▍座談
時間：2021-08/22日（日）2-4 pm
「靈山之域，以山域眾靈作為思考體的藝術計畫」
高俊宏 x 梁廷毓 x 林彥翔

▍主協辦單位
主辦單位 / 水谷藝術
贊助單位 / 國藝會 、台北市政府文化局
※ 本展獲台北市政府文化局110年度「視覺藝術類」展覽補助
※ 水谷藝術獲國藝會110年「視覺藝術組織營運補助專案」及台北市政府文化局110年度「營運扶植補助」

▍展覽論述及作品介紹
「靈」指存在於萬物中的靈魂，「山」是現代社會中人對於自然的投射，回朔現代化之前人們於山域活動的精神性，在行走及重返舊路尋找土地公的過程，重新將「自然」與「宗教」作為思考的主體。以長時間在台灣山區做的土地信仰採集，轉化成為一系列藝術計劃的基底。從當代的角度去切入人與土地之間的關係，探究人如何去思考靈魂並將其具象化的過程。試圖將山域作為一種思想的媒介，土地作為一個情感的指涉對象，將萬物都視為能夠感知以及經驗的主體，以神靈與自然之觀點，回返至人類環境中的世界觀。
本展覽以〈土地神〉與〈屢豐〉兩個以土地公為主的創作相互複寫而成，〈土地神〉聚焦於台灣的土地信仰，將土地公作為敘事的主體，以虛構文本的敘事及影像的再製，假擬一個信仰缺失的時空背景，透過「找神」的事件去試圖尋找信仰的痕跡，並探問當時的時空環境與心理狀態，透過地誌學考察配合個人影像語言進行文本闡述；〈屢豐〉是一座蓋在人工島上的廟宇，在遵守土地公的旨意之下，形成了一個存在於現實中的虛幻地景，錄像藉由一位信眾的夢境，以老鷹、島與土地公的交錯敘事，利用電腦軟體中使用3D建造模型的手法，比擬宗教中將信仰具象化的過程，將不同時代的精神性以虛構的方式嫁接，藉此反映社會中如何將自然資本轉化，並回應台灣作為一個「島」的意識。

The Spirit (靈) refers to the soul that exists in all things. Mountain (山) is the projection of nature in modern society. Tracing back the spirituality of people's activities in mountainous areas before modernization, the process of walking and returning to the old paths in search of the land gods, "nature" and "religion" are reintroduced as the main subjects of reflection. The long-time collection of land beliefs in the mountains of Taiwan is transformed into the basis of a series of art projects. The relationship between man and the land is approached from a contemporary perspective, exploring how man contemplates and visualizes the soul. The attempt is to use the mountains as a medium of thought and the land as an emotional object of reference, to treat everything as a subject that can be perceived and experienced, and to return to the worldview of the human environment from the viewpoint of the spirits and nature.

The exhibition is based on two works of Land Gods (土地神) and Lyu-Feng Temple (屢豐), which are based on the land gods. Focusing on the land beliefs in Taiwan, The work "The Land Gods" takes Taiwanese land Gods as the main subject of the narrative, using a fictional narrative and the reproduction of images to create a spatial and temporal context of the lack of beliefs. Through the event of looking for God, I try to find traces of faith and inquire into the spatial and temporal environment and psychological state of the time, and interpret the text through geophysical investigation and personal visual language. The video Lyu-Feng Temple is based on the dream of a believer, the intertwined narrative of the eagle, the island, and the land Gods. Using 3D models in computer software to simulate the process of visualizing faith in religion, and the fictional grafting of spirituality from different eras. In this way, it reflects how society transforms natural capital and responds to the sense of Taiwan as an island.

▍藝術家簡介

林彥翔，1997年出生於桃園大園，現就讀於北藝大藝術跨領域研究所。

作品關注於文字、影像、身體中的多重意象，並長期關注動植物、地緣政治、宗教信仰...等議題。以「路徑」為思考上的原點，在不斷變化的界線中試圖尋找其邊界，透過田野實踐與書寫，進行差異與感性經驗的生產，進而回應所關注之社會現象與自身感受。
近期相關實踐計畫與對象為，從泛靈信仰出發的土地公研究，在新北、桃園區域的《福德》、《山若有神》、《屢豐》，自身家鄉大園所面臨徵收的《航空城》，以動物為主題回應環境政治的《聖䴉》…等。
曾於〈Reentry再入－北藝新媒104級畢業展〉擔任參展者與策劃人、北美館〈小說-雙城計畫〉計畫共同參與者、鳳甲美術館〈流浪的土地公－北投社保德宮的神明地誌學〉、〈Photo GO攝影上桌－臺南國際攝影節〉、〈桃園國際藝術獎〉....等展出。

個人網站

https://www.linyanxiang.com/

Yan-Xiang Lin, born in Taoyuan, 1997. Studying in Graduate Institute of Trans-disciplinary Arts, National Taipei University of the Arts.
His works focus on multiple imagery in words, images, and bodies, and has long been interested in flora and fauna, geopolitics, religious beliefs... and other issues. With Route as the origin of thought, finding the border among the ever-changing boundaries. Through field practice and writing, he produces differences and perceptual experiences, then responds to the social phenomena and our own feelings that we are concerned about.
Recent projects include the study of the land gods from the perspective of pan-spiritual beliefs: 福德, If mountain has deities, and Lyu-Feng Temple, which shown Xinbei and Taoyuan. The Aerotropolis in his hometown which was acquired by the government. Sacred Ibis which responded to environmental politics with the theme of animals, etc.
He has been a participant and curator in Reentry TNUA Dept. New Media Art Graduate Exhibition 2019 , co-participant in Island Tales:Taiwan and Australia in Taipei Fine Arts Museum. He also exhibited in 流浪的土地公－北投社保德宮的神明地誌學 at Honggah Museum, Photo GO - Tainan International Foto Festival, Taoyuan International Art Award, etc.