“Memories do not open”是我持续一年的影像观念纪实项目。作为生活在湘江边的孩子，湘江对于我个人而言是独特而私密的存在。从小我的性格便是安静而内向的，而童年唯一的娱乐就是坐在江边，看着江边钓鱼的老人和运煤的货轮，终而复始。当我开始用摄影术作为媒介表达，便一直持续记录下曾经生活过的城市的湘江水域。面对它的时候，浮现的不只是对生活的情感补充，更是一种记忆上自然附着，后者则不断提醒着个体的存在。

“Memories do not open” is my year-long conceptual documentary film project. As a child living by the Xiangjiang River, the river is a unique and private place for me personally. I grew up quiet and introverted, and my only entertainment as a child was sitting by the river, watching the old men fishing and the cargo ships carrying coal over and over again. When I began to use photography as a medium of expression, I continued to document the waters of the Xiangjiang River in the city where I once lived. When confronted with it, what emerges is not only an emotional addition to life, but also a natural attachment to memory, the latter being a constant reminder of the individual’s existence.

  整体项目结构上的思路也是根据地理位置与个人思考的改变而改变。我从湘北开始，逆流往下走了一百公里左右，这正是我生活与学习的地方。我从位置上的改变和历史的变迁来阐述湘江的独特与自身不断衍生的历史宽度。以此聚焦新一代湘江住民的身份认同与生活现状。对于影像上非线性的思考来重新解构湘江住民在历史皱褶上的情感共性。面对现如今城市的新规划发展对记忆的重建，以此回答个体面对混杂在湘江漩涡里的残留的记忆与疑问。

The project’s overall structure also changes according to the geographical location and personal reflections. I started in northern Hunan and travelled about a hundred kilometres downstream, where I lived and studied. I illustrate the uniqueness of the Xiangjiang River and its ever-deriving historical breadth based on the change in location and history. In this way, I focus on the identity and life situation of the new generation of Xiangjiang residents. By thinking about the non-linearity of the images, I reconstruct the emotional commonality of the Xiangjiang residents in the folds of history. The reconstruction of memory in the face of the new urban planning of the city nowadays is a way to answer the individual’s residual memories and questions in the swirl of the Xiangjiang River.