CLICK

名稱:CLICK
形式:聲音裝置+聲音雕塑,聲音-影像裝置
年份:2014
尺寸:250cm X 300cm
媒材:鋁、壓克力、伺服馬達、電腦、網路
藝術家:巫思萱

隨著社群網站於社會發展脈絡中的影響地位日趨顯著,本裝置作品由五十顆不同形狀、大小的被使用過之滑鼠與五十隻機械手指組成,透過程式分析計算在社群網站(Facebook)上的按讚數據資料之後,將資料傳達到各顆聯結著機械手指的馬達上,驅使機械作點擊滑鼠的動作,呈現出這一股股微小力量的群聚累積所產生之持續性影響的強大力量,甚至形成對於社會主流意識有所宰制的巨大權力結構。當指尖點擊滑鼠,傳遞「讚」這個動作之後,其情感透過一行行程式碼轉譯成資訊,透過這般傳輸,其中蘊含純粹人性的溫度逐漸失溫,終至冰冷,這項互動已經不是人之於人,而是網路之於網路。本裝置作品不只是社會之下的產物,更希望透過作品進行針對社群網站於今時今日之影響力的反思。

Form: sound installation + sound sculpture, audio-visual installation
Year: 2014
Dimensions: 250 cm x 300 cm 
Media: aluminum, acrylic, servomotor, computer, the Internet
Artist: Wu, Ssu-Hsuan

In view of the increasing influence of social network sites on the context of social development, this installation comprises of fifty robot fingers and fifty second-hand mice of different shapes and sizes. Using computer programs to analyze the data on the number of “like-clicking” on Facebook, the installation then transfers the analyzed data to the motors that power the robot fingers to click the mice, thereby unleashing the tremendous power as a result of a gradual accumulation of trivial actions, and even constructing a Leviathan-like power apparatus that dominates the mainstream ideology of the society. When a user clicks the mouse to show that he/she “like” a given post, such a sentiment is immediately translated into a piece of information made of executable code. The warmth of humanity this action radiates is gradually reduced to nothing. This is not so much a person-to-person interaction as a computer-to-computer one. This installation is not only represented as a product of the contemporary society, but also expected to encourage the viewers’ reflection on the influence of social network sites on the contemporary world.