這個展覽的的藝術品是藝術家於2017年在台南蕭壠藝術村參與駐村活動時創作的。此次展覽包括在臺北藝術村，中正紀念堂進行的La Nuit des idées以及在VT附近為期一周的表演藝術。這四個篇章將是另一項更大型的專案”未來計畫”的其中一部分。”未來計畫”將包括攝影，繪畫，紀錄片、和當代神話。

Nicolas Havette和住在他的工作室和畫廊附近的擁有不同社會背景的人一起創作。他讓附近的人們拍攝他們的日常生活中出現的“地標”以便用來繪畫他們領土的“精神地圖”。結合並覆蓋這些參與者所提供的素材，使用粉筆將他們繪畫在黑色的牆上。一群生活在這邊並對此地有核心身份的人們一起創造一個神話似的神祕檔案。

Nicolas Havette同時因被法國的超現實主義鼓舞，他的展覽將結合繪畫和消逝過程中所出現的原始的繪畫以及攝影。在我們的記憶中：原始的繪畫被擦去，只有圖片的存留。
“未來計畫”同時也嘗試著去創造一個21世紀景觀系統。我們習慣於用信號燈和眼睛視覺來再現這個世界上的景觀。但是我們的現代社會正在進入一個21世紀。通過合作和全球化專案，藝術家必須去思考如何適應我們的再現系統去融入我們的真實的全球化世界。通過資料和經驗，”未來計畫”嘗試著將我們的時間去和一個新的由人們的經驗和精神再現所呈現的空間做連接。這次的展覽 ─“Erasing silence”是由於 Nicolas Havette受到臺灣的歷史和當代的議題的鼓舞而產生的。

以上藝術家由衷的感謝以下機構的支持：台南蕭壟藝術村，臺北藝術村，法國在台辦公室以及非常廟空間。

【Nicolas Havette Solo Exhibition】Erasing silences
The artworks of the exhibition “Erasing silences” have been created between since 2017 during an artist residency in Soulangh Artist Village in Tainan, during an exchange program between Soulangh Artist Village and Taipei artist village, during “La Nuit des idées” at the CKS Memorial organized by Le Bureau Français de Taipei and during a one week performance in VT Art Salon neighborhood.

Those four chapters are a part of a larger project titled “FORTUNES” which is a collaborative work combining photography and drawing, documentary and contemporary mythology.

Nicolas Havette works with groups of people from different social backgrounds living around his places of work, studio, galleries.

He asks them to take pictures of their daily “landmarks” in order to draw the “mental map” of their territory. By combining and overlaying details taken by all the participants and by drawing them on black walls with chalks, the groups create a mysterious documentary mythology, an inner identity of the place they are living in.

Inspired by French surrealism, his exhibitions mixed the original drawings and photography made during the drawing and erasing process.

As our memory : the original drawings are made to be erased and only the pictures remain.

FORTUNES is also an attempt to create a XXIst Century perspective system. We are used to represent the world with perspective systems which are based on single sights and eyes optical systems, but as our contemporary societies are entering the XXIst century on collaborative, and global projects, artists have to think how to re-adapt our representation systems to give forms which fit to our actual globalized world, and crossing datas and experiences. FORTUNES is an attempt to link our time to a new representation based on human experiences and mental representation of spaces.

In the exhibition “Erasing silence”, Nicolas Havette get inspired by Taiwan history and contemporary challenges.

The artist would like to thank for their support : Soulangh Artist Village, Taipei Artist Village, the French office in Taiwan and VT Artsalon.

【尼古拉・海文個展】消除沉默
展期：2018/10/06（六）– 2018/11/03（六）
開幕茶會：2018/10/06 (六) 19:00-22:00
開放時間 : 週二至週五 11:30 - 19:00 | 週六 13:30-21:00 (週日,週一公休)
展覽地點：VT Artsalon 非常廟藝文空間 (台北市新生北路三段56巷17號B1)
網 址：https://www.vtartsalon.com
聯絡電話：02-2597-2525