誰在說話？－論Krzysztof Wodiczko陌生人系列作品的展演策略

Who is Speaking？-The Strategy of Public Address in Krzysztof Wodiczko's Performative Projects

李悅端(Yueh-Tuan Li) ； 賴雯淑(Wen-Shu Lai)

《藝術評論》 18期 (2008/12) Pp. 197-224

摘要

本文主旨在於分析，KrzysztofWodiczko於1980年代後，以都市陌生人爲主題的系列作品。本文聚焦於他的作品中運用電子媒介物所創造出的各類怪異說故事者；這些說故事的形式，涵蓋了專爲無家可歸者所設計的交通工具、結合電子影像的手杖、有表情的建築物，以及可穿戴的盔甲。本文認爲，我們應該從說話者本身、場所和媒介物三個意義相互滲透、不可分割的元素的角度，來分析Wodiczko創作的社會脈絡和作品特質。也就是說，Wodiczko作品的整體展演策略，其實是要透過發聲媒介體的設計和展演，達到讓陌生人在都市公共空間中的可見性。本文將指出，Wodiczko的策略所產生的說話組合體，不再是原先作者所預設的單純中介物角色，其反而對說話主體和觀眾衍生出多重層次的關係。藉由Wodiczko作品的討論，本文也期望可以提供另一個切入點，來思考當代數位互動裝置和電子錄像實驗性作品。

關鍵字

錄像藝術 ； 互動裝置 ； 質疑性設計 ； 陌生人 ； 數位展演

並列摘要

This article aims to analyze a series of artistic works by Krzysztof Wodiczko in 1980s whose major theme is concerned with city strangers. I will focus on the ways a variety of uncanny storytellers make themselves present through electronic medium in his works. The medium to tell stories of strangers include vehicles designed for homeless people, cane with electronic images, buildings that can speak, and wearable armors. I argue that it is important that we explore Wodiczko's work from three interlinking and inseparable elements, that is, speaker's position, the locale of the speaking, and the media of the speaking, so as to explore the characters and social contexts of his artistic works. In other words, the whole Wodiczko's strategies are intended to bring city strangers forward telling their special stories in a city public space in a way that is otherwise exclusive to them. This article concludes by suggesting that by way of exploring Wodiczko's work holistically we may understand a host of issues in association with electronic images, and rethink as well works of contemporary digital interactive installation and electronic experimental video art.

並列關鍵字

new media ； video art ； interactive installation ； interrogative design ； the stranger ； digital performance

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