Artist's book#2_You are not here

我在念書時為了廣告學做了一張228事件的海報,那個老師跟我說技法要加強,海報上要有宣傳單位,害我一直覺得我沒有畫畫天分,那個228事件的謎和我對自己能力的迷就這樣跟著我,在光華商場繼續找到<影響>,<人間>,<自由中國>,放棄設計決定念社會學,這些年工作經驗,我學會廣告概念和技法表現, 228事件跟著那些停刊的雜誌走遠了. 有時會從選舉中看到,這事件不斷被提起, 我在這個遙遠的國度做著年輕時未能完成的, 當我對著外國人說著台灣的歷史,台灣人的堅強,很想跟那些不斷碰觸結痂傷口的人說,我只有這麼一個小小的島,島上有我最想念的臭豆腐和我爸煮的菜, 請幫我一起守護這個小小的家,如同那些過去為理想或莫名犧牲的人們一般靜靜地守護


The 228 Incident was an uprising in Taiwan that began on February 28, 1947 and was suppressed by the Kuomintang (KMT) government, resulting in between ten thousand to twenty thousand civilians killed. This event is now commemorated in Taiwan as Peace Memorial Day. In the aftermath of the 228 Incident, martial law was declared in 1948. This work is about a silent history of Taiwan, a small island, bearing such hardship during the "White Terror" period.

Title: You are not here
Year completed: 2006
Dimensions: 14.5 x 13.25 inches
Media: board, sedimentary stones, photos

Artist's book #1--Words

The words I know
The words I don't know
The words I talk to others
The words in my mind
The words I write down
The words I guess
The words I lost
The words

When I was studying English in American, I kept shaping my world through new words I learned and now I’m still in the process of finding precise words for expression.

This work is about the process of learning a new language so I use clay to create my territory of living in a foreign country. The body of work allows readers to touch, open and close it. I am redefining my personal history via growing words. People keep history through written words. Even though history is written and printed, it can be changed under different social revolution.

Year completed: 2006
Dimensions: 4.5 x 4.5 x 4 inches
Media: Clay

KIKI SMITH_A Gathering

Kiki Smith_A Gathering 是我今年冬天在紐約看到的展覽
一些想法和你們分享



STANDING GIRL
Look up the endless of the universe
Amaze at how big it is
Falling down
Stretch to touch it
How small we are

一個黑色小女孩跪在滿天的海星前,這是展覽的最後一件作品,正對面的作品是一個白色小女孩抬頭並伸手,像是驚喜的想觸摸這片浩瀚的星空.如同生命的過程,小時候天真無知對一切感到好奇,急切的想了解外面的世界, 經過年歲增長,我們漸漸回到小時候,面對無窮大的宇宙,懷著虔敬的心跪下來,因為我們看過世事變遷,感受生命的無常與承受力,領悟自己的渺小,在廣闊無垠的天空下,這片幼時急切想了解的星空.整個展場的作品多數關於回應外在環境的身體狀態與內在情感,看過身體受傷,束縛於外在力量,神話傳說中受難的人物,面對最後的星空,一切的悲傷和負擔都融入廣闊的天空中,對我而言這件作品是整個展覽的結束,同時也是開始

When we get tired of crawling around on the floor carrying the heavy load of our small, ordinary problems, we should from time to time raised our head to see these small little points which are twinkling in the sky. They call us to a different destiny. This is the reason why the stars are so indispensable.--------- Emmannel B. Dongala, Zentralafrika

What’s left behind?
When I sleep
When I die
What I write
What I told
All fragments

Books for reference
Kiki Smith: A Gathering, 1980-2005 by Siri Engberg
Kiki Smith: Prints, Books and Things by Wendy Weitman, Kiki Smith

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