行为装置摄影殖民史西藏纪念碑
2006年到2007年，邱志杰完成了从拉萨到加德满都的行走，这是一个将历史、地理、个人与物品相互链接和熔铸的庞大计划。这里大家看到的这件作品是在《拉加铁路计划》行走期间邱志杰同时完成的一件伴生的作品，也可以视为《拉加铁路计划》的“站台”版。也就是说，作者将这十对特殊的玛尼石块设定为他所想象的拉萨到加德满都的铁路的站牌。在这些站牌上，代替一站站的地名的，是相同的两句话：“拉萨离这里很远”和“美国离这里很远”。这两句来自西藏小学英文课本里的话，由拉萨药王山下的藏民刻成玛尼石。邱志杰将其中的九块放在拉萨到加德满都之间的九个地点。它们分别是：拉萨药王山、尼木县公路边、江孜县白居塔、日喀则扎什伦布寺后山、定日县珠峰路口、聂拉木山口、樟木口岸公安局顶楼和加德满都老城区的卡特辛布塔。这些刻有字的石块或许依然混在那些玛尼石堆中，或许已经弥散在西藏的现实生活中，开始了它们自身的旅行。最后一对玛尼石现在出现在展厅里，其实无论它们将出现在哪里，它们永远都将离拉萨很远，也将离美国很远。因为即使我们身在拉萨，我们其实还是离拉萨很远；即使我们身在美国，我们还是离美国很远。
Lhasa is Far away, America is Far Away
Qiu Zhijie
Performance, photography
2007
From 2006 to 2007, Qiu Zhijie completed his journey from Lhasa to Katmandu in Tibet. It was a huge project combining history, geography, engaging with the idea of the individual and everyday necessities. Qiu Zhijie started producing this work during this journey. This work was completed along with another work titled ' Lajia Railway Project '. This work on display can be considered a part of the ' Lajia Railway Project '. For this project Qiu utilized ten special ‘Mani’ stones, which are used as name boards distributed along the “railway from Lhasa to Katmandu”. Qiu Zhijie has written two sentences on each Mani stone replacing the stop names: “Lhasa is far away from here” and “America is far away from here”. These two sentences are taken from an English textbook of a primary school in Tibet, and are carved onto each Mani stone by Tibetans who live in the foothills of the Medicine Emperor Mountain. Qiu placed nine of these stones at nine stops on the way from Lhasa to Katmandu:
Lahasa Medicine Emperor Mountain; 29°39’04.22” N,91°06’22.73” E,elev3652m
The Highway of Chhushu county; 29°21’06.02” N 90°42’16.49” E ,elev 3588m
Pelkor Chode Stupa in Gyangze Zone; 28°55’29.85” N,89°35’39.57” E,elev 4020m
Back of the Cha-shih-lun-pu temple in Xigaze; 2９°16’16.47” N,88°52’17.48” E, elev 3869m
The West site of Sakya Temple; 28°54’20.74” N, 88°00’56.09” E, elev 4318m
Entrance of the Road to Moute Everest in Tingri countyt; 28°35’22.51” N 86°32’22.51” E elev 4341m
Nyalam Lalung La Pass; 28°30’29.03” N 86°08’46.41” E elev 5004m
the garret at the police station in Zangmu Port; 27°59’23.30” N 85°58’55.62” E elev 2240m
Kate Xinbu temple at the old city zone in Katmandu. 27°42’34.49” N 85°98’34.95” E elev 1315m
Nowadays, these Mani stones with these written sentences have probably been mixed with otherstones, or have disappeared and started their own journey in everyday life in Tibet. Qiu carriedthe last Mani stone to Beijing for this exhibition. However, wherever these stones exist, they are far away from Lhasa and far away from America as well. Qiu Zhijie metaphorically emphasizes the perpetual distance between current location and any determined site of feeling.
