▌ I Feel the Sam(e) Way — 林怡君個展

▌ 2023.06.17 – 08.05

▌ Opening: 06.17 (六）16:00

「我究竟為何受氣味如此吸引？」無疑地，氣味具有極端個人性，同時又具有隱隱主宰著集體社會秩序的共識與穩定的力量。從過去至今與氣味的經驗中，我發現氣味最特殊的地方是，它可以不斷爬梳出關於意識遺落的片刻——那些未知的、不(夠)重要的、不知何時出現的經驗片斷。對比於我自認為鮮明的記憶力，氣味總讓我有「原來還曾有這個瞬間」、「原來你(氣味)也在」的感受——這些經驗，開啟了我想要重新探討「記憶/影像」的意義與功能性。

「氣味是一種事件/世界的見證。」重點並非在它的味道如何、有什麼樣的物質組成，而是關於與氣味同在的那個當下所發生的記憶。當氣味在場，它便成了某種錄影錄音設備，不溜聲的打包所有細微的身體與心理/空間與非空間感知，倏忽傳送至未來的某刻中。這樣的特質，提供了我另一條思考、書寫個人與歷史檔案記憶的途徑：假若從氣味的視角重新「感受」、回看影像與檔案，是否會有不同的世界呈現在眼前？

此次展出包含了以錄像、雕塑、裝置物件等不同的媒材，去描繪(仍殘存於身體)私人記憶、(幽靈般的)集體歷史、以及(附著於物質載體的)歷史檔案，是如何通過氣味，不斷地傳送於過去與未來、跨越物質與非物質的屏障，交織成當代日常空間的某種樣貌。

「I Feel the Sam(e) Way」將打造一個「替代旅行」的「旅行社」的情境，觀展就像參與一場旅行的夢境。這場夢境遊走於現實與想像之間，過去與未來之間；旅程中，觀眾並非是獨自前往，而是成為另一種「介質」或光點，替代著空氣中、或時間中的可見/不可見的分子，如此旅行與感知著。


▌ I Feel the Sam(e) Way － Esther Yi-Chun LIN Solo-exhibition

▌ 2023.06.17 – 08.05

▌ Opening: 06.17 (sat.）16:00

"Why am I so attracted to smells?" Undoubtedly, smells possess an extreme sense of personal nature while also holding a subtle dominion over the collective social order with a consensus and stabilizing force. Through my experiences with smells from the past to the present, I have discovered the most unique aspect of smells: they continuously unearth forgotten moments of consciousness — those unknown, insignificant, and unexpected fragments of experiences. In contrast to my self-perceived vivid memory, smells always evoke a sense of "Ah, so this moment existed" or "Ah, you (the smell) were also there" — these experiences open up a desire within me to reexamine the meaning and functionality of "memory/images."

"Smells are witnesses of events/worlds." The key lies not in how the smell tastes or what substances it consists of, but in the memories that occur in the presence of the smell. When a smell is present, it becomes a sort of audiovisual recording device, silently capturing every subtle bodily, psychological, spatial, and non-spatial perception, swiftly transporting them to a moment in the future. This characteristic provides me with another path to contemplate and document personal and historical archives of memory: if I were to "experience" and review images and files from the perspective of smells, would a different world be presented before my eyes?

This exhibition encompasses various mediums such as videos, sculptures, and installation objects to depict (still lingering in the body) personal memories, (ghostly) collective history, and (attached to material carriers) historical archives. It explores how they are continuously transmitted across the barriers of the past and future, material and non-material, interweaving into a certain aspect of contemporary everyday spaces through smells.

"I Feel the Sam(e) Way" will create a scenario of an "alternative travel" , where the audience visiting the exhibition will feel as if they are participating in a dreamlike journey. This dreamlike journey navigates between reality and imagination, the past and the future. During the journey, the audience is not alone but becomes another "medium" or focal point, substituting for visible/invisible molecules in the air or time, thus traveling and perceiving.