2013策展與機構論壇系列一
2013 Curating Now and Institutions Forum Series 1
07.27(六) 2-6PM
案例研究#1 基‧哈默斯
開幕活動:出版即被詛咒「亞洲之心」聚會
Case Study #1 by Kit Hammonds
Opening Event: Publish and be Damned “Heart of Asia” meeting
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案例研究#1
基‧哈默斯
基‧哈默斯為TCAC所帶來的「案例研究#1」,
「手提箱展覽」,溯及杜象著名的「手提箱中的盒子」(Boite en Valise)的概念,泛指一種手提攜帶式的展覽,
這個計畫同時也是一種開放性的知識建構,
開幕活動「出版即被詛咒」聚會則為基‧
CaseStudy #1
This is the first exhibition in an ongoing research project into a curatorial trope, the suitcase show. “Case Study #1” is the debut project of “2013 Curating Now and Institutions Forum” hosted by Taipei Contemporary Art Center.
Since Duchamp’s Boite en Valise, the suitcase show is a form of exhibition that can be carried in the hand (either in a genuine suitcase or metaphorical one) and has been used as a strategy to circumvent issues of mobility of works of art across borders and against economic restrictions among others. As a migrant form of exhibition making, suitcase shows have found social, political, commercial and contingent meanings. This project begins a survey of such projects through documentation and includes art and other forms of exhibition and display. For each new iteration the exhibition will (metaphorically) see the documentation presented as ‘washing’ hung on the vernacular structures for drying clothes, visually linking to the more usual contents of suitcases as well as providing a humorous relationship to local aesthetics.
The documentation will be added to throughout the exhibition. Initial examples include a range of ‘curated’ suitcases drawn from art, museum education, traveling salesperson’s and spy movies accompanied by video documentation of projects and performances from Yva Jung (South Korea), Kate Phillimore (UK/US), Ruth MacLennan’s The Polytechnical Institute for the Study of the Expanding Field of Radical Urban Life (UK), Evelyne Jouanno’s Emergency Biennial (Chechnya), and others.
The opening event: Publish and be Damned at the “Heart of Asia” is also part of an ongoing project by Hammonds. In the meeting, he will invite the individuals from culture and art related field who has worked on independent publications to discuss the alternative production and circulation of their publications.
基‧哈默斯 Kit Hammonds
Kit Hammonds是活躍於英國的獨立策展人與作家,
2009-2010年,他是倫敦「展覽廳」的代理館長,
策展獲獎紀錄包括;2006年的美國中心基金會的新興策展人補助
Kit Hammonds:
Kit Hammonds works in the field of contemporary art on a range of activities that include curating, critical writing, independent publishing, workshops, lectures and development of emerging artistic and curatorial practices through formal and informal education.
His practice plays across boundaries, both geographical and social, frequently focusing on how people work together be they within institutional, corporate, political or self-organised structures. His projects enquire as much into how things are done, and how they could be done differently, as they do towards display and presentation of art and research. Throughout his projects he seeks an openness to the discussion and critical appraisal of social life.
He has worked as a curator for the Royal Society of the Arts, London’s Arts & Ecology programme (2005/6) and at the South London Gallery (2003-08). Since 2007 he has worked as a Tutor on the Royal College of Art’s MA Curating Contemporary Art programme. He was Acting Director of The Showroom, London in 2009/10.
Throughout he has maintained an independent practice including Publish and be Damned which he co-founded with Emily Pethick in 2004 and continues to run the project with Kate Phillimore and Louise O’Hare. His exhibition Ground Level was selected for the Hayward Touring Curatorial Open in 2010. Recently he was a curator on the Goethe Institut’s transnational project Europe(to the power of) n directed by Barbara Steiner.
