《途中》FIND YOUR WAY OUT

In response to the subject of our bodies besieged by the COVID-19, Find Your Way Out presents itself, on the plaza in front of TFAM, as a giant black building in the spirit of minimalism: a length up to 30 meters extending straight from the side of Zhongshan North Rd. to the plaza center and a height towering up to 8 meters, coupled with a narrow corridor of merely 2 meters wide.

Each visitor is invited to walk upon the alternative passage to the museum square, i.e., upon the minimalist narrow corridor to refine not only a body perception unique to each individual but a mixed corporal sensation, constantly interacting with the outside world－the square’s current climate, light/shade, wind, sound and crowd…. Movements forwards and backwards, arrivals and departures of others: each influence from time to time the gentle rise and fall of the ground as well as the horizon of vision above the corridor in the installation.

What’s striking the ears is the mighty noise like waves flowing from the ground, which is actually a harmonious echo of Find Your Way Out to the experience of each participant. Pressing against a body’s two flanks, the black mesh is flicking as the sight wanders, and beyond lies the square’s landscape, like a “flashing screen”, difficult to be delineated. Put differently, the black mesh, in/outside, serves metaphorically as multiple alternatives, mixed with avatars and security disciplines of social distancing between human beings and the world outside in the pandemic era.

Those on the journey of Find Your Way Out either travel forward, linger, or repeatedly pace back and forth along the only path of one’s own, and only those with a firm attitude find the way out to come back again to the distinguishable and uncertain daily life.

 
臺北市立美術館「X-site計畫」（2014～）以美術館戶外廣場為基地徵選裝置提案。從建築構築、當代藝術、環境研究、觀眾參與等多元視角，探討臨時性裝置與形塑廣場公共性精神的整合性實驗計畫，鼓勵跨領域、多元性的創作對話與參與，讓未知的廣場激發人們對於空間的再想像與關係思維。

2023年第10屆「X-site計畫」徵件著重於跨域形式的創作計畫，以空間、環境實驗性的臨時建築提案，呈現結構工法、媒介運用、美學表現的突破與實踐。經兩階段評選，本屆由「途中」團隊以同名作品《途中》（Find Your Way Out）脫穎而出，獲得首獎。「途中」團隊由聲音藝術家王仲堃、法國藝術團體 hellobastworkshop、空間設計劉佳豪以及裝置設計郭仲輔所組成，多具有動力藝術、聲音或燈光裝置設計之經驗，呼應當代藝術與建築、技術交融的創作型態。

《途中》回應疫情衝擊下的身體課題，在美術館前廣場上打造一座極簡的黑色巨型建築：狹窄僅有兩米的廊道，參天達八米，從中山北路一側往廣場中心直線延伸達三十米。《途中》邀請來者行走於這段往美術館廣場的另類（alternative）道路，藉由步行於極簡、狹縫般的廊道中，凝鍊出既獨屬個人的身體感知，又時時刻刻地與外界共感的混合型體感－廣場當下的氣候、明暗、風力、聲響、人潮．．．．．．。身體的前行與後退，他人的到來與離去，不時地影響《途中》地面的緩升、緩降，以及身處其上視線的起落觀瞻。與此同時襲來耳際的，是自地面傾瀉竄流如浪的轟然巨響，是《途中》對每一位體驗者的參與所和鳴的回聲。緊逼身體兩側，隨著視線漫遊而明滅的黑色網膜，網膜之外的廣場景觀如「閃屏」般明滅不定、形貌難判，如人與外界間在疫情時代混合著虛擬替身、社交安全戒律等多重的替代方案。在只有自己的唯一道路上，往來《途中》者，或直線向前，或駐足，或反覆繞行，不二態度無疑是直到找到出路，再次親臨清晰可判，又充滿未知的日常。

文 / 葉杏柔 YEH Hsing-Jou

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

尺寸 : L 30 m x W 8.5m x H 7.6m
媒材 : 錏管、夾板、圓盤鷹架、彈性網布、鋼珠、油壓及電控系統等

Dimension : L 30 m x W 8.5m x H 7.6m
Material: galvanized steel tube, plywood, scaffolding, elastic mesh fabric, steel balls, hydraulic and electronic control system.

2023年第10屆X-site計畫

首獎作品 《途中 Find Your Way Out》
展出日期：2023/05/20（六）- 2023/07/30（日）
展出地點：臺北市立美術館戶外廣場

The 10th X-site Project 2023, "Find Your Way Out."
Exhibition Date: 2023/05/20 (Sat) - 2023/07/30 (Sun)
Location: Taipei Fine Arts Museum Plaza