陳育羣 Chen, Yu-Chun

 

聲音裝置，2014

 

鬧鐘作為用來標示時間及事件中斷點提醒用的人造物，在使用者該事件預先指定的時刻到來時，會發出劇烈聲響提醒著使用者該進行下一階段或結束事件，並將該事件的時間線性中斷。多量瑣碎的行程可依賴鬧鐘來提醒每一個重要時刻的到來，藉由將瑣碎的時間片段寄託在外部的鬧鈴中來舒緩人體所無法負荷的記憶與時間控管能力。但是隨著長時間的使用與適應，鈴聲開始與事件建立起強力的連結，例如起床與來電鈴聲。強力的連結所形成的感知模式將造成使用者的僵化，並形成感知困境。例如當鈴聲錯置，即使是使用者事先自行設定的，使用者的感知反應依然無法隨著聲響而切換至正確的對應狀態，導致感知的不協調。
        此作品使用大量的電子鬧鐘形成閉鎖的空間圍繞著感受者，並讓空間中游移且時隱時現的鬧鈴聲響扯動感受者的感官與心理狀態，使感官更加敏感令身體更加緊繃。無定的鈴聲迫使感受者將感覺範圍放大擴散到空間中所有角落，讓感知隨著鬧鈴聲源在空間中拉扯、跳躍與游移。感知主體將在宛如抽慉般的過程中失去自主能力，所有的思維意識將會被鬧鈴聲響的動態扯散，感知主體只能乞求短暫的歇息空檔到來方能重組。

 

The alarm clock is used to mark time and act as breakpoints to remind the user of an event, at the arrival of the pre-specified time, a loud reminder will be issued to remind users to proceed or terminate the event, which interrupts the linear time of the event. Multiple and trivial schedules can be dependent on the alarm clock, this relieves the body from memory and management overload. However, with prolonged use and adaptation, alarms begin to establish strong links with the event, such as waking up and ringtones. Perception patterns formed by those links will rigidify and form perception difficulties for the user. For example, when a ringtone is misplaced, even when set by the user, the user's perception will be unable to switch to correct corresponding states, leading to incongruity of perception.
This work integrates a large number of electronic alarm clocks to form a close looped space around the viewer; alarm noises wander in space, tugging on their sensual and psychological states to create tension in the body. Arbitrarily occurring alarms will force the subject to enlarge the scope of perception to all corners, jumping and wavering in space with the alarm. The subject’s perception will be disintegrated in this spasm-like process, begging for a gap or brief rest before being reorganized.