【無盡的儀式─陳依純與羅禾淋雙個展】

展覽名稱 Exhibit

【無盡的儀式─陳依純與羅禾淋雙個展】

 

Endless Ritual ─ Chen I-Chun and Luo He-Lin Dual Exhibition

 

展覽時間 Date

2016/09/10-2016/10/23

 

展覽地點 Venue

台北當代藝術館 MOCA Studio

 

門票 Admission

免費 Free

 

參展藝術家 Artists

陳依純 Chen I-Chun、羅禾淋Luo He-Lin

 

【無盡的儀式─陳依純與羅禾淋雙個展】

 

Endless Ritual ─ Chen I-Chun and Luo He-Lin Dual Exhibition

 

「無盡的儀式」由藝術家陳依純與羅禾淋所合作展出，兩位藝術家皆擅長新媒體藝術創作，並有意與現代的社會樣態及文化範疇進行連結。而本次展覽概念來自兩位藝術家對現代高科技社會的共同體察與各自回應，他們試圖揭露，在一切都日漸標準化的當代生活中，人們除了養成「路徑依賴（Path Dependence）」的慣性，也不由自主地被大大小小的各種「機器」馴化了。我們若細細解開生活日常中的所謂「便捷」，將會發現一切皆隱身在某種機構/體制中運行，人們被迫變成體制機器的一部份。此種現況顯示，科技駕馭了生活走向，人們則為了使用科技而遵守各種規則與條件，漸而被看不見的牢籠框住我們的自由意識，一種倒立的樹狀路徑和行動規則，也形成了其特定的「儀式」作用。

 

Endless Ritual is a dual exhibition of Chen I-Chun and Luo He-Lin. Both artists specialize in new media art, and aim to explore modern social and cultural phenomena. The exhibition is conceived through the artists' shared observation and individual responses to modern society of advanced technology. They attempt to reveal the fact that in addition to habits formed through "path dependence" in the gradually standardized modern day life, people have been involuntarily tamed by all kinds of "machines." If we take a detailed look into the so-called "convenience" in daily life, we would find that everything is operated on a certain institution or system whereas people are forced to become part of the system machine. This phenomenon exposes how technology has dominated the trend of life as people are willing to follow different rules and conditions and slowly allow their free mind to be confined implicitly. Therefore, a path similar to an inverted tree diagram and rules of action have taken a specific effect of "rituals."

 

 

在傳統習俗中，「儀式」往往可關連到敬天畏地的象徵行為，除宗教節慶外， 也常用於「宣示」之場合；而體制也往往結合各類現存的「儀式」來運行，透過一些隱形操作或心理暗示，指引著人們一條看似捷徑的道路─不論是資本或科技，在帶給人們物質的滿足與便利之際，同時無形的迫使人們依序前進，從CCTV、行車記錄器的全面監控，到運用帳號密碼的登入管制、互相確認好友的儀式流程……，「科技化的程序」結合了「宗教化的儀式」，從身到心徹底規範了當代人的生活概念和行為模式！

 

In traditional custom, "ritual" symbolizes the reverence for heaven and earth. In addition to religious festivals, rituals can also be seen in occasions of "promulgation." Meanwhile, the system also often operates by employing existing rituals, guiding people to a seemingly convenient path through implicit manipulation or psychological suggestion—whether it is capital or technology, it conditioned people to proceed in an order while bringing them materialistic satisfaction and convenience. From CCTV, to the comprehensive surveillance of event data recorders, to the log-in control with account passwords, to the ritualistic procedure of mutually confirming friendship on social media, "technological procedures" are combined with "religious rituals," completely regulating modern people's concept of life and behavioral patterns.

 

 

有鑑於此，本次展覽希望引導觀眾「逃逸」出樹狀圖的制式路徑，找到另一種解域技巧，如同德勒茲與瓜塔里所提出的「塊莖（Rhizome）」概念，跳脫單一階層結構的線性原則，形成更多元的連結、分衍與運作，而這種技巧正如同一種「無盡的儀式」，既無開始也沒有結束，因沒有盡頭而永遠持續，從而讓我們得以掙脫出各種體制的規範。

 

In light of this, the exhibition hopes to provide a standard path for viewers to "escape" this dendrogram and find an alternative de-territorializing technique. It resembles the concept of "rhizome" proposed by Deleuze and Guattari, breaking free from the linear principle of a single-layered structure and forming more diverse linkage, difference, and operation. Such technique is like an "endless ritual" that entails no beginning or end. Because it has no end, it goes on forever, and sets us free from the control of all kinds of systems.