Site Effects 場址效應

｜展覽時間｜110年9月5日－10月3日

｜展覽地點｜新竹市鐵道藝術村（花園街64號）

｜展覽網址｜https://www.facebook.com/Hsinchuwarehouse/?ref=pages_you_manage

本次聯展，由新竹市鐵道藝術村現在和過去駐村的藝術家們共同合作。當全球疫情改變大家既有的常態和習慣時，藝術家們則反思自己所遭遇的當代挑戰--疫情直接或間接地影響每個人的生活，尤其是人與人之間的距離。

展覽主題本身是一個地質科學術語—場址效應，描述地震強度和地質成分之間的關係。透過場址效應的討論，幫助我們了解地震發生時，地震強度通過地表土壤帶動的響應和動作。同樣地，藝術村的參觀者也都曾經歷，當火車經過時，村內地板會有持續性的震動並伴隨聲學共振。

展覽主題的英文發音Site Effects，也很容易聯想到英文單字「副作用 Side Effects」。副作用是為了獲得好處，而必須承擔的額外風險或負面影響。這個意涵也提醒我們現況的種種陰影面：流行病、疫苗接種以及 COVID-19等許多改變你我生活又不可估量的影響。然而，把副作用直接對照流行病時，這個語詞也可反向思考。因為疫情，人類開始重新思考自己存在的價值；在這種狀態下，藝術家們也開始思考自己的創作與環境之間的其他關係。

這場疫情，就好比一場大地震，把所有人都震開，拉開了物理距離。然而，疫情也迫使我們面對和反思我們所做的一切；我們更意識到，精神上人與人之間的距離是多麽接近。藉由反思，我們有機會理解什麼是真正有價值和有益的，更可促使人們團結。

本次聯展，不僅關注 COVID-19，同時也希望重新建立個體之間的連結。藝術家們使用不同媒介，來自不同背景和文化，彼此分享他們的經驗。當地板在他們下方震動時，由承載外部現實世界的意義象徵，藝術家們將這些場址效應轉化為創作的方向。如果製作和享受藝術對一個人來說還不夠時，這些藝術作品或許正提供某種解決方案和解套。

The group exhibition is a cooperation of current and alumni artists of the Art Site of Railway Warehouse. The artists reflect upon contemporary challenges they encounter while the worldwide pandemic has changed all inertia and habits. It has directly and indirectly influenced everyones’ lives, especially by creating distance between the individuals.

The theme of the exhibition refers to a geological term, seismic site effects, which are related to the amplification of waves in geological layers. Studying local site effects is important as it helps us understand the soil’s response and motion at the ground surface due to an earthquake. Likewise, visitors to the Art Site know that there are actually constant perceptible resonances on the floor surface caused by the passing trains, accompanied with acoustic vibrations.

The sound of the title can also easily be connected with the term side effects, which are additional risks or negative effects that must be accepted in order to receive a benefit. This meaning evokes the shadow of our time, the pandemic, the vaccination, and many other life changing incalculable effects of COVID-19. However, when the side effects are directed at an epidemic, such a term becomes reversed. It can be said that because of the epidemic, human beings have begun to rethink the value of their existence. In this state, artists have also begun to think about other relationships between their own creation and the environment.

We can say that the epidemic was like a big earthquake that shook everyone out of the way and widened physical distance, but through this situation, forcing us to confront and reflect on all that we are doing, it showed how close people are to each other spiritually. Through reflection, we have the opportunity to know what is truly valuable and beneficial, which unites people.

The exhibition does not solely focus on COVID-19, but aims to reconnect the separated individuals. Artists from various media, from different lands and cultures share their experience. When the floor literally shakes under them, carrying the symbolic meaning of the reality of the outside world, they transform these seismic effects into creative directions. The artworks are offering some kind of solutions and relief, if making and enjoying art is not enough for one.

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主辦單位：財團法人智邦藝術基金會、新竹市鐵道藝術村

指導單位：新竹市政府、新竹市文化局

協力媒體：Arttime藝術網

參展藝術家：

安德烈．古登拉斯 André Gudenrath

萬志軒 Chih Hsuan Wan

張群 Chun Chang

吳嘉峻 Jia-Jiun Wu

林楷育 Kai-Yu Lin

鄭森雨 Sen Yu

湯明煦 Tamas Szvet