體育課 In Terms of Sport

當我們談論「體育」的時候，談的是什麼？當我們觀看「運動」的時候，看的又是什麼？日常生活中的運動時刻，在休閒、健身與競技之際，是否也伴隨著諸多非關動作的經驗連結？適逢2024年巴黎奧運，緊鄰鶯歌運動中心的新北市美術館以「體育課」（In Terms of Sport）為題，策劃一檔結合場內（遊樂場、體育館）與場外（城市、街頭）運動的主題展覽，意圖拆解與挑戰當代社會關於「體育」的主流想像。

從生活中的體育時刻出發，「體育課」邀請公眾走入新北市美術館的藝術街坊，共同感受關於運動的多重敘事。在這裡，我們將體驗非常規的運動場；閱讀屬於臺灣的體育故事；遇見藤吉維．尼基．恩科西（Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi）作品裡出神與隱身的各國國家代表隊；端看羅智信〈看我舞動〉和楊季涓「只是玩⼀場遊戲」的自轉運動；踏上張幼欣取材臺灣山林的動態音景；與阿莫．帕特爾（Amol K. Patil）的印度勞動者歌聲前行；隨著芭芭拉．瓦格納 ＆ 班傑明．德．布爾卡（Bárbara Wagner ＆ Benjamin de Burca）來自巴西街頭的〈SWINGUERRA〉起舞，而後望向加布里埃拉．安戈蒂瓊斯（Gabriella Angotti-Jones）《我只是想衝浪》眼前的加州汪洋。這些交織著身分認同、殖民背景、政治情勢與社會議題的展覽敘事，是另一種運動日常，也是一堂堂發生在美術館的，不一樣的「體育課」。

▍策展人：鄒婷

▍參展藝術家：
加布里埃拉．安戈蒂瓊斯
芭芭拉．瓦格納 ＆ 班傑明．德．布爾卡
阿莫．帕特爾
張幼欣
富安隼久
楊季涓
羅智信
藤吉維．尼基．恩科西

When we talk about sports, what do we talk about? What do we truly observe when we watch sports? Do moments of physical activity in daily life—spanning recreation, workout, and athletics—entail experiences that revolve not really around movement? Coinciding with the 2024 Paris Olympics, the New Taipei City Art Museum, adjacent to the Yingge Civil Sports Center, is presenting “In Terms of Sport,” an exhibition that integrates indoor (playgrounds, stadiums) and outdoor (cities, streets) sports. This thematic exhibition aims to dismantle and challenge contemporary society’s mainstream perceptions of “sports.”

Starting from the everyday moment in sports, “In Terms of Sport” invites the public to visit the Creative Cluster of the New Taipei City Art Museum and experience the multiple narratives surrounding sports. Here, we will explore unconventional sports venues, read stories of sports in Taiwan, encounter the impeccable and invisible national team in Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi’s works, witness the rotational movement in Luo Jr-shin’s Look at Me Grooving and Yang Chi-chuan’s "Just Playing a Game," step into the dynamic soundscape of Taiwan’s mountains and forests by Sayun Chang, move forward amidst the laborers’ song by Amol K. Patil, dance to Bárbara Wagner ＆ Benjamin de Burca’s SWINGUERRA from the Brazilian streets, and gaze at the California’s ocean in Gabriella Angotti-Jones’s I Just Wanna Surf. These exhibition narratives weave together identity, colonial history, political dynamics, and social issues, offering an alternative routine of sports as well as a different kind of physical education class at the museum.

▍Curator: Tsou Ting

▍Artists:
Gabriella Angotti-Jones
Bárbara Wagner ＆ Benjamin de Burca
Amol K. Patil
Sayun Chang
Hayahisa Tomiyasu
Yang Chi Chuan
Luo Jr Shin
Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi