鋁形蟲 Aluminum Crawler
27.《記憶的殘響》
Reverberations of Memory
蔡咅璟 Pou-Ching Tsai
關於作品
About this project
1916年，臺灣第一座公設動物園在圓山正式營運，成為風靡一時的嶄新地標。隨著動物數量增加，動物園在1980年代遷移，成為封存在彼時人們腦海中的美好記憶。本件作品以「遺構」、「片段」的姿態呈現，作品沿步行動線高低錯落，動物園的聲音片段繚繞其間，夜裡人們以燈光和作品互動，點點螢光描繪出心中的圖像，進而串連不同空間、時間的記憶與未來。
In 1916, Taiwan’s first public zoo was established in Yuanshan, emerging as a fashionable new landmark of its time. As the animals grew in number, the zoo was eventually relocated in the 1980s, leaving behind only beautiful memories imprinted in people’s minds.
This work is presented in the form of “remnants” and “fragments.” Soundscapes from the old zoo continually drift along a pathway that rises and falls. At night, lighting installations offer visitors an interactive experience, as points of light paint images in their minds, threading together memories across different times and spaces, bridging the past and the future.
Artist
蔡咅璟 /
Pou-Ching Tsai臺灣 / Taiwan
Born in 1986 in Chiayi and currently based in Tainan, he has loved animals since childhood and has centered his artistic practice on the relationship between humans and animals. He explores how, within highly developed and complex human societies, we can establish “exceptional relationships” with animals.
His works have been exhibited at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Chiayi Art Museum, Busan Museum of Modern Art, Tainan Art Museum, and Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts. In 2022, he received the Kaohsiung Award (First Prize) and the Ministry of Culture Public Art Award for Educational Contribution.
A recent representative exhibition is his 2024 solo show, “Specimens of Empire” at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, which uses the historical interplay between humans and animals to guide audiences in re-examining their subtle and often contradictory relationships.
