《流竄座標》-資訊充滿的異響

純聲音該如何聆聽？是美術還是音樂？聲音影像是錄影藝術還是聲音藝術？聲音裝置是聲音？還是裝置？聲音的創作吸引我的原因是材料本身的限制性與形式的曖昧性，我樂於其中思考與創作。訊號(signal)以電磁波的形式存在，是機器與機器之間傳遞資料的語言，以電波的形式在我們生活中流竄。電磁波的傳輸是什麼畫面?廣播「進入」收音機發出聲音，是一個如何「進入」的畫面，我們無法觀看，電磁波不存在於我們感官的範圍之內。生活在資訊充滿的環境裡，我將部份的資訊轉化成訊號，它不使我焦慮，它讓我使用聲音去經驗些許陌生的感官經驗。本文討論了我們的資訊生活環境，以及我的作品在純聲音、聲音演出、聲音影像、聲音裝置中，我對於聲音的思考與創作。

關鍵字

聲響；光；空間；日光燈；電磁波；資訊；訊號。

並列摘要

How can sound, when defined as a pure form, be perceived? Is this art, or music? Is the understood term ‘audio-visual’ a form of video art or sound art? Is sound installation considered a form of sound art or installation art? I am drawn to sound-based work for its material limitations and unclear boundaries of form. I enjoy dealing with these qualities and applying them to my practice. Signals exist in the form of electromagnetic waves. Scattered throughout our daily surroundings, they are a language used to deliver and communicate data information between machines. What is a possible visualization of this electromagnetic transfer process? What sort of image is available when broadcast signal ‘enters’ a radio? It is something that we are unable to see because it is beyond our sensory perceiving. Living in an environment filled with information, I make the choice to fragment parts of information back into abstract signals. The signals keep me from panicking; they enable me, through the use of sound, to undergo certain unfamiliar sensuous experiences. In this dissertation several issues are discussed: our daily living environment and its relation to information, my concepts and reflections on sound in my works of sound art, sound performance, sound-images and sound installation.