15 Floor 地板
PUBLICATION
2024
PUBLICATION
2024
Very few things in our everyday life thrive by doing absolutely nothing. The floor, might just be a rare exception; devoid of any vitality or ambition characteristics at odds with a society obsessed with progress it remains unapologetically passive. Yet, despite its unyielding commitment to inertia, the floor remains largely ignored and relegated to the background; one would think that its sheer size alone, comparable to that of the lesser tamed ground that we trample upon outdoors, ought to make it a subject of wide interest. As the only building element that we physically contact with the most, our expectations of the floor are disappointingly pragmatic; it should not shake, give way, or tilt. Mostly, it should be flat as we all know of those amongst us, who descent into melo dramatic despair each time they encounter an uneven floor, though the rationale behind such obsession with flatness is beyond us here…
在我们日常生活中，只有极少数事物能够通过完全不做任何事情而茁壮成长。地板或许是一个罕见的例外；它没有任何活力或雄心壮志，这与一个痴迷于进步的社会的特征大相径庭，它保持着毫不掩饰的被动。然而，尽管地板坚定不移地保持静止，但它在很大程度上仍然被忽视，被排挤到背景之中；有人可能会认为，光是它的庞大尺寸，与我们在户外践踏的较小的未开垦的土地相比，就应该使它成为广泛关注的对象。作为唯一与我们身体接触最多的建筑元素，我们对地面的期望带有失望却切实；它不应该摇晃、塌陷或倾斜。最重要的是：地板应该是平整的，因为我们都知道，在我们中间有一些人，每当他们遇到不平整的地板时，就会陷入戏剧性的绝望之中，尽管我们在此无法理解如此执着于平面性背后的理由…
As it is with any new book, the problem of “how to launch” is always something to consider. Typically, book releases are organised in bookstores or libraries, and if the author is famous enough, maybe a large auditorium. As independent authors and publishers behind the Science of the Secondary series, we are also burdened with this aspect of book-selling; how do we tell people that the next issue is out? But rather than walk straight into a bookstore and asking if it's possible that we do a launch party there (it is a rather strange pretext for a party…), we thought maybe we should use the idea of a “book launch” as a starting point to develop experience-centric events in the form of installations, exhibitions, performance or a simple exercise video. Slowly, this became integral to the publication, so much so that sometimes, the event happens even before we finish printing the book! These singular, thematic events are affectionately called “cura-cura” (short for “curate”) and is often mentioned when our research is at the tail end: “So, what are we going to do for curacura?”….
与任何新书一样，"如何发布"的问题总是需要考虑的。通常，图书发布会在书店或图书馆组织，如果作者足够有名，也许会在一个大型礼堂举办。作为Science of the Secondary系列背后的独立作者和出版商，我们也承担着这个销售图书的方面；我们如何告诉人们下一期已经出版了呢？但与其直接走进书店询问是否可以在那里举办发布派对（这是一个相当奇怪的借口来开派对……），我们想也许我们应该将”书籍发布”的想法作为一个起点，来发展以体验为中心的活动，形式可以是展览、表演或者简单的锻炼视频。慢慢地，这成为出版的重要组成部分，以至于有时候，活动甚至会在我们完成印刷书籍之前就开始了！这些独特的、主题的事件被亲切地称为“cura-cura”（“curate 策展” 的缩写），当我们的研究接近尾声时经常提到：“那么，我们要为cura-cura做些什么？”……
A Fruit Stall Launch
一个水果摊的启动
2013
一个水果摊的启动
2013
To launch Science of the Secondary: Apple, Atelier HOKO decided to distribute and retail the books through 5 selected fruit stalls located in Singapore for a limited period of time. Each purchase of the book was accompanied by one free apple(fruit). Selected friends were also presented with the “Apple Ticket” to redeem their free copy of the book + fruit at the nearest fruit stall.
为了推出Science of the Secondary: Apple苹果，Atelier HOKO决定在一段时间内新加坡的5个水果摊上分发和零售这套书。每购买一本Apple系列的书，就可以获得一个真的水果苹果。一些被选中的朋友还获得了“ Apple Ticket 苹果票”，可在最近的水果摊兑换免费书籍和水果。
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Another Mad Afternoon At Home
在家的另一个疯狂的下午
2015
On 31st August 2015, 15000 postcards, each with a specific instruction, was released through personal invitations and also as an accompanying activity to the latest publication from the Science of the Secondary series.
