藝術家：吳權倫 Chuan-Lun Wu

作品名稱：〈鳳凰賊〉（Phoenix Thief）

作品介紹：

我在黑暗的房間裡放出一隻電動鳳凰鳥，這種玩具一邊發出吵鬧的音樂一邊揮舞著翅膀前進，在撞到物件時會轉彎。對我來說他有種奇異的生物感，不只是因為他的造型，而是遇上障礙物時遲疑，然後轉身的那種哀傷姿態。而偏偏他又被做成一種通俗到陳腔濫調的神話形象；雖然鳳凰明明不存在於三次元，卻在我們的認知中如此的被熟知。被設計成廉價玩具似乎與他不可侵犯的形象有些落差，但借助著這種不端莊的中國製造似乎又回應到了一點現實。

這件作品我借用了一個網友的房間，我跟他並不熟，所以我對這個空間的陌生感不會比這隻電動鳥少一些。我讓鳥像是夜賊般地掃過地面，探索這個空間，藉著頭頂的光照亮角落的細節。這過程以電腦視訊攝影機的低畫質紀錄，看起來就像是從某個網路空間偏偏降臨這個世界的神鳥，在一個黑暗又四處碰壁的未知空間遊蕩。

I let an electronic phoenix out of the packaging box in a dark room. This toy flutters its wings while playing noisy music, and it turns around when it hits objects. To me, it has a kind of exotic animal feature, not merely for its appearance, but for the hesitance shown when it encounters obstacles and the tinged sadness while turning around. However, it happens to be made into a common or even cliche mythological figure. Although a phoenix doesn’t exist, it is so widely known among us. The fact that it is being designed into a cheap, mass produced toy contradicts with the sacred value we assign to phoenix, but this kind of imprudent concept of “made in China” seemingly responses to the reality.

For this work I used the room of a person I met on the Internet, and he is a stranger to me, so I feel just as strange as the electronic phoenix. I make the bird skim over the floor, exploring the space, with the light on its head brightening some details of the corners. This process was filmed by webcam with low quality resolution, and it looks like a holy bird descending to this world from somewhere on the Internet, wondering in a dark enclosed space.