藝術類型： 視覺藝術
專案類型： 藝術進駐
2020年開始的《亞美利加諾》系列作品是我在臺灣各地找尋看似在歐美地區 的場景並透過影像進行紀錄和採集。亞美利加諾是Americano(美式咖啡)一詞的中文音譯，製作方法是將濃縮的義式咖啡兌水稀釋，在此我延伸其定義並理解 成:這是一種將外來文化稀釋並再製成一個新文化本身。透過稀釋的程度多寡或 許可以使人察覺到文化變遷時的差異，但我們往往僅以外在視覺形式作為文化特色的識別方法，然而這樣的辨別方法顯然存在其盲點。此系列作品旨在透過一系 列影像營造出仿若置身在西方國家(以美國為例)的錯覺，對什麼才是視覺上可辨識的「臺灣文化」提出疑問並進行辯證。這些在臺灣拍攝的影像即便看起來一 點也不具「地方色彩」，最終是否也能被臺灣攝影史所接納，作為協助建構臺灣攝影史的其中一片拼圖。
The Americano series, which began in 2020, uses photography to collect and document various scenes throughout Taiwan which seem to be “American.” The project is named after an American coffee of the same name, whose production involves diluting concentrated Italian coffee. In this series I extend the metaphor, and understand it as a process of diluting a foreign culture to re-build it into a new culture. The dilution may make people aware of differences between the new and original cultures. However, we often use external visual forms as a way to identify cultural characteristics - a method of identification which has many blind spots. I aim to create the illusion of being in a Western country (using the United States as reference) through a series of images, and to question what constitutes visually recognizable "Taiwanese culture." Though these images taken in Taiwan may not have any "local color," can they ultimately be accepted in the history of Taiwanese photography as a puzzle piece in its construction?