For the first installment of a building-centric research initiative under the Science of the Secondary series, the common Door, Window, and Pipe were chosen as starting points towards an inquiry into the openings of a dwelling. Drawing from the findings of this study, Atelier HOKO developed “Another Mad Afternoon at Home”; an activity piece that contains sixty instructional postcards to be performed by individuals in the comfort of their own home. Using the familiarity of everyday actions and materials to investigate and experience the different openings, this project attempts to draw a closer and more intimate relationship between people and buildings.
2015年8月31日，通过个人邀请以及作为Science of the Secondary系列最新出版物的配套活动，发布了15000张具有特定指令的明信片。
作为Science of the Secondary系列下建立的第一个以建筑为中心的研究计划中，普通的门、窗和管道被选为对住宅进行探究的起点。借鉴了这项研究的发现，Atelier HOKO开发了“在家的另一个疯狂的下午”；这是一个包含六十张指令明信片的活动作品，供个人在自己家中舒适的环境中执行。利用日常行为和材料的熟悉度来探索和体验不同的切面，这个项目试图在人与建筑之间建立更密切、更亲密的关系。
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My Rubbish is Your Rubbish
我的垃圾就是你的垃圾
2012
In April 2022, two hundred pieces of Atelier HOKO’s rubbish were sealed and distributed through the latest two publications from the Science of the Secondary series. We recognize that it is unusual to receive rubbish, much less so in a labeled package numbered in limited editions. Our intention is for you, the reader to ask “What to do with it?” Because it is not your rubbish, but in a way, you paid for it when you purchased the set of books. Will you trust Atelier HOKO enough to open the bag and extract the rubbish to examine without fear of unknown contaminants? Will you–after reading Science of the Secondary: Bin–decide to dispose of it intentionally? If so, will this be the first time you dispose of rubbish out of curiosity than necessity? Conversely, if the decision is to keep the rubbish, where will you keep it, and will it go against your natural instinct to bin all that is rubbish?
在2022年4月，Atelier HOKO的两百件垃圾被封装并通过Science of the Secondary的最新两本出版物分发出去。我们意识到收到垃圾是不寻常的，更不用说在标有限量编号的包装中了。我们的意图是让读者提出：“怎么处理它？”的问题。因为这不是你的垃圾，但在某种程度上，当你购买这套书时，你付了钱。你会信任Atelier HOKO，毫无畏惧地打开袋子并取出垃圾进行检查吗？你会在阅读完“Science of the Secondary: Bin 垃圾桶”后决定有意丢弃它吗？如果是的话，这会是你第一次出于好奇而不是必要性而丢弃垃圾吗？相反，如果决定保留垃圾，你会将它放在哪里？这会违背你将所有垃圾都丢进垃圾桶的本能吗？
为了推出Science of the Secondary: Apple苹果，Atelier HOKO决定在一段时间内新加坡的5个水果摊上分发和零售这套书。每购买一本Apple系列的书，就可以获得一个真的水果苹果。一些被选中的朋友还获得了“ Apple Ticket 苹果票”，可在最近的水果摊兑换免费书籍和水果。
Another Mad Afternoon At Home
在家的另一个疯狂的下午
2015
On 31st August 2015, 15000 postcards, each with a specific instruction, was released through personal invitations and also as an accompanying activity to the latest publication from the Science of the Secondary series.
For the first installment of a building-centric research initiative under the Science of the Secondary series, the common Door, Window, and Pipe were chosen as starting points towards an inquiry into the openings of a dwelling. Drawing from the findings of this study, Atelier HOKO developed “Another Mad Afternoon at Home”; an activity piece that contains sixty instructional postcards to be performed by individuals in the comfort of their own home. Using the familiarity of everyday actions and materials to investigate and experience the different openings, this project attempts to draw a closer and more intimate relationship between people and buildings.
2015年8月31日，通过个人邀请以及作为Science of the Secondary系列最新出版物的配套活动，发布了15000张具有特定指令的明信片。
作为Science of the Secondary系列下建立的第一个以建筑为中心的研究计划中，普通的门、窗和管道被选为对住宅进行探究的起点。借鉴了这项研究的发现，Atelier HOKO开发了“在家的另一个疯狂的下午”；这是一个包含六十张指令明信片的活动作品，供个人在自己家中舒适的环境中执行。利用日常行为和材料的熟悉度来探索和体验不同的切面，这个项目试图在人与建筑之间建立更密切、更亲密的关系。
My Rubbish is Your Rubbish
我的垃圾就是你的垃圾
2012
In April 2022, two hundred pieces of Atelier HOKO’s rubbish were sealed and distributed through the latest two publications from the Science of the Secondary series. We recognize that it is unusual to receive rubbish, much less so in a labeled package numbered in limited editions. Our intention is for you, the reader to ask “What to do with it?” Because it is not your rubbish, but in a way, you paid for it when you purchased the set of books. Will you trust Atelier HOKO enough to open the bag and extract the rubbish to examine without fear of unknown contaminants? Will you–after reading Science of the Secondary: Bin–decide to dispose of it intentionally? If so, will this be the first time you dispose of rubbish out of curiosity than necessity? Conversely, if the decision is to keep the rubbish, where will you keep it, and will it go against your natural instinct to bin all that is rubbish?
