2023

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Print installation, single-channel video
Video: HD, color, 14:35 minutes, Taiwanese, Mandarin and English subtitle

 

Dimensional variable

人們慣常將創作理解為「有餘裕的人」在做的事，獄中看似與生存無直接相關的勞動行為，看起來只是在揮霍珍貴氣力。但當一個人的社會角色被剝奪，並受到全然治理的壓迫，既有秩序的蕩然無存使得創造屬於自己的另類秩序，成為越來越迫切的需要，政治犯們近似藝術創造的「浪費」行為，似乎是暫時贖為「普通生活」的手段。張紋瑄選擇五件政治犯製作的物件，包含陳孟和的小提琴、黃廣海的地球儀、胡鑫麟的星空圖、吳水燈的相框、陳孟和的《綠島新生訓導處鳥瞰》(2002)及其擔任顧問協助下完成的模型，透過為物件拍攝檔案攝影與藝術影像，展開對於單一物件的不同敘事角度，邀請大家重新思考創造性行動、日常、受限的自主性之間的關係。「新秩序」為張紋瑄從2023年開啟的長期計畫，透過諧擬資料夾建檔系統的架構，探究被二元化操作的新秩序敘事。本次展出的作品被歸檔於「普通生活」資料
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平面攝影：吳傑生、張育銘
動態攝影：許博彥 、蔡宗勳
裝置製作：何紹源

 

​由2023綠島人權藝術季委託製作 

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Since creative activity is often associated with "those with surplus time and resources," political prisoners who dedicate their labor to outcomes unrelated to survival might seem to waste their time and strength. Yet, the deprivation of social roles, the coercion of total authority, and the abolition of existing orders all contribute to an intense need to establish an alternative order of one’s own. The semi-artistic practices performed by political prisoners can be seen as an attempt to reclaim or redeem their “normal lives.” Chang Wen-Hsuan selected five objects created by political prisoners: CHEN Meng-he's handmade violin, HUANG Guang-hai's terrestrial globe, HU Hsin-lin's planisphere, WU Shui-teng's paper photo frame, and CHEN Meng-he's oil painting Overlook at New Life Correction Center (2002), along with the model he supervised. By highlighting the distinctions between archival and art photography, she invites the audience to reflect on the interplay between creative activity, everyday life, and restricted autonomy. New Order is an ongoing project launched by Chang Wen-Hsuan in 2023. Using the structure of a filing system, this long-term project explores the dichotomous manipulation of the “new order” narrative. The work featured in the art festival is filed under "Normal Life."

 

Photography: GOH Jason, CHANG Yu-Ming
Video Photography: HSU Po-Yen Hsu, TSAI Tsung-Hsun 
Installation Production: HO Shao-Yuan

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Commissioned by 2023 Green Island Human Rights Art Festival, National Human Rights Museum, Taiwan

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