上世纪80年代中叶，法国艺术家伯纳德·皮法雷蒂（Bernard Piffaretti）创建了属于自己的绘画语言系统，名为“皮法雷蒂系统”。该系统并不复杂，即每次完成一张画以后，他都会另外创作一个副本，并将其与原本并置在一起。在这一拷贝的过程中，他发现画面（包括他的情绪）只会变得越来越加“糟糕”，所以有时候他干脆以空白画布来代替。而他想说的是，（手工）复制绘画事实上是不可能的。

无独有偶，另一位法国艺术家劳瑞·普罗沃斯特（Laure Prouvost）虽然没有如此明确的方法论，但在她的影像中，不同方式、不同程度的“失控”成为她一贯的主题和情绪性语言。诚如她所说的：“作为艺术家，我常喜欢失去控制，只暗示一些线索，让每位观者都有自己的解读。观者应找寻自己的环境感，发挥他们的想象力。我喜欢把观者带入一个他们可能回不去的地方。”巧合的是，皮法雷蒂在不可复制的复制中也同样在传递一种“回不去”的意念。而这或许是关于当下时代最深刻的寓言之一。

全球资本主义将人类拖入了一个疯狂加速运转的秩序中，然而，一场突如其来的疫情让这一秩序陷入彻底瘫痪、全面失控的境地。也许在以往，作为秩序中的一个“单子”，我们对此并无直觉和意识，但疫情让几乎每个人都一头撞向了这一残酷的现实：一切都回不去了，未来却又一片渺茫。

In the mid-1980s, French artist Bernard Piffaretti created his own system of painting language, called the “Piffaretti System”. The system is not complicated: every time he completes a painting, he creates a copy of it and juxtaposes it with the original. In the process of copying, he finds that the picture (including his emotions) only gets “worse”, so sometimes he simply uses a blank canvas instead. What he wants to say is that it is actually impossible to copy paintings (by hand).

Coincidentally, although another French artist Laure Prouvost does not have such a clear methodology, “out of control” in different ways and to different degrees has become a consistent theme and emotional language in her images. As she puts it, “As an artist, I often like to lose control and only hint at some clues, allowing every viewer to have his or her own interpretation. Viewers should find their own sense of environment and use their imagination. I like to take the viewer into a place where they may not be able to go back.” Coincidentally, Piffaretti is also conveying the idea of “not being able to go back” in his irreproducible copies. And this may be one of the most profound prophecies about the present time.

Global capitalism has dragged mankind into a frantically accelerating order. However, a sudden pandemic has caused this order to be completely paralyzed and out of control. Perhaps in the past, as a “single member” in the order, we did not have intuition or awareness of it, but the pandemic has almost made everyone bump into the harsh reality: there is no going back, and the future is uncertain.