Above the Time 2020
胡鈞荃，在．時間之外，作品紀錄，2020 © 藝術家 / 藝術家及Chi-Wen Gallery提供
Hu Ching-Chuan, Above the Time, Work Documentation, 2020 © the artist. / Courtesy the artist and Chi-Wen Gallery, Taipei.
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光能夠使我們看見，也會影響我們所見。
在這件作品中，睜開雙眼，「看不見」；閉上眼，「影像」即呈現。
此作品藉由反向使用「眼動儀」（眼球追蹤設備），反轉日常觀看的經驗，並誘發「看的慾望」與試圖挑戰「看的邏輯」，在網路科技捕捉我們的資訊與宰制視覺的意圖下，以「不看」，將感知最原初的瞬間呈現。 在作品的體驗中，當觀者進入昏暗的空間時，會看見遠方有微小的光源漸隱漸亮，觀眾被其吸引向前靠近後，「閉眼的瞬間」即啟動整個空間的光，同時會聽到陣陣的雨聲，並在「睜眼的瞬間」，空間回歸黑暗。而在觀者每次睜眼的ㄧ瞬間，會看見前方鏡中閃現自己的影像，卻在睜眼後消失，越想看，卻越看不見；與此同時，也牽動了外部空間《未名》(Unknown)影像的變化。
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In the project Above the Time, when you open your eyes, you cannot see; when you close your eyes, the image will appear. By using the eye tracker in reverse, this project reverses our daily viewing experience, and evokes our “desire to see" while challenging the “logic of seeing". It attempts to present the most original moment of perception by “not seeing”, while internet technology intends to capture our information and dominate our vision. In modern times, we believe that we have more freedom to view what we want, but in fact, what we view has become even more controlled. In the past, capitalism has invaded the world’s natural resources. The perception and experiences of humans have now become the object of exploitation by surveillance capitalism under the illusion of freedom. “They” are the ones “looking” at us and leading us to see. Before we actually see it, “they” have already decided how we see it.
互動裝置：眼動儀、WiFi、3D掃描｜
Interactive installation: Eye Tracker, Wi-Fi, 3D Scan |
胡鈞荃 CHING CHUAN HU 