CONTEXT AS CONTENT is not only a photography exhibition. Instead, it focuses on showing two kinds of context: one is the context that photography works create and transmit between each other, another is the context that photography produces within the given space. The blending of the two sides is the real context here. Meanwhile, the structure and context of the exhibition space also offers great potential for participation. Even time, light, temperature and particles in the space are all indispensable interventional elements which alter the appearance of the objects and exhibits, and produce an ever-changing texture to this exhibition. All the elements contribute to help the audience discover their potential to regain a sense of vaguely familiar urban memory and fragments, whether they come from abroad or from the local place altered by the times.  

“ 情境所即” 不仅仅是一个摄影的展览，更重要的是呈现摄影中相互传递的情境及摄影在当下空间所产生的情境：两者的交融才是展览的真正内容。同时，展览所处空间的本身在结构和语境上也有着巨大的参与性，甚至在整个展览空间中，时间、光线、温度及物件都成为了必不可少的介入因素，它们既会微妙的改变展品的外观与物象，也让展览自身获得一种不断变化的质感。所有的这一切都是试图使观者在展览中找到属于自己的潜能：用它去重新面对那些似曾相识的城市记忆和片段，无论它们是来自于远隔万里的异乡，还是来自于时过境迁的本地。

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The status of all exhibits here is different from how exhibits are normally shown in the “white cube” where they are segregated and elevated to the elite status of a “sacred object”. They hide in the relationship between the space and body and become a bond which can structure more possibilities of vision, expand the freedom of the view, and form new stories and trends in a complex setting of time and place that can be fabricated, caught, discovered or falsified.

展览中作品的地位不同于常规白盒子空间里被隔离的、被精英化的圣物，它们隐退于空间与身体之间，成为了一种纽带：去构建各种观看关系，去拓展视野的自由度，它们能够在错综的时间与空间线中被虚构、被捕捉、被发现、被篡改成为新的故事和走向。 

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The exhibition is part of a series of events celebrating the 25 years’ anniversary of the twin city relationship of Xi’an and Dortmund. It was organized in the frame of the CITYMAKERS China – Germany program in collaboration with Zhi Space and Local本地. It shows urban photography by German photographer Jan Siefke and Chinese architect WANG Keyao who both focus on the urban traces and treasures in Xi'an and its twin-city Dortmund. The exhibition has been further enriched by artist SONG Qun, who collects and reconstructs overlooked treasures of former times in his memory museum in Xi’an.

展览本身作为2017年西安与多特蒙德缔结友好城市25周年文化交流活动的一部分，由中德城市创者、Zhi空间及Local本地共同发起；以德国摄影师赛风和中国建筑师王可尧分别对西安及多特蒙德这对城市的摄影探寻为基础，并引入了艺术家宋群先生从筹建记忆博物馆以来，对城市中被忽视的，如珍宝般的旧物的持续关注和重构。

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The organizers would like to express their thanks to Zhi Space and its collaborators ZHANG Rubing，ZHOU Litan and LI Xin; to WANG Keyao, Jan Siefke, Silvan Hagenbrock, SONG Qun, LU Xiao, Katja Hellkötter and Gunnar Grandel for their curatorial contributions. This exhibition has finally been realized after discussions and hard work from all people above. We would also like to acknowledge the support and help of Dahua 1935 in realizing the exhibition, for which we are very grateful.

展览的举办要感谢Zhi空间及其合作者：张汝冰，周力坦及李鑫；也要感谢王可尧、Jan Siefke赛风、Silvan Hagenbrock思尔闻、宋群、鲁潇、Katja Hellkötter何凯洁及Gunnar Grandel古纳为策展所做出的贡献。正是由于所有人的共同讨论和努力才使展览得以实现。​

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It also need to say thanks to Dahua 1935 for providing so much supporting and help to the exhibition.

最后，再次感谢大华1935对本次展览所提供的支持和帮助。