X-Site [ Find Your Way Out ]

[ X-Site ] Find Your Way Out | 途中

Year: 2023

Dimensions: 長300 * 寬850 * 高760 (cm)
L300 * W850 * 760 (cm)

「X-site 計畫」以美術館戶外廣場為基地，每年公開徵選一件實驗性的臨時裝置提案。「途中 Find your way out」，獲得2023年第10屆首獎。
《途中》由兩道豎立在廣場的黑色網面高牆，構成一條窄道，並隱藏著一座巨型蹺蹺板，隨著人們的移動，平緩地落下或抬升，引發腳下數千顆滾珠如潮水激盪出聲響。作品塑造一個極簡的空間，透過視覺、聲音及身體參與其中的不可預期性，藉此暫時逃離屬於當代的孤寂。走經《途中》，出口並不遙遠，腳踏流淌的聲響，抬頭仰望僅剩一線的天空，創造屬於每個個體當下的知覺體驗。

As an integral experimentation based on the outdoor plaza of the Taipei Fine Arts Museum (TFAM), Program X-site launches an open call for projects of space to explore the spirit of publicness shaped by the temporary installations from multiple perspectives, such as architectural construction, contemporary art, environmental research and public participation, etc. The event encourages cross-disciplinary, diverse dialogues and participation of creation, and stimulates our re-imagination of the relationship with the non-specific plaza.

2023年第10屆「X-site計畫」徵件著重於跨域形式的創作計畫，以空間、環境實驗性的臨時建築提案，呈顯結構工法、媒介運用、美學表現的突破與實踐。經兩階段評選，本屆由「途中」團隊以同名作品《途中》（Find Your Way Out）脫穎而出，獲得首獎。《途中》團隊由聲音藝術家王仲堃（WANG Chung-Kun）、法國藝術團體hellobastworkshop、空間設計劉佳豪（LIU Jia-Hao)以及裝置設計郭仲輔(KUO Chung-Fu)所組成，多具有動力藝術、聲音或燈光裝置設計之經驗，呼應當代藝術與建築、技術交融的創作型態。

The 10th open call of Program X-site 2023 focuses on the creative projects of inter-disciplinary form, realized in the temporary proposals of architecture related to spatial and environmental experiments, which foregrounds the breakthroughs and practices in structural construction, media application and aesthetic expression. After two rounds of selection, the project Find Your Way Out, entitled after the team’s name, distinguishes itself as the laureate of the year. The team Find Your Way Out unites sound artist WANG Chung-Kun, French art group hellobastworkshop, space designer LIU Jia-Hao and device designer KUO Chung-Fu. With various experiences in dynamic art, sound or lighting devices, the team members embody a creative fusion of architecture and technology with contemporary art.

《途中》團隊強調在疫情時代下，雖促進虛擬世界的發展，卻也因而減少真實感官的感受，以及人與人之間的有機連結。《途中》使用摩爾紋打造的極簡方正結構體，在有侷限性的空間下，彰顯創作者企圖回歸視覺、聽覺、觸覺等當下的跨域身體感知，以藉此改變觀眾與場域的關係。透過此作品在環境尺度上的巨大量體、顏色與材質，以及如何行走、人的重量如何改變地表狀態、與聲響變化等動態性的行為介入，重新喚起因疫情而遭受框限的體感經驗。

The team emphasizes that the virtual world takes advantage of the pandemic era, but the authentic sensations are less experienced and the organic ties between human beings are weakened. The minimalist square structure with a surface of moiré patterns creates a limited space where is underlined the team’s intention: returning to the body’s immediate sensations of trans-discipline, such as vision, audition and touch, etc. so as to alter the relationship between the visitors and the site. Meanwhile, the corporal experience restricted by the pandemic is reawakened by the work’s huge volume compared to its environment, color, material and dynamic interventions, including how the visitors walk, how their weights change the ground condition and the variation of sounds.

針對此次首獎作品，評審團指出其結構語彙透過顏色、材質創造異質性，不僅適切地回應周圍的環境，與北美館的建築量體亦具高度張力的對話關係，同時也提取精準元素（聲音、行為、空間），在感性的感知介入與理性的視覺結構之間達到平衡。「該作品打破原本在空曠的廣場場域中，人身體的距離無法被界定的狀態。透過創造兩座高聳巨牆與相挾而成的通道，呈現對疫情中的未知與不確定性的態度與回應：每個不確定性取決於人們所邁出步伐的連鎖效應，就如同蹺蹺板的作動；唯一的通道，則說明直面疫情的不二態度，能從困境中找到出口。」

As for the winning project, the committee of review points out that the installation’s structural vocabulary to create heterogeneity by colors and materials not only responds appropriately to the surrounding environment and keeps a dialogue of high tension with the architectural volume of TFAM, but also captures the precise elements (sound, behavior and space) to strike a balance between sensational intervention of perception and rational structure of vision. “The work breaks away from the undefinable state of the distance between human bodies. By two towering giant walls with a passage running through, the installation represents an attitude in response to the unknown and the uncertain during the pandemic: each uncertainty depends on the chain effect of our steps, just like seesaw movements; the only passage stands for the determined attitude in the face of the pandemic, leading us to find an exit from the predicament.”

