重如鴻毛 As Heavy as a Feather

影片擷圖 (Aerial Photography Vikung Lalengeang)

《重如鴻毛》，影像裝置，依場地大小，2016
風箏投影13分45秒
主影像，42分48秒
重如鴻毛〈小豆篇〉，29分44秒

「重如鴻毛」典故出自西元前兩百年的中國諺語「重於泰山，輕於鴻毛」，論人們如何看待生存並活出自己的價值；這裡將語意重組，藉由反常的量感，探究渺小的對象其生命的重量，並通過影像描繪出某種抽象的力量，企圖展開別於單一資本體系價值的想像。位於台灣台東的杉原海灣，在阿美族的傳統地名是 fudafudak，為閃閃發光之意，也是緊鄰的小部落的名稱。fudafudak 就如同許多偏鄉地區，面臨青壯人口外流與文化流失等問題；而這個不起眼小村莊的自然生活領域，有許多大型開發案正虎視眈眈的包圍著。跟著從事部落文化重建工作的社會運動者進入部落，藝術家藉由加拿大展覽機會，與族人展開了合作項目；製作與重現傳說中會發出聲響的大風箏，並在其中談及長老兒時記憶中的傳奇走唱藝人 Ngayaw，以及傳唱他的歌。


"As Heavy as a Feather", Video installation, dimensions variable, 2016
Kite, bamboo, canvas, projection: 13’ 45”
“As Heavy as a Feather” Main video: 42' 48"
“As Heavy as a Feather” Chapter: Lin Dou: 29’ 44”

The allusion of “Heavy as a feather” is inspired from a Chinese idiom 200 B.C. ago: “The death may be heavier than Mount Tai but lighter than a feather.”  The original intention is to point out the way people value themselves and live out their lifes with own value in the limited lifetime.
Here the meaning is reconstructed by altering the sentence. From the inverse semantics, the artist tries to explore how people with tiny power value and look at their own lifes. By portraiting a kind of abstract power through video images, the artist intends to expand own imagination besides from a singular capitalism value.
Shanyuan Bay locates in Taitung county of Taiwan, its traditional name in Amis language is called Fudafudak, means “a glittering place”, it is also name of a small neighbourhood tribe. Same as many other remoted townships, Fudafudak is facing problems of outward migration and culture loss. Meantime, the natural living area of this tiny village is coveted by many large investors for land development project. By following social activists who work for native culture re-built, take advantage of opportunity to exhibit in Canada, the artist enters into the tribe and co-work with the natives: to produce and reappear the huge legendary sound kite. The video also features scenes that elders tell the story of legend Ngayaw from their childhood memories and sing the song of Ngayaw. (Translated by: Lucyann Tung)

馬賽克傳說─能盛興工廠初探 Legend of Pixelated - Preliminary research of Neng-Sheng-Xing Factory

Video, 21’ 45”, 2016
＊本影像作品非經作者授權，不得任意轉載與公開播映。 Works without the author's authorization, shall not arbitrarily reprint and open broadcasting.

能盛興工廠位於台南，是一棟荒廢二十年的三層樓長屋，被一群年輕人整理翻修，成為他們實踐某些理想的基地，並對外開放做多元活動的場所。而空間與人密不可分，或因人而成就的空間是一個接一個的過渡，持續進行的有機狀態航向某個夢土，或心所嚮往的：烏托邦。

藝術家在能盛興工廠短期進駐的一個月裡製作影片，採訪女性成員們描述她們最喜愛的地方，穿插男性口白以一位虛構人物作串場。藉由身體實踐力十足的能盛興工廠成員，以及所連結的社群，淺談台灣近代藝術的發展脈絡，並對所謂的藝術圈做反身性思考。

Neng-Sheng-Xing Factory is located in Tainan, Taiwan. It’s used to be an abundant 3 levels building over than 20 years, now it’s not only a base of dream, but also a place with multi-activities to public after a group of young people refurbished it. The relationship between space and human is strongly related, a space formed by people are the continuously transitions. These transitions are leading with the organic status to a land of dreams or we can interpret it in a more specific definition: Utopia.

The female members described their favorite places when the artists filmed the interviews during the one-month term residency at Neng-Sheng-Xing Factory, they also mixed a male narration as imaginary character in the film. This video is trying to present the development and history of Taiwan Modern Art and offering a reflexivity thought to art circles by the team members of Neng-Sheng-Xing Factory’s practice force.  (Translator: Daphne San)