以食物在人體器官中的形變與質變為發想起點，消化過程作為隱喻，透過物質的消解和轉化，探討藝術作品如何透過形式與媒材的特質，讓觀眾的感知與內外時間一起流動，進而改變身體經驗。藝術家將器官與其執行的多重功能拆解開來，擷取其中的關鍵特質，賦予想像和詮釋。作品沒有具體的生理器官意象，而是將其功能特質或概念解構、抽象化；觀眾的聲音、呼吸、心跳、動作被當作食物，餵養展場中的作品，經過咀嚼、碎裂、輸送、分解等過程引發一聯串的反應，使原有的質性產生轉化、形變之互動效果。作品引領觀眾走進一個概念性的過程，經由奇幻的藝術語彙與內隱式的數位感應科技，提供觀眾另一種未被定義的身體感知經驗，在內外時間的交互之間，體會身體作為介面的藝術經驗和存在感。

 

Treating the formal and qualitative changes of foods in human organs as the point of departure, and invoking a metaphor of the digestive process to represent the decomposition and transformation of matter, the team explores how artworks, by harnessing the qualities of different forms and media, shape the viewers' perceptions amidst the time passing in the organs and that elapsing in the exhibition venue where the viewers experience unique physical sensations. Separating the organs per se from their multiple functions, the artists extract the distinguishing characteristics of the organs and leave them to the viewers' imagination and interpretation. The exhibited works do not provide concrete physiological imagery of the digestive system but deconstruct and abstract the organs' characteristics and functions. The viewers' voices, breaths, heartbeats, and motions become the various foods for the works and therefore set off a chain reaction of mastication, fragmentation, transmission, and decomposition. The chain reaction, along with the viewers' involvement, leads to the transformation and deformation of matters. With artistic vocabulary and covert digital sensors, these works guide the viewers into a conceptual process which brings them an indescribable sensation. By transforming their own bodies into the interface, the viewers also gain an artistic experience and a sense of existence amidst the time passing in the organs and that elapsing in the real world.

 

展覽由交通大學應用藝術、音樂、建築三所師生所組成的交大跨領域藝術團隊師生精心策劃，由德國裝置藝術家Hans W. Koch擔任藝術和技術咨詢，共創作六件裝置藝術作品──《內外鐘 Clock Inside Out》、《入口/入口Feeding/Entrance》、《食微化/時微化Micro Food/Micro Time》、《胃裡派對Belly Party》、《癢分Itchy Nutrition》，及《剩餘價值The Remains of the Day》。作品使用多種媒材與手法，除採用影像、聲音、光及紅外線感應器來擷取外顯訊號外，也與清華大學電機系馬席彬教授研究團隊合作，採用其研發之生理感應器，取得身體內部的訊息，經過不同的編譯，轉為實體裝置的機械影音控制訊號，最終以可感訊號再生，試圖以當代科技結合藝術創作來提供辯證生存意義的路徑。

 

The exhibition is curated by the interdisciplinary team "transArt NCTU" from the National Chiao Tung University. It consists of the faculties and students from the Institutes of Applied Arts, Music, and Architecture at NCTU. German new media artist Hans W. Koch serves as the artistic/technical consultant. The exhibition presents six installations, including "Clock Inside Out,""Feeding/Entrance," "Micro Food/Micro Time," "Belly Party," "Itchy Nutrition," and "The Remains of the Day." To create these works, the team employed various media and techniques such as images, sounds, light, and infrared sensors for capturing explicit signals. In addition, the artists also derived the information circulating in human bodies from the physiological sensor developed by prof. Ma Hsi-Pin's team at the Department of Electrical Engineering, NTHU. The sensor is able to transform the information into mechanical and audio-visual control-messages for physical devices and then regenerate them in the form of sensible signals. In sum, transArt NCTU team tries to pioneer an approach to the reflection on the meaning of existence through the combination of technology and art.