興起於上個世紀末的「地球村」局勢，在Covid-19病毒攻勢下，跨越國界與階級差異，以更切身、更強勢的力道朝每一個人襲來，更全面地將人類的命運綁定在一起。迄今，因應「防疫」的社交距離屢次成為生活的最高原則，在與無限變異的病毒打過招的同時，我們仍在滾動式的迴圈裡反覆繞行：此時稱「後疫情」時代（Post-pandemic Era），下一刻又稱「長新冠」症狀（Long-COVID）。無論何者，兩者像是光譜兩端的替代方案，卻都不曾是最終的解決方案。此時此刻，面對疫情我們仍然無解。曙光與闇夜交錯突現如幻影，生活與病毒共存，解封與再封關的臨界點浮動。道組且長的前方，或踽踽獨行，或與他人同行，身體仍然是未來博弈僅有的籌碼。

Exploiting the trend of “global village” rising from the end of the last century, the Covid-19 assaults everyone, regardless of nationality and hierarchy, and ties up the fate of all mankind in a more direct, powerful and comprehensive manner. So far, social distancing in response to “pandemic prevention” has repeatedly become the highest principle of life. We are trapped, while fighting against the virus infinitely mutating, in the rolling wave planning: the “post-pandemic era” now will turn into the “long-Covid symptoms” the next moment. Both seem to be the alternatives at the two ends of the spectrum of the dilemma, and neither is the ultimate solution. At the moment, we see no light at the end of the pandemic’s tunnel. Dawn and dart night alternate, emerging like phantoms, and life is floating at the critical point–between (re)openings and restrictions in coexistence with the virus. Either alone or with companies, we go on the road ahead long and difficult, during which the body is still the only bargaining chip in the games to come.

《途中》（Find Your Way Out）回應這個時代身體感知的命題，在臺北市立美術館門口前的廣場上打造一座極簡的黑色巨型建築，參天達八米，窄仄僅有兩米的狹縫廊道，直線延伸達三十米。《途中》邀請來者行走其上，每一個人的步伐與重量都連鎖地影響著地面如緩浪般沉浮、呼吸、收張的節奏與尺度。行走於這段單線前往美術館廣場的另類（alternative）道路上，或獨行，或勢必與他人緊緊相依；除了趁隙而入的光影，同行的他人，清晰可見的只剩自己，以及抬頭仰望的一線天際。

In response to the proposition of body perception of our time, Find Your Way Out is a black giant building in the spirit of minimalism on the outdoor plaza in front of the TFAM entrance: with a height of 8 meters reaching toward the sky and a narrow corridor of merely 2 meters traveling through a maximum length of 30 meters. Each visitor is invited to walk upon the installation: each step and weight will affect the rhythm and scale of the ground, like a soft undulation, breathing, floating and varying. As an alternative single path to the TMAF square, the visitors walk either alone or against the shoulders of others; except the shadow and light that seize the opportunity to penetrate the installation, and some casual company of others, nothing but him/herself and, while looking up, a ray of sky are distinctly visible.

身體的前行與後退，他人的到來與離去，時時刻刻影響著地面的升起與緩降，視線的起落觀瞻。與此同時襲來耳際的，是自地面傾瀉竄流如浪的轟然巨響，是《途中》對每一位體驗者的參與所和鳴的回聲。緊逼身體兩側，隨著視線漫遊而明滅的黑色網膜，網膜之外的廣場景觀如「閃屏」般明滅不定、形貌難判，如人與外界間在疫情時代混合著虛擬替身與社交安全戒律的多重另類方案。在只有自己的唯一道路上，往來《途中》者，或直線向前，或駐足，或反覆繞行，不二態度無疑是直到找到出路，再次親臨清晰可判，但又充滿未知的日常。

Bodily movements, arrivals and departures of others: each influences the rise and fall of the ground as well as the horizon of vision. What’s striking the ears is the mighty noise like waves flowing from the ground, which is actually a harmonious echo of Find Your Way Out to the experience of each participant. Pressing against a body’s two flanks, the black mesh is flicking as the sight wanders, and so is the square’s landscape, like a “splash screen” difficult to be characterized beyond the mesh, which serves metaphorically as multiple alternatives mixed with avatars and social distancing rules between human beings and the world outside. Those on the journey of Find Your Way Out either travel forward, linger, or repeatedly pace back and forth along the only path of one’s own, and only those with a firm attitude find the way out to come back again to daily life–crystal clear, measurable, and yet full of uncertainties.

設計團隊介紹
「途中」團隊由聲音藝術家王仲堃、法國藝術團體 hellobastworkshop、空間設計劉佳豪以及裝置設計郭仲輔所組成，團員皆在各自的領域中活躍著，在創作途中因X-site而相聚。成員各自帶來對於建築、空間裝置的理解和想像，激盪出跨域的火花，只為了呈現給民眾最難忘的體驗。

About Team Find Your Way Out:

The team Find Your Way Out is composed of sound artist WANG Chung-Kun, French art group hellobastworkshop, space designer LIU Jia-Hao and device designer KUO Chung-Fu. Professionally active in their own areas, all the members get together thanks to the X-site project. The members share with each other their own understanding and imagination about architecture and space installation, only to bring forth from the trans-disciplinary fruit the most unforgettable experience to the public.