POOL JOURNAL #2

"Go to the fields" – in just a few short years, this phrase has become a slogan for attracting attention. Amidst the surging tide of information, people have flocked to the "fields" in distant lands. Organic agriculture, rural assistance economy, and rural revitalization – various fashionable theories have been "grafted" onto this ground, becoming a battleground.

Although such scenes and discourse occur and appear almost daily, do people truly share the same understanding of "the fields"? A big question mark needs to be raised. Conversely, the convergence of discourse is alarming: the similar architectural aesthetics behind rural revitalization, the "new middle-class life" of tea-making gatherings, and the parachute exhibitions of art in rural areas... As "entering the fields" continues to erupt, are we, on the contrary, thinking more superficially? And acting more "effortlessly"?