Odd Couple
Biofeedback Collective
Biofeedback is an interdisciplinary group of Saskatchewan artists(Kelsey Ford, Lauren Warrington, Emily Zdunich) engaged in expanding the mind-body relationship. Biofeedback examines how the collective conscious influences identity and the implicit self. Placing emphasis on equality, care and collaboration; Biofeedback develops work in response to their environment, questioning their surroundings and the reality in which they reside.
Biofeedback 是一个跨学科的萨省艺术家团体（Kelsey Ford、Lauren Warrington、Emily Zdunch），他们致力于扩展身心关系。 Biofeedback 研究集体意识如何影响身份和内隐自我。强调平等、关怀和合作, Biofeedback 开发工作以响应他们的环境，质疑他们的周围环境和他们居住的现实。
Artist Statement｜作品简介:
Within the smell and taste of each different plant or herb are personal meanings, and memories attached to each member of Biofeedback. Experiencing the past and the present simultaneously. We hope to encourage the viewer to reflect on their own connections with food and the natural world. The taste, scent, and texture of new sprouts bring the viewer into the present moment while simultaneously experiencing feelings and emotions of the past, compressing time. Connections with both yourself and those who came before you. Like a plant gone to flower sowing seeds for another season. Timelessness.
在每种不同植物或草本植物的气味和味道中，都有独立的意义，以及与 Biofeedback 的每个成员相关的记忆。体验过去和现在的同时， 我们希望鼓励观众反思自己与食物和自然世界的联系。新芽的味道、气味和质地将观众带入当下，同时体验过去的感觉和情感，以及被压缩的时间。它将您与之前到来的人进行联系。就像一株当下季节开花的植物，播下另一个季节的种子。这就是永恒。
Jinglu Zhao
Jinglu Zhao is a Chinese-born artist residing in Saskatoon. Zhao holds a BFA and MFA degree from Sichuan University, China, and obtained her Master and Researcher Degrees in Art & Design from the University of Tsukuba, Japan. Zhao specializes in paintings that explore the concept of family and cross-cultural communication.
Jinglu Zhao 是一位居住在萨斯卡通的华侨艺术家。 Zhao 获得中国四川大学的学士和硕士学位，并在日本筑波大学获得艺术与设计硕士和研究员学位。 Zhao 擅长探索家庭和跨文化交流概念的绘画。
Artist Statement｜作品简介:
“Make a Wish” is the title of this project. My inspiration is from the photos sent by Andy Yuen and Rachel Kong, the young couple who work in the Odd Couple restaurant.
Praying in Buddhist temples is one of the essential traditions in some Asian countries. I composed these two paintings with one figure in front of a distant view of the city from high above. The other figure in the second panel is holding the red stripe with the logo of Odd Couple restaurant, praying at temples for good fortune. I want to create an environment that blends reality and fantasy. By combining two images, I want to demonstrate that: no matter where this couple is in the world, together they make it “home.”
I am grateful to produce two contemporary paintings for Odd Couple Restaurant at Riversdale Business Improvement District (RBID)to support Saskatoon’s Chinese Restaurant community.
“许愿” 是这个项目的标题。我的灵感来自于由 Odd Couple 餐厅的年轻夫妇 Andy Yuen 和 Rachel Kong 提供的照片。
在寺庙祈祷是大多数亚洲国家的基本传统之一。我将这两幅画作成一个人在高空俯瞰城市的远景， 另一个人拿着印有 Odd Couple 餐厅 logo 的红色条纹在寺庙祈求好运。我想创造一个融合现实和幻想的环境。通过结合两张图片，我想表达的是， 无论这对夫妇在世界上的哪个地方，他们在一起的地方就是 “家”。
我很高兴为 Riversdale (RBID) 的 Odd Couple 餐厅创作两幅绘画，以支持萨斯卡通的中餐厅社区。
Artwork in Odd Couple
228 20th St W, Saskatoon
photo credit: Barbara Reimer
