展覽理念

「科技未來」於數位媒體擴張之時,成為人們無盡想像之境。數位化進程,實踐各種於過去被視作神秘幻術之魔法經驗,諸如時間空間的疆界破除、近乎無垠的儲存運算能力,召喚關於速度與效度之更高品質。人與科技間之距離逐漸消弭,屆時人對於經驗世界的方式也將轉向,隨新興媒介浮現,扭轉了人對於建構真實的方法,肉體感官將與媒體感官瘋狂彌合,開展並重建不同的知覺經驗。

 

「人」不敷成為完整個體,科技已然滲透、深入現實,解構了人類主體的確定性。數位科技的編碼系統,構築網際汪洋,亦即不受督控的幻象領域。人被符號化成數位文本,進而推送到虛擬空間,訊息抽象化地被觀看、取用、代換、複製,鬼魅似地交疊於集體文化脈絡之中。人體無法脫離數位化的慣性,任憑自身於麻木的電子虛空中侵蝕消逝。

 

數位媒體儼然成了真實世界的延伸-新神秘幻象,而我們如何在此景觀中,透過互動美學隱喻儀式,重新召喚關於「體現」之數位經驗,進而揭露對於主體認同、存在狀態的省思。

 

本次展覽邀請了藝術家孫士韋(Shih-Wei,Sun)、彭徵維(Jheng-Wei,Peng)、戴嘉明(Jia-Ming,Day)、陳俊杰(Chun-Chien,Chen)、王尹聲(Yin-Sheng,Wang)、林書瑜(Shu-Yu,Lin)、魏德樂(Der-Lor,Way)、王秋雯(Chiu-Wen,Wang)、李奇璋(Chyi-Jang,Lee)、許素朱-小牛(Su-Chu,Hsu Xiaoniu),藉由新媒體對影像的操縱式、紀實式、再現式之召喚,共同瞭解此一虛實難辨之超現實場景。

 

The expansion of digital media transforms the future of technology into a wonderland of fertile imagination. The progress of digitalization offers a variety of unique experiences that were previously regarded as mysterious witchcraft, such as the elimination of the boundaries between time and space, the nearly infinite capability for data storage and calculation, as well as the significant increase in speed and efficiency. The way people experience the world will continue to change with the gradually shortened distance between humanity and technology. The emergence of new media will fundamentally transform the way people construct the reality. The media senses will blend perfectly with physical ones, which will result in the development and reconstruction of entirely different sensorial experiences.

Within this context, a “human being” is no longer an integral entity because technology has infiltrated the reality and deconstructed the certainty of human subjectivity. The coding system of digital technology establishes oceans of networks, namely an illusory realm that is not subject to any supervision and control. Human beings are codified into digital texts in the virtual space. Pieces of information are abstractly read, retrieved, replaced, and replicated, imbricating one another in a collective cultural context in a phantom-like manner. Failing to overcome the inertia of digitalization, the human body erodes and vanishes with its aimless drift in the electrical void.

Digital media has become the extension of the real world, that is, a new mysterious illusion. Against this background, this exhibition seeks to create a new digital experience of “embodiment” by performing the metaphorical ritual of interactive aesthetics, and thereby encourages reflections on subjective identities and the human condition. The participating artists in this exhibition include Shih-Wei Sun, Jheng-Wei Peng, Jia-Ming Day, Chun-Chien Chen, Yin-Sheng Wang, Shu-Yu Lin, Der-Lor Way, Chiu-Wen Wang, Chyi-Jang Lee, and Su-Chu Hsu. Employing new media, these talented artists summon up the images through manipulation, documentation and representation, collectively helping the viewers grasp the elusive and surreal scenery.