回忆过去有哪些方式？
一个人可以有自主地去追根溯源，理性地整理成为清晰的结构，书写一份历史。也可能会在无意识间偶然触碰到某个物品，被感官的冲击带回那年那天的那一处，唤起无数故事。我们的展览在这两个极点之间， 通过一些线路寻找到了一些充满回忆的物件。
How do you recall the past?
One can consciously search for the roots of events and rationally organize them into a clear trajectory, writing a piece of history. One might also accidentally encounter things, which take one back with one’s senses to that place and time in memory, awakening many stories. This exhibition exists somewhere in between, in search of meaningful objects through various threads of the queer movement.
八月四日起，“追忆似水年华——北京的酷儿记忆”将集中展出一些与酷儿们相关的物件，邀请你来感受历史、书写故事。此次展览活动的名字取自一本与遗忘作斗争的书，法国19世纪末作家普鲁斯特的作品《追忆似水年华》（À la cherche du temps perdu) , 呼应书中对周围的一切都处于永恒的流逝、销蚀过程之中的困扰。特殊的环境与时间的流逝使得与我们有关的物件和故事不断消失。记录、储存、关护同志历史的任务时不我待。然而同志资料的保存这项重大的历史任务远远超出一个甚至几个个人的能力范围。因此我们想借助此次展览的机会抛砖引玉，召集北京广大同志机构及个人的力量来收集关于同志历史的材料。通过收集材料并展现留存与缺失的对比，我们希望从一个侧面描绘北京同志运动的变化，并唤起大家保存各类同志历史资料的意识。
北京第一场公演的同志舞台剧《大红灯笼高高挂》中表演者亮马的道具，2007
A stage prop of Liang Ma during the first public gay play in Beijing, 2007
Starting from August 4th, “In Search of Lost Time: Queer Memories from Beijing” holds together objects from the queer community in the same space, inviting you to experience possibilities of queer history and stories. We borrowed the name of a book that battles against oblivion, In Search of Lost Time by the late-nineteenth-century French writer Marcel Proust. The worries about the constant passing and erosion of things haunt us, while precious memories hide away from the conscious efforts to retrieve. The absenting forces of censorship and passing time, as well as the materiality of queer lives and queer stories, remind us of the urgency to preserve and archive queer history. The work, however, goes away beyond the capability of one or several individuals. As our first attempt, this exhibition intends to investigate and exhibit the presence and absence of queer materials. We mean to modestly initiate the discussion of queer history and call forth efforts from different sides to archive queerness in Beijing.
第二刊《GS乐点》杂志，2007
Second Issue of GS Magazine, 2007
展览内容 OBJECTS
此次展览的展品来自于九个不同的北京同志机构与四位知名同志艺术家。展品总数多达90件，主要描写了同志历史最近十年中一些有影响力的事件。展出内容丰富，既包含平面图片，如照片，海报、明信片、画作，也包含物件，如T恤衫、手环、杂志等。部分物件伴有简单的口述历史，给予了参展者一个听觉的体验，通过听录音而更深切地体会到物件及历史带来的感情。另外，展览中有一个展厅会专门用作放映室，循环地播放一些同志艺术家的视频。然而，此次展览并不能完整地描绘过去十年的同志历史。那些已无法找回的记忆和物件，留下的只有空缺。
第一届彩虹媒体奖奖状，2011
Certificate from the first Rainbow Awards, 2011
The exhibition draws from nine different LGBTQI organizations in Beijing and four artists. There are more than 90 objects that carry different stories from the Beijing queer community for the past ten years. It includes not only pictorial materials but also paraphernalias and ephemera, such as posters, photographs, T-shirts, and magazines. Some objects are accompanied with short pieces of oral history narrated by the donors of the objects. There are also short films produced by the LGBTQI community. However, the exhibition remains an incomplete portray of history, since some of the memories and objects are already lost and cannot be retrieved.
关于策划人 ABOUT CURATORS
少男：
目前就读于美国明尼苏达州的马卡莱斯特学院，艺术史专业。曾在美国洛杉矶ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives实习，参与策展Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano L.A.。
Shaonan:
Shaonan is attending Macalester College, Minnesota, US, with an art history and French studies double major. He worked as an intern at the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives and helped organized an exhibition titled “Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano L.A.”
雪盟：
目前就读于美国明尼苏达州马卡莱斯特学院，社会学专业。在专业范围内接受过采访及田野调查的训练。
Xuemeng:
Xuemeng is also a student at Macalester college, with a major in sociology. At school, she is trained with both qualitative and quantitative research methods, including interview, ethnography, survey and data analysis.
展览举办方 EVENT HOST
目的地 是亚洲最大的LGBT多元文化娱乐中心。在多方企业及媒体的支持下，这里曾举办过众多的文艺活动，拥有丰富的艺人资源。拥有极大影响力的同时，目的地致力于通过一系列的活动服务多元化人群，为社会公益做出贡献。
Destination is the largest LGBT Multicultural Entertainment Center in Asia. Supported by other well-known corporations and media resource, Destination has held numerous dynamic events, while having many celebrities involved. At the same time, Destination is dedicated to provide service for the queer community and contribute to social welfare through its impact.
日期及地址 DATE&LOCATION
2017年8月4日-2017年8月9日
每天上午十点至下午七点
目的地：北京市朝阳区工人体育场西路7号三层
2017.8.4-2017.8.9
Everyday from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm
Destination 3rd Floor: 7 Gong Ti Xi Lu, Beijing
最后，我们诚挚地邀请您能来到于8月3日晚19:30开始的开幕式活动。如果您希望享用场地提供的免费酒水及小吃，请关注我们的公众号并在后台回复人数即可。
Please also come to the opening of this exhibition, at 7:30pm on August 3rd. If you want to enjoy free drinks and food at the exhibition, please follow our Wechat account and reply the number of visitors.
特别感谢 SPECIAL THANKS TO
北京同志中心、北京纪安德、同志亦凡人、同语、GS乐点、Q-Space、Les+、北京同心缘、北京酷儿合唱团、西亚蝶老师、郑波老师、司汉老师，以及范坡坡老师
Beijing LGBT Center, Beijing Gender, Queer Comrades, Common Language, GS Magazine, Q-Space, Les+ Magazine, Beijing Faeries, Beijing Queer Chorus, Xi Ya Die, Si Han, Zheng Bo, and Fan Popo
