這場展覽中的作品，企圖開放一場自願按照如此不可抗拒之決定論的思考，並延伸出值得探討人類價值與判定的問題。

 

There is no such thing as freedom. There is only limited choice.

 

The process that we go through so that our choices are controlled is a life long process that begins in infancy with family and is continued throughout the rest of our lives by our peers and mainly by the state and mass media. These last two forces in determining our decisions; government and business have become virtually indistinguishable from each other. Together they have turned propaganda and advertising into subtle and powerful tools for manipulating people’s fears and desires.

 

“Urban bodies” is a collection of artworks by two Taiwanese and three foreign artists that explores some of the drives and motives behind human behavior. The artists use different mediums and approaches to investigate the reasons and root causes behind human decisions. The work focuses mainly on issues such as conformity, belief, fear, desire and consumerism. Each artist brings a unique style and flavor to the exhibition using vastly different techniques to address these issues, ranging from video art and installation to sculpture and graphic novels.

 

From an early age humans are taught a conditioned response to the concept of reward and punishment. Sigmund Freud tells us that this will develop into the two major forces for influencing our decisions;

The avoidance of pain and the quest for pleasure.

Mass media plays on these deep-seated impulses to exert influence and control the masses. By ignoring the needs but fulfilling the unconscious desires of the masses changes a potentially unruly population into a controlled, docile one.

 

The work in this exhibition aims to open a debate about free-will in the light of such overpowering determinism, and raises questions about the way in which human worth is judged.

Opening: June 4, 2009 >12:00 and 18:00
ScalaMata Gallery
Ghetto Vecchio 1236, Cannaregio 30121 Venezia Italy
(Vaporetto station Ponte di Guglie)





Ryszard Wasko, Elisabeth Sarah Gluckstein
Doron Polak, Esti Drori, Michal Meron
972ART-Amir Cohen, Reuven Givati, Jan Van Woensel

 

轉圈圈  作品/ 台南神學院展出
開幕茶會：2009/ 4/ 6 PM6:00  歡迎大家前來參觀

Roundabout/ Tainan Theological College of Seminar
Opening: 2009/ 4/ 6 PM6:00  Welcome!!

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 GEISAI#12, Tokyo, Japan

 

                         

富邦藝術基金會所籌辦的GEISAI贊助計畫，第一屆公開徵件即吸引了110位創作者參與角逐，參賽者中不乏美術相關科系在學創作者、以及從事相關領域的在職藝術家等等，經過兩階段激烈評審，遴選出王亮尹、吳柏嘉、毅峰、沈庭增、康雅筑、陳瑞和、黃沛瀅、劉文瑄等8位，獲此贊助前往日本參展！
 
GEISAI魅力，藝術家育成鍛鍊的好場所
在日本每年兩次的GEISAI藝祭，讓有心從事創作的藝術工作者，學習成為職業藝術家：從展現作品，與鑑賞者溝通，到買賣過程。同時建立策展人、收藏家與藝術家之間的溝通平台。自2001年以「開創日本新型態藝術市場」為口號開辦至今，受到各界國際媒體、收藏家、藝廊、評論等多方注目，不僅自2008年起，官方網頁架設中文版本吸引華人參與，更於同年12月在美國佛羅里達舉辦「GEISAI邁阿密」。
 
GEISAI向台灣藝術家熱烈招手
2007年底村上隆造訪富邦藝術基金會，與30位年輕藝術創作者進行交流，對台灣這塊土地上所孕育出豐富多元的創作印象深刻，因此返日後積極籌備GEISAI中文網站，希望亦能提供台灣年輕藝術家一個向世界發聲的舞台！富邦藝術基金會對村上先生致力於提攜藝術環境的發展深受感動，因此發起了為期三年的贊助計畫回應，每年至多贊助20位年輕藝術工作者前往日本參加GEISAI。
 
3月8日東京台場GEISAI#12，台灣藝術家將展現實力!
面對金融海嘯，各行各業在一片不景氣的環境下，藝術工作者該怎麼應變？富邦藝術基金會執行長翁美慧表示：「面對這樣困難的情勢，對年輕藝術工作者而言，這項贊助計畫更顯得可貴，沒有鋪張與喧嘩，簡單地說，就是船幫你造好了，但是你要自己划出去，到對岸去看看不同風景和視野，自己要有應變與生存之道。在能力之外更有行銷與國際交流的企圖，村上先生說，世界超扁平，在資訊與科技高 B3t的現在，如何用新的視野與心態來推廣藝術教育，找出軟實力，才能給了釣竿後，有動力發夢並且靠實力收穫。」

 

 

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不只是氣味

展期：2009年03月02日~03月27日

 

地點：元智大學 藝術中心

 

開放時間：(一) 10am~5pm (六)10am~2pm

相關聯結：
http://www.yzu.edu.tw/yzu/art/chinese/center/exposition/2009-0302/index.htm

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