在2022年4月，Atelier HOKO的两百件垃圾被封装并通过Science of the Secondary的最新两本出版物分发出去。我们意识到收到垃圾是不寻常的，更不用说在标有限量编号的包装中了。我们的意图是让读者提出：“怎么处理它？”的问题。因为这不是你的垃圾，但在某种程度上，当你购买这套书时，你付了钱。你会信任Atelier HOKO，毫无畏惧地打开袋子并取出垃圾进行检查吗？你会在阅读完“Science of the Secondary: Bin 垃圾桶”后决定有意丢弃它吗？如果是的话，这会是你第一次出于好奇而不是必要性而丢弃垃圾吗？相反，如果决定保留垃圾，你会将它放在哪里？这会违背你将所有垃圾都丢进垃圾桶的本能吗？
The archive section will present all previous Atelier HOKO activities, as well as all of Science of the Secondary issues #1-#14.
档案部分会呈现之前Atelier HOKO所有发生过活动，也会呈现 Science of the Secondary #1-#14期的所有内容。
Science of the Secondary
Science of the Secondary is an inquisitive approach towards uncovering implicit conditions that exist in our experience of the everyday. When speaking of the term ‘secondary’, we are referring to conditions and sensations that human beings are not conscious of in their day-to-day interaction with things and the immediate surroundings. Accumulating this rich and boundless field of knowledge, the research hopes to draw upon a renewed sensibility towards living, with much excitement and freshness.
Science of the Secondary是一种探究性的方法，旨在揭示存在于我们日常经验中的隐含条件。在谈到“Secondary次要”一词时，我们指的是人类在与事物和周围环境的日常互动中没有意识到的条件和感觉。通过积累这些丰富而无边无际的知识领域，这项研究希望能唤起人们对生活的新感性认识，为我们带来更多的惊喜和新鲜感。
Atelier HOKO
Atelier HOKO (2002) is an independent research lab that focuses on the study of the growing disengagement between people, things and space. The atelier hopes to cultivate in people, an open-ness and ability to un-know, bringing about a heightened curiosity towards all phenomena by taking a fresh look at reality. Founded by Alvin Ho and Clara Koh.
Atelier HOKO（2002年）是一个独立的研究实验室，主要研究人、事物和空间之间日益脱节的问题。工作室希望培养人们的开放性和不可知性，通过对现实的重新审视，增强对所有现象的好奇心。由Alvin Ho和Clara Koh创办。
WHY
WE
DO
WHAT
WE
DO?
为什么我们做我们所做的事情？
时间 Time:
2024年6月15日 14:00
15 Jun. 2024 14:00
分享者 Presenter：
Atelier HOKO
Alvin Ho & Clara Koh
During the exhibition period, cuspdot invited the creators behind Science of the Secondary: Alvin Ho & Clara Koh to come to Hangzhou to share everything about Science of the Secondary.
In this talk, Atelier HOKO will be sharing their thoughts on the most frequently asked questions directed to them by the people whom they met and know since they started Science of the Secondary.
https://atelierhoko.com/
在展期内cuspdot邀请Science of the Secondary背后的创作者：Alvin Ho & Clara Koh来到杭州，和大家分享关于Science of the Secondary的一切。
在这次演讲中，Atelier HOKO将分享他们对于Science of the Secondary开始以来所遇到和认识的人们经常问到的问题的想法。
明信片
Postcard
Size：14*9cm*5
Imagines from ：Science of the secondary Floor
Illustration: son-ni
帆布袋
Tote Bag
Size：38*43cm
Illustration: son-ni
Exhibition Credits:
Science of the Secondary: Floor Exercises
次要科学：地板练习
卡斯普多特 cuspdot
杭州市上城区凤山路79号商业储运有限公司3仓3楼303
2024.5.18 - 2024.7.14 6/7
Curated by Atelier HOKO, Ruijing Ge, Huang Maobing
Visual Design by herbr
Special thanks to clo, Zhou Yu, Jin Hui, Zoimuk, Bonbonbon, Nero
策划：Atelier HOKO，葛睿璟，黄懋冰
视觉设计：herbr
致谢：clo，周雨，金辉，Zoimuk，梦渊，Nero