精靈在哪裡 /Where’s the Goblin?
用無價之寶做等價交換/ Bartering the Priceless for Its Equal
2026/6/16-7/19 10:00-18:00週一休館
新竹市鐵道藝術村大展場（新竹市花園街69號）
主辦單位：智邦藝術基金會
協辦單位：UKAI projects
「精靈在哪裡 / Where’s the Goblin?」延續2025年藝術村與加拿大藝術團隊 UKAI Projects 合作的「Goblin Market」計畫。靈感來自英國詩人 Christina Rossetti 的經典作品《Goblin Market 精靈市集》，我們從其奇幻而層次豐富的世界觀出發，重新思考創作者如何在資金限制與既有商業機制之外，開創另一種生產、合作與交換的可能。
今年，我們在主展場打造了一個開放式的平台，透過 open stage 的形式，邀請不同類型的藝文工作者進駐藝術村，與在地居民展開交流與互動。同時，我們也試圖發出一個召喚——尋找那些願意成為「精靈」的人。
或許你是藝術家、創作者、表演者，或只是帶著某種獨特能力與感知的人；在這個暫時鬆動既有價值框架的場域中，我們期待與你一起試驗：當價格不再是唯一的衡量標準，我們還能如何建立關係、進行交換？
那麼，你願意成為這個市集裡的精靈嗎？
你會帶來什麼樣的「無價之寶」，與他人進行一場等價的交換？
“Where’s the Goblin?” continues the “Goblin Market” project initiated in 2025 through a collaboration between the Art Site and the Canada-based collective UKAI Projects. Inspired by Christina Rossetti’s classic work Goblin Market, we draw from its fantastical and layered world to rethink how creators might develop alternative modes of production, collaboration, and exchange beyond financial constraints and conventional market systems.
This year, we are creating an open platform within the main exhibition space. Through an open stage format, we invite a diverse range of cultural practitioners to enter the Art Site and engage with the local community. At the same time, we are issuing a call—seeking those who are willing to become “goblins.”
Perhaps you are an artist, a creator, a performer, or simply someone with a unique skill or sensibility. Within this space—where established notions of value are temporarily loosened—we hope to experiment together: when price is no longer the primary measure, how else might we form relationships and create exchanges?
So, would you be willing to become a goblin in this market?
What kind of “priceless offering” would you bring to exchange with others?