Unknown 2020
胡鈞荃，未名，靜態影像，2020 © 藝術家 / 藝術家及Chi-Wen Gallery提供
Hu Ching-Chuan, Unknown, 2020 © the artist. / Courtesy the artist and Chi-Wen Gallery, Taipei.
Video：6分鐘 動態影像｜4096×3072 (4K)｜雙聲道
Video: loop video / 4096×3072 (4K) / Stereo
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在過去，圖像是引領我們認識世界的一扇窗，而當代的影像已無所不在，它不再是讓我們認識世界的介面，因為它已取代現實，並自成另一個真實。在日常中，許多時候會被突如其來的影像入侵後，像掉入迷幻般的深淵，陷入難以辨別現實的窘境中。某天，我看著自家陽台的植物時，突然出現一種恍惚感，彷彿這些植物向我呈現著不同的面貌，我時常在自己「眼前所見」中看見「物」的別種樣子，總在無預警的某些瞬間出現，於是我開始思考，這些突然其來的影像是我本能想像地喚出，或者其實是自身的當代影像經驗影響了觀看「物」的本質？而那不知不覺地滲透、干預、抽取與置換，與平時在使用網路科技的經驗極為相似，影像資訊因未知的操控，隱性的介入了日常。
在作品《未名》(Unknown) 影像中，呈現類似有機體的生物，既熟悉又陌生，卻又無法區辨是什麼。影像有兩種模式，原初的版本會因為另一空間中的作品《在・時間之外》 (Above the Time) 觀眾眼睛的開闔，同時連動並瞬間切換，所以在這件作品前的觀眾在觀看影像時，若影像產生素面與鏡面的變化，不會知道其實是來自於被收干預。《未名》(Unknown)的製作方式為我運用3D掃描app，將植物的原始形體掃描成模型，去除了它原本被掃描下來的2D影像材質，留下赤裸的素面形體，並將其解構、重組與變形，改造成「自身所見的樣子」，並且也另外賦予鏡面反射的材質，讓模型能映照出在3D軟體空間中，架設在模型前方放映的投影畫面，映照的內容為過往留存在硬碟中，以及曾上傳至網路的日常影片。於是在作品中，從過去的記憶到當下的狀態及指向未來中不斷往返跳耀，影像中看似營火的資訊光點持續昇華，而細膩的生物形狀看似有機，卻有著大量影像資訊交織映射，試圖製造既熟悉卻又陌生的視覺及感知經驗。
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Images used to be a way for us to understand the world. Nowadays, images are everywhere, and no longer an interface for us to learn about the world, since they have replaced reality and become another reality of their own.One day, I was looking at the plants on my balcony, and suddenly, I was in a trance, as if they were presented in a different form. So, I started to think, are these sudden images instinctively evoked by my imagination, or is it my experience with contemporary images that affect the nature of how I view “things"? The images that unknowingly interfere and replace themselves in our lives is similar to our usual experience of using the Internet – it implicitly intervenes in our daily lives. There are 2 modes in Unknown. The 2 projects are connected via Wi-Fi, so when the viewers of Above the Time open or close their eyes, it will simultaneously trigger Unknown to switch between the 2 modes. If the images change between plain or mirrored surfaces, the viewers will not know it is caused by disturbance. I used 3D scanning to create Unknown. I scanned the original form of a plant into a model, removed the original 2D texture, and transformed it into “what I see”. I added a reflective material, so that the model could reflect the projection in the virtual space. The reflections are videos that I have uploaded on the Internet before and saved in my hard drive.
胡鈞荃 CHING CHUAN HU 