臺灣可以從兩個面向來觀察：西部由一連串繁華城市構成，東部則是有著神秘的山脈，以及近乎被遺忘的海岸地區。向內陸深入，可以看見湖泊，與地震留下的深刻裂痕錯落其間。在這片地景中，人們的潛意識悄然受到牽引，而那些支離破碎的建築彷彿具備了預見未來的洞察力與深沉省思的能量。

本次展出的現地裝置作品，源自藝術家對這一現象的長期思索。作為一位來自歐洲的創作者，他在多次造訪臺灣之後，感受到這片土地的氣息悄然滲入他的創作想像之中。於是，在近期的繪畫實踐裡，他將觀察到的矛盾轉化為一個充滿推想與想像的場域。

作品從兩個端點展開——《秘密街道》（Street of Secrets）與《共融地景》（Inclusive Landscape），呈現城市的雙重面貌，一方面反映人們對交流與連結的渴望，另一方面則展現了當代文化語境中勇於冒險的姿態。

「街道」（Street）是作品中反覆出現的元素，蘊含著模糊與曖昧的層次。而「都市化森林」（Urbanized Forest）這個概念，更指向一種深邃而神秘的變異。因此，當我們凝視這條「街道」，也像是朝向一座金碧輝煌的「希望之殿」前行，儘管旅程充滿裂縫與曲折繞行。

從另一個方向望去，在看似「自然」的景觀中，時而出現怪異的隆起物，以及突然插入的物件，大概是某種建築、裝置，或各種機械設備吧？也許這兩種景觀彼此交融，甚至相互滲透轉化？

本次展覽試圖透過一系列關於混合建築的隱喻，描繪對未來臺灣的想像：深入島嶼內部，探究製造與科技的奧秘，同時挑戰並探索由此激盪而生的種種可能。

▐ 藝術家介紹

英國皇家藝術學院院士彼得．庫克爵士（Sir Peter Cook RA）是位教授，同時也是英國建築團體「建築電訊」（Archigram）創辦人，曾任倫敦大學當代藝術學院和倫敦大學學院巴特利特建築學院院長，在近半個世紀以來，是全球建築界極具影響力的人物。瑞典隆德大學在2010年授予榮譽博士頭銜，表揚他對於建築長期的貢獻。與前衛實驗團體「建築電訊」的作品出現於許多出版物與展覽，並獲得英國皇家建築師學會（RIBA）的肯定，團體成員在2002年獲頒RIBA最高獎項「皇家金獎」。

因其建築上的成就，庫克在2007年被英國女王授予爵士頭銜，也獲法國政府頒發藝術與文學勳章，同時也是英國皇家藝術院院士。目前為倫敦皇家藝術學院資深研究員，且在皇家藝術研究院、倫敦大學學院，以及德國法蘭克福國立造型藝術學院擔任教授職位。建築作品出現於世界各地，包括大阪、柏林、法蘭克福、馬德里等，以及與科林．福尼爾（Colin Fournier）共同設計奧地利格拉茲美術館，並以CRAB Studio建築事務所合夥人身分設計位於維也納、澳洲黃金海岸和英國波恩茅斯等地的大學建築。他現任Peter Cook Studio Crablab總監，近期與樂高合作完成「遊戲館」（Play Pavilion）設計，該作品自2025年6月11日起在倫敦肯辛頓花園蛇形藝廊展出。

因為長期於各地演講，庫克於全球文化領域中有著極高的知名度，許多人特別喜歡聽他分享各種不同的主題，尤其是他對各種稀奇古怪的、會爬行、蠕動的生物的喜愛。

Taiwan has two faces: the western chain of cities and overt activity and the more mysterious eastern mountains and the almost forgotten eastern coastland. Towards the middle are lakes and memories of earthquakes in the form of deep cracks. One has found oneself subconsciously influenced by the landscape and the fragmented buildings that have seemed both prescient and reflective.

The installation is based upon one’s ponderings upon the subject. As a European who, on several visits to Taiwan, has found that his creative imagination has been subtly and successively infiltrated until, in recent drawings, this observed paradox becomes a field for conjecture.

The installation has two ends: Street of Secrets at one end and Inclusive Landscape at the other. If the city is both an expression of humans’ wish to interreact and, in the current culture, to take risks.

The “Street” is its most frequent instrument but can contain ambiguous components. The notion of the “Urbanized Forest” suggests a further mystification. So, as we look down the “Street” we head towards a gleaming “Palace of Hope,” but along the way are crevices and deviations.

From the other end, the apparently “natural” landscape is the repository of occasional strange outcrops and sudden insertions that are surely buildings, gadgets, devices? Maybe these two visions coalesce: the one becoming the other?

Looking forward into a future Taiwan, this is a series of metaphors suggesting a hybrid architecture: delving into the interior of the island and delving into the opportunities offered by the mysteries and challenges of fabrication and technology.

▐ Artist Biography

Professor Sir Peter Cook RA, founder of Archigram, former Director of the Institute for Contemporary Art, London (the ICA) and Bartlett School of Architecture at University College, London has been a pivotal figure within the global architectural world for over half a century. His ongoing contribution to architectural innovation was recognized via the conferral of an honorary doctorate in April 2010 by the Lund University, Sweden. Peter’s achievements with radical experimentalist group Archigram have been the subject of numerous publications and public exhibitions and were recognized by the Royal Institute of British Architects in 2002, when members of the group were awarded the RIBA’s highest award, the Royal Gold Medal.

In 2007, Peter was knighted by the Queen for his services to architecture. He is also a Royal Academician and a Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres of the French Republic. Peter is currently a Senior Fellow of the Royal College of Art, London. His professorships include those of the Royal Academy, University College London and the Hochschule für Bildende Künste (Städelschule) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Peter has built in Osaka, Berlin, Frankfurt, Madrid, the Kunsthaus in Graz (with Colin Fournier) and university buildings in Vienna, the Gold Coast and Bournemouth (as partner in CRAB Studio). In addition to his past works, Peter is now the director of Peter Cook Studio Crablab, which recently completed the Play Pavilion of Serpentine 2025.

Peter’s continuing work as a lecturer of considerable renown makes him a familiar voice within cultural institutions around the world, where many have enjoyed an opportunity to hear Peter expound (among other subjects) upon his love affair with the slithering, the swarming and the spooky.

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台北當代藝術館