周代焌《地貌・與圖・穿越劇》
CHOU Tai-Chun - Terrain Maps Time Travel
此次個展企圖針對這座島嶼的片斷歷史進行研究與展開想像:人們因為需求產生了慾望，進而推進人類 的進步。而這座島嶼的歷史，也不乏回應上述情境的窺視。在歷史的進程中，因為資源不足而產生的遷 徙、清領期間漢番面對土地的利用與調控、日治時期的殖民地政策等，這些事件透過歷史教科書或多或 少都能知曉，然而透過對於事件的不同切入角度，或許可以理出不一樣的路徑折射於觀眾眼前。
從時間軸來看，本次個展創作透過清領與日治時代的採樟產業，乃至於諸如邊坡噴漿等現代環境工程來 做疊合與探討。同樣都是位處於「邊界」:在人文之上的原漢交界、在土地開發與未開發之間，人性慾 望與環境生態間的權衡，我在創作過程中也是不斷地在過往與現今間進行位移。
從觀測點來看，因為時間歷程的發展與這座島嶼特殊的歷史背景，我們很難只從單一視點去觀看。而在 我的作品中更多的是從「他者」的角度出發:所謂歷史主體性的「另一方」去發想和提出想法，就像是 幻想從古地圖的另一側觀測，或是對於歷史的線性時間軸提出問句。
The attempt of the solo exhibition is to initiate the research and imagination concerning the fragmented history of the island: the humans’ needs motivate the desire which consequently leads to progress. Similarly, the history of the island features no less glances into the abovementioned scenario. Throughout the course of history, we have learned from the textbook about immigration due to the lack of resources, the arrangement of the land in the hands of the Han-Chinese and indigenous Taiwanese under the rule of the Qing Dynasty, and the colonial policy during the Japanese Occupation, but a different perspective to look into the historical events may change the route as refracted in the viewers’ eyes.
Following a chronological timeline, the solo exhibition is drawing on the camphor industry from the Qing rule to the Japanese Occupation to juxtapose the discussion on the modern environmental infrastructure constructions such as cement injection on slopes. It is within such an in-betweenness of the “frontier” – between the Han-Chinese and the indigenous Taiwanese cultures and civilizations, between the exploited and unexplored land, and between human desires and ecological order – that I constantly experience a state of shifting between the past and the present.
As for the viewpoint, we can hardly adopt a single viewpoint, given the unique historical context of the island throughout the passage of time. I would like to start the exploration from the perspective of the Other, the so-called “the other” as opposed to the historical subject, to bring up questions and ideas, like an imagined observation from the other side of the ancient maps or the question raised about the lineal historical timeline.
擷取｜周代焌 (2020)。〈迴盪在今昔的景框〉。《地貌・與圖・穿越劇》，頁 4-5。尊彩藝術中心。
〔設計／Designed〕和設計
〔攝影／Photo〕朱淇宏
〔年份／Year〕2020
〔攝影／Photo〕朱淇宏
〔年份／Year〕2020
