緊張的邊界
Tensional Boundary
2014.06.14 - 07.05
Tensional Boundary
2014.06.14 - 07.05
藝術家:
田德熙 Dexi Tian（China）
陳敏強 Dennis Tan（Singapore）
PHOTOS
在2013年入住巴黎西帖藝術村駐村之前，策展人蔡家榛扛著背包遊歷了高加索山下與中亞國家，
造訪這幾個國家對她最大的衝擊不在其國土境內，而是位處在關防之時，在每一個海關被問及的問題看似稀鬆平常不過，但都異常尖銳的戳刺到「我/你是誰？」「為何而來？」「要去哪裡？」的身份認同問題，而這命題似乎一直潛伏在策展人往昔的策展(展名)之中。
這經歷不僅刺激了她的身體經驗，也激化了策展人對於認同命題的思考：從他者角度看見己身曖昧模糊的存在乃是因為忽略了去看清楚我之為「我」的框架「界線」何在、以及是什麼狀態，因此這次《緊張的邊界》邀請一件現場裝置及聲音裝置，針對「邊界」所激化出的認同與存在感知，提出邊界不是為了劃出認同的範疇，而是唯有杵在邊界的緊張狀態時，才能逼出存在與認同被抹糊的實相。
《緊張的邊界》邀請了中國藝術家田德熙與新加坡藝術家陳敏強的裝置作品，本展從單一裝置作品的形象語言與整體作品的安排配置都表述著強烈的政治寓言，以此深刻從地理上的邊界呼應抽象存在認同的命題。
Prior to curator Tsai JiaZhen residency in
2013 at the Cité internationale des Arts in Paris, she backpacked through the
foothills of the Caucasus Mountains and countries in Central Asia. Throughout
her journey, the greatest impact her experienced wasn’t when she stepped foot
in those various nations; rather, it was at the borders, when she was
confronted by the custom officials with the seemingly ordinary questions,
pinpointing at issues of identity acceptance: “who am I/who are you?”; “why are
you here?”; “where are you going?” And this subject seems to have been persistently
lurking in her previous curatorial projects (exhibition titles).
The occurrence has not only stimulated her
physical experience; it has also incited thoughts on the issues of acceptance,
such as to see the self’s ambiguous existence from the perspective of others is
prompted by the negligence to clearly see where the “boundary” of the “self”
lies, and what form does it take on. Therefore, the on-site installation and
the sound installation included in this exhibition, Tensional Boundary, are focused
on the sense of acceptance and existence evoked by the notion of “boundary”.
The boundary proposed is not intended to specify the parameter for acceptance;
on the other hand, only by being present at the tensed boundary could the vague
truth about existence and acceptance become more distinct.
Included in Tensional Boundary are
installation works by Chinese artist, Dexi Tian, and Singaporean artist, Dennis
Tan. The figurative vernacular employed by each artwork and the overall
configuration of the entire exhibition contain expressions of strong political
allegories, with the abstract proposition regarding existence and acceptance
profoundly echoed from the geographical position of being at the
boundary.
PHOTOS
在2013年入住巴黎西帖藝術村駐村之前，策展人蔡家榛扛著背包遊歷了高加索山下與中亞國家， 造訪這幾個國家對她最大的衝擊不在其國土境內，而是位處在關防之時，在每一個海關被問及的問題看似稀鬆平常不過，但都異常尖銳的戳刺到「我/你是誰？」「為何而來？」「要去哪裡？」的身份認同問題，而這命題似乎一直潛伏在策展人往昔的策展(展名)之中。
在2013年入住巴黎西帖藝術村駐村之前，策展人蔡家榛扛著背包遊歷了高加索山下與中亞國家， 造訪這幾個國家對她最大的衝擊不在其國土境內，而是位處在關防之時，在每一個海關被問及的問題看似稀鬆平常不過，但都異常尖銳的戳刺到「我/你是誰？」「為何而來？」「要去哪裡？」的身份認同問題，而這命題似乎一直潛伏在策展人往昔的策展(展名)之中。
這經歷不僅刺激了她的身體經驗，也激化了策展人對於認同命題的思考：從他者角度看見己身曖昧模糊的存在乃是因為忽略了去看清楚我之為「我」的框架「界線」何在、以及是什麼狀態，因此這次《緊張的邊界》邀請一件現場裝置及聲音裝置，針對「邊界」所激化出的認同與存在感知，提出邊界不是為了劃出認同的範疇，而是唯有杵在邊界的緊張狀態時，才能逼出存在與認同被抹糊的實相。
《緊張的邊界》邀請了中國藝術家田德熙與新加坡藝術家陳敏強的裝置作品，本展從單一裝置作品的形象語言與整體作品的安排配置都表述著強烈的政治寓言，以此深刻從地理上的邊界呼應抽象存在認同的命題。
Prior to curator Tsai JiaZhen residency in
2013 at the Cité internationale des Arts in Paris, she backpacked through the
foothills of the Caucasus Mountains and countries in Central Asia. Throughout
her journey, the greatest impact her experienced wasn’t when she stepped foot
in those various nations; rather, it was at the borders, when she was
confronted by the custom officials with the seemingly ordinary questions,
pinpointing at issues of identity acceptance: “who am I/who are you?”; “why are
you here?”; “where are you going?” And this subject seems to have been persistently
lurking in her previous curatorial projects (exhibition titles).
The occurrence has not only stimulated her
physical experience; it has also incited thoughts on the issues of acceptance,
such as to see the self’s ambiguous existence from the perspective of others is
prompted by the negligence to clearly see where the “boundary” of the “self”
lies, and what form does it take on. Therefore, the on-site installation and
the sound installation included in this exhibition, Tensional Boundary, are focused
on the sense of acceptance and existence evoked by the notion of “boundary”.
The boundary proposed is not intended to specify the parameter for acceptance;
on the other hand, only by being present at the tensed boundary could the vague
truth about existence and acceptance become more distinct.
Included in Tensional Boundary are
installation works by Chinese artist, Dexi Tian, and Singaporean artist, Dennis
Tan. The figurative vernacular employed by each artwork and the overall
configuration of the entire exhibition contain expressions of strong political
allegories, with the abstract proposition regarding existence and acceptance
profoundly echoed from the geographical position of being at the
boundary.