【居所與他方：影像測量計劃 】 區秀詒個展
EX!T 6 第六屆台灣國際實驗媒體藝術展 台北－吉隆坡

策展人：郭昭蘭

「居所與他方」策展計劃，是馬來西亞藝術家區秀詒以其出生地馬來西亞的精神地理學為導向的影像測量計劃。在朝向亞洲現代化國家的想像路上，那些被認為毋庸置疑的精神向度與地理界限，重新在這裡被以影像的方式予以展開。

「居所與他方」試圖處理下列幾個貫穿在美學與現實之間的課題。1.亞洲不同區域在現代化的過程中，面對著各種區域移動、與內爆的種種處境，當代藝術的實踐如何回應、探問、質疑、進而重新協商其邊界？2.藝術的實踐有否可能重新活化一個系統，並對它所面對的政治現實的結構進行顛覆與在想像？3.影像與地方：如果藝術生產的不是「現實」與「真理」的話，藝術可以如何處理影像或繼承影像的傳統？4.這樣的生產如何回應現實，特別是在那些擁有豐富民間傳說與地方信仰的地方？5.影像與權利：Hito Steyerl曾指出，「紀錄性」即是政府跟真理生產匯聚點的影像使用。 影像的生產在當代媒體佔有主導地位。藝術家如何使用媒體影像，來揭示或者批判權力操弄的工具或是利用媒體作為宣傳的工具。

影像機具，在它漫長的工具史中，曾經被賦予測量的任務。「居所與他方：影像測量計劃」這次從影像出發的作品計劃，試圖調動「測量」計劃，成為召喚行動的步驟。「測量」通常意味，透過一個模組化的機制，把事物的形貌描繪出來；不過，這次「居所與他方：影像測量計劃」透過影像所進行的測繪，是以藝術家自己的身體作為基礎的坐標，這使得她與測量對象之間，不再俱有偽裝客觀的距離與姿態，反而是將測量的對象，轉向她與她所處的文化想像地景。如此，這個計劃將同時試圖延伸擴大「影像」的意義，特別是那些在現代化過程中，熒熒殘繞于意識中，忽明忽滅的意識殘影。
【台北】
牯嶺街小劇場二樓藝文空間 (100台北市中正區牯嶺街5巷2號)
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@ 展期：4/5-4/26 14：00－20：00 (週一休館)
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@ 開幕：4/11 18：00
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@ 開幕座談：4/11 15：30 地點：三樓排練場

講者：孫松榮（台灣/馬來西亞）
講題：少數影像的誕生：缺席的人民及其記憶

講者：魏月萍（馬來西亞）
講題：國家暴力、創傷和公民自主：新馬殖民現代性的反思

講者：葉紹斌（馬來西亞）
講題：匯聚、座落、編織一個想像的非地（或海）

藝術家：區秀詒（馬來西亞）
主持人：郭昭蘭
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@ 藝術家講座：4/18 19：00 地點：二樓藝文空間
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@ 特別放映：4/25 19：30 地點：二樓陽台
(如天候不佳，另行公佈）

馬來西亞紀錄片與實驗影像選集
選片人：區秀詒

【吉隆坡】
Lostgens當代藝術空間
8, Jalan Panggung, 3rd floor, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
@ 開放時間：8/1–8/23，11:00–18:00（週一休館）
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@ 展覽論壇：7/30 10：30 地點：國家美術館
2, Jalan Temerloh, Off Jalan Tun Razak 53200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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@ 展覽開幕派對：8/1 19:00
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【Habitation and Elsewhere: Image as Instrument】
Au Sow-Yee’s Solo Exhibition （Taipei – Kuala Lumpur）
Experimental Media Art Festival in Taiwan 2015（ EX!T 6 ）

Curator: Guo Jau-Lan

Habitation and Elsewhere is a measurement project that treats images as the instrument and the psychological geography of Malaysia (the birthplace of the artist) as the orientation. On the imaginary path to modernization, the unquestioned spiritual dimension and geographical boundaries within Asia are reassessed in the form of images.

Habitation and Elsewhere seeks to address the following issues that interweave aesthetics with the reality. Firstly, many Asian regions are confronted with various problems concerning migration and implosion on their path to modernization. How should contemporary art respond to, investigate, and challenge these problems and thereby negotiate for a new boundary of Asia? Secondly, is it possible for artistic practice to rejuvenate a system and further subvert and reimagine the political structure on which the system is based? Thirdly, in terms of image and locality, in what way can art deal with images or perpetuate the tradition of images provided that art produces neither “reality” nor “truth”? Fourthly, how can such kind of artistic production respond to the reality, particularly the reality in places having long-standing folklore and folk beliefs? Fifthly, in terms of image and rights, Hito Steyerl has pointed out that “documentality is the pivotal point, where forms of documentary truth production turn into government—or vice versa.” In other words, the production of images dominates contemporary media. How can artists utilize media images to unveil or criticize the instruments of power manipulation and media propaganda?

Image machines and tools were once assigned the task of measuring in the long history of implements. Treating images as the point of departure, Habitation and Elsewhere tries to transform the instrument of measuring into that of calling for action. The term “measuring” usually refers to constructing the profile of things with a modularized mechanism. However, the measuring with images as the instrument in Habitation and Elsewhere is carried out by treating the artist’s own body as the reference coordinates, which removes the sham objective observation and posture between the artist and the objects being measured. This approach further turns the artist herself and the landscape of her cultural imagination into the objects to be measured. This project thus attempts to extend and enrich the connotation of “image,” particularly that of those flickering after-images lingering in our consciousness in the course of modernization.
【Taipei】
GLT 2F Gallery
No.2, Ln. 5, Guling St., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City, Taiwan
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@ 5-26 Apr. 14：00－20：00, Closed on Monday
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@ Opening Reception：11 Apr. 18：00
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@ Opening Forum：11 Apr. 15：30
in GLT 3F Rehearsal Room

speaker and panelist：

AU Sow Yee (Malaysia)
Guo Jau-Lan
NGOI Guat Peng (Malaysia)
SING Song-Yong
YAP Saubin (Malaysia)
WANG Jun-Jieh
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@ Artist Talk：18 Apr. 19：00 , in GLT 2F Gallery
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@ Screening: 25 Apr. 19：30, in GLT 2F Gallery’s Balcony
Selected Documentaries and Experimental Films from Malaysia, selected by Au Sow-Yee
【Kuala Lumpur】
Lostgens’ Contemporary Art Space
8, Jalan Panggung, 3rd floor, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

@ 1-23 Aug. 11：00 – 18：00, Closed on Monday
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@ Forum：30 July. 10：30

Venue：
Auditorium, National Visual Arts Gallery (NVAG)
2, Jalan Temerloh, Off Jalan Tun Razak 53200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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@ Opening Reception：8/1 19：00

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主辦：身體氣象館
合辦： 影像－運動電影協會、牯嶺街小劇場、哈柏安身體藝術實驗室
指導單位：台北市文化局、文化部
媒體協力：燧火評論
Organized by Body Phase

Co-organized by Image-Movement (Taiwan), Guling Street Avant-Garde Theatre (Taiwan), Hub A

Sponsored by Department of Cultural Affairs Taipei City Government, Ministry of Culture (R.O.C.)

Supported by National Visual Arts Development Board of Malaysia , Lostgens’ Contemporary Art Space (Malaysia)

With support from the Krishen Jit Astro Fund

Media Partners：Promethean Fire Review