The Walker屁眼・淫書・速克達
Originally designed as a multi-channel video installation, the film The Walker ingeniously deconstructed the background stories and the plays of the legendary Taiwan Walker Theatre which pretty much represents some underground culture scenes of 1990’s Taipei. Based on a multi-character narrative structure, the film re-interprets the velocity, prime-time, rebellion, physical pleasure and ethical minefield referred to in these plays. With its Dream-like images, The Walker reminds us of the utopia pictured previously by the Taiwan Walker Theatre, indicating a polysemous, hybridized art world whose components range from the sublime to the ridiculous.
在《屁眼·淫書·速克達》中,藝術家拆解了90年代最重要台灣小劇場團體之一的「台灣渥克劇團」(Taiwan Walker Theater)早年的三齣劇碼 ——《速克達瑪麗》(1993)、《屁眼來的人》(1996)與《四大淫書》(2000),取其的劇情片段與部分角色設定,最後在雜物堆滿的舊公寓場景中進行他的歷史想像。創作過程師法渥克的劇場方法,徵集各領域素人與專業演員一同擔綱現場即興演出,並透過跳躍拼接的多線敘事,以及錄像裝置的形式,詮釋這三齣劇所指涉的速度、青春、反叛、身體愉悅與倫理底線。在藝術家眼中,這些意象形塑了台灣1990年代另類文化的模樣,並幽微地連繫著當代現實。
about the artist /
Su Hui-Yu was born in Taipei in 1976. He obtained an MFA from Taipei National University of the Arts in 2003, and has remained active in the contemporary art scene ever since. Su is fascinated by the intricate tapestry interwoven by images, media, history, and daily life. In his videos, he explores both mass media’s impact on viewers, and the projection of viewers’ thoughts and desires onto media. Recently, Su’s interest in old books, from which he re-reads, revises and appropriates texts for his work, has led him to a new understanding of physicality, existence, and history. His work has been exhibited at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, MOCA Taipei, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Hong-Gah Museum, Double Square Gallery, Tina Keng Gallery, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, San Jose Museum of Art in California, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Casino Luxembourg- forum d’art contemporain and Power Station of Art in Shanghai. In 2017, International Film Festival Rotterdam dedicated a retrospective to Su’s video works, while his video piece Super Taboo had its world premiere in the Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films. Su returns to the Tiger Short Competition in 2019 with The Glamorous Boys of Tang. Su has been awarded the Asian Cultural Council Fellowship Award and participated in a residency program in New York City in 2009. In 2019, Su wins the 17th Taishin Arts Award- Visual Art Award. In addition, his latest production Future Shock is award by Kaohsiung Short Award and exhibited in Art WuZhen in China.
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