現實與政治：論當代藝術中的文件性

Reality and Politics: The Documentality of Contemporary Art

陳豪毅(Hao-Yi Chen)

指導教授 ： 林宏璋

國立臺北藝術大學/美術學院學術論文/美術學系碩士班美術史組/碩士(2014年)

https://doi.org/10.6835/TNUA.2014.00004

摘要

文件(document)視為一種提供資訊書寫的宰體，它包含了紀錄的目的，同時它也形成了人類的檔案，這些檔案用以作為文化的資產，並化身成為多樣的證據。在當代藝術不斷向生活趨近的現象中，藝術不斷地產製新的文件，也或將已存的證據轉換為世界的見證，藝術是以在文件與文件改變其牽連的關係，重新發明人們社會與文化的意義，這就是文件性(documentality)所開展的面貌。

因而討論藝術介入現實世界的方式，就不僅僅顯示了現實本身的不可捉摸，同時也以翻轉、繞道(detour)的方式，從真實(real)與現實(reality)的課題裡面引伸出文化與社會的新參照。在當代藝術的作品中，除了以記錄性書寫為出發的作品之外，諸如攝影、電影、錄像或者裝置等作品類別中，文件性皆在其中建構其「工作場域」，也就是使藝術的行動可以布展開來。藝術的工作是在主體治理性(governmentality)的問題上呈現倫理與美學交雜的轄域；生產新的社會問題，卻也同時呈現其中的政治性，以文件性做為生命政治的方法，乃是來自於在日常生活中發現自我技術的可能性，而以此說明真理樣態的混雜及其複數體。

關鍵字

文件；文件性；檔案；政治；現實

並列摘要

A document can be seen as a medium for written information. Its purpose is to record. At the same time, documents have also become files for humankind. These files can be used as cultural assets, standing as testaments to history. As contemporary art increasingly incorporates aspects of daily life, art continuously produces new documents. Maybe it transforms existing evidence into testaments about the world. By changing the associations between documents, art redefines the meaning of society and culture. This is the guise of documentality.

Therefore, this paper discusses how art involves itself in the real world. This not only confirms reality’s elusiveness, but also, extends from reality and real issues to form new references for culture and society through turns and detours. In contemporary artwork, photography, movies, audio, or installation art all use documents as an “execution media” throughout their creation. This excludes works that use written media as their foundation. The purpose of art is to present the intertwining of ethics and aesthetics for issues relating to governmentality. Through it, new social issues arise, revealing inherent political aspects. Using documentality as a method for biopolitics is a means to discover one’s own abilities within daily life. As a result, the complexities of reality and truth can be explained.

並列關鍵字

Document；documentality；archive；politics；reality

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