Anchi Lin 林安琪: Read Between the Lines
SCA BFA alumni is having a solo exhibition, Read Between the Lines, at the Red Brick Craft Centre in the Tsung-Yeh Arts and Cultural Centre in Tainan, Taiwan. For this exhibition, Lin says she "I researched and collected a series of forgotten local idioms," which she translated into a series of new works. Here's more context from her website:
Many Taiwanese idioms are unknown by the younger generation, who are increasingly less able to communicate fluently with elders sharing these casually communicated idioms. The idioms combine visual narratives, history, and action. These qualities and my connection to the language inspired me to collect local idioms during my residency, and incorporate the method of ‘literal translation’ to imaginary visuals. For example, “One grain of rice takes three buckets of water” suggests excessive use of resources to produce something we regularly waste; consequently, I extended this concept to my practice by sourcing only existing used materials to reuse in the creation of my pieces. I combine video, performance, and installation to re-interpret my relationship with the idioms. This exhibition reflects my generation’s disconnection with knowledge from the past, and growing awareness of waste; culminating in an overarching theme of reuse and reflection.
展览论述
现在的年轻世代，对於臺湾俚语的使用方式不甚熟悉，也越来越无法和长者一样流利的使用日常俚语进行分享与交流，然而这些俚语本身有着视觉叙事,歷史和行动的意涵，於是激发我在此次驻村时，想要收集当地臺语俚语进行创作。运用直译的方法，想像出视觉语言。例如「一粒米，叁桶水」意味着一件物品的形成，其实是耗费很多意想不到的努力与资源，啟发我们对於日常浪费的省思。因此，我将此概念扩展至我的创作实践上，我使用回收的媒材，以环保方式进行创作。我运用驻村期间所收集到的俚语為题材，并以行為，录像及装置艺术等方式，重新詮释我与俚语间的关係。此次展览反映了年轻世代与旧知识的脱节，并意识到人们日益增长且不自觉的日常浪费行為，我希望由藉由此次的展览，可让观展的民眾重新反思自身生活习惯及思考回收再利用价值。
Read Between the Lines opens July 4, 2019 at 10AM, and the exhibition runs until August 25.
For more information about Lin and her work, visit her .