He has edited and contributed to a range of publications, among them establishing the collectively edited journal Ways of Working for Wysing Arts Centre. He is currently establishing an online residency for the Journal of Artistic Research (forthcoming)
2013策展與機構論壇系列一
計畫發起及組織:鄭美雅
共同主持:方彥翔
執行團隊:鄭美雅、方彥翔、蘇珀琪、吳虹霏、許峰瑞、余政達
主辦單位:台北當代藝術中心
協辦單位:台北國際藝術村
贊助單位:國家文化藝術基金會
2013 Curating Now and Institutions Forum Series 1
Initiated and organized by Meiya CHENG
Co-organized by Yen-Hsiang FANG
Executive Team: Meiya CHENG, Yen-Hsiang FANG, Frankie SU, Hung-Fei Wu, Ray HSU, YU Cheng-Ta
Hosted by Taipei Contemporary Art Center
活動紀錄
TEXT/林欣蘋
PHOTO/張巧怡
本聚會的命題「亞洲之心」是台灣觀光局近期的行銷標語,哈默斯以此為發想,期待透過此次交流能夠呈現台灣當今的出版風景。受邀人包括《White Fungus》的創辦人Hanson兄弟Ron和Mark、部落客Cassandra Naji、紅桌文化總編輯劉粹倫、《船的創作誌》創辦人李依樺與洪湘茹等。
重視與人接觸:《White Fungus》
《White Fungus》創於紐西蘭,雜誌名稱取自在台灣超市看到的白木耳,內容以文化、政治議題為主,自十期起回台製作以實地了解台灣的藝術現況。雜誌販售地域遍及台、紐、澳、美乃至歐洲,但主要通路是利用展演介紹給民眾,或將雜誌與演出票券合併販售。創辦人重視與人接觸,認為和讀者一起成長能避免犯錯,曾上街叫賣建立讀者群。《White Fungus》現有中英內容,樂於被視為台灣雜誌。
「開始就做大」:紅桌文化
紅桌希望出版品能盡量接觸到更多群眾,內容以人文社會為主,《有毒污泥愛你好》關心的是民主社會中的公關問題;《公民不服從》利用舊文本連結當今社會;《反轉地圖》介紹外國藝術家如何利用Google Earth等新媒材從事創作,以圖片作為傳遞概念或人文藝術思想的媒介;《公民不冷血》取材台灣社會,如近日的大浦事件等土地議題。紅桌通路遍及各大網路與實體書店,冀能擴大讀者群,但因準備期長,回應社會的即時性低,造成出版品與現實間的斷裂,印刷成本同樣會囿限出版品,儘管如此,劉粹倫仍肯定不同出版方向有不同活力。
一起上船:《船的創作誌》
「船的工作室」是一間兩人出版社,創辦人俱備藝術背景,在紐約讀書時相識,適逢周遭有一群擅長文化領域的朋友,經常聚會分享資訊,激發兩人創辦文藝刊物的靈感,《船的創作誌》應運而生,以「船」四處航行的意象,象徵邀請讀者與藝術家們一起上船。該刊物為年刊,主題圍繞在人的「五感」,內容廣涉攝影、裝置藝術、電影與文字創作等,企望傳達出各領域對相同主題的不同關照,五感用罄後將重新循環,近期也考慮增加「幻覺」。洪湘茹提到雖迫於現實無法以出版為主業,他們仍保持創作狀態。
尋找未知:Taiwan Arts Blog
部落格Taiwan Arts Blog尚在試營運期,一切都須學習。Cassandra Naji來台前在國外的當代藝術雜誌工作,因發現難以在網路上取得台灣當代藝術的資訊而興起自己做的念頭。由於不了解台灣文化,需透過部落格強迫自己開啟與人的連結,計畫先了解台灣的藝術環境,再思考未來出版品的面貌。他們目前感興趣的概念包括地圖與網路的交流與串聯,將來可能會和藝術家合作,挖掘更多未知的概念。
其他獨立出版品
台下其他獨立出版品如《Waterfall》以攝影為主,因內容較小眾,目前正在規劃新雜誌,企圖找到獨立出版生存的方式;《Let’s ZINE》結合影像等元素,性質近似讀者文摘,是台中藝文空間「佔空間」(Artqpie)的延續;《GAZE》為線上藝術期刊,編輯們分組策劃各自想做的主題,操作自由。
態度與期許
劉粹倫認為public和publication之間的關聯,在於出版品須成為讀者與議題間的橋樑,以出版為業,需調適心態、注意操作,平衡現實與理想。《White Fungus》的內容與模式俱未自我設限,仍在嘗試更多可能性,企圖建立新的讀者群。李依樺與洪湘茹自認無營利壓力,性質自由,能專注於蒐羅美好事物,渴望吸引更多人。Cassandra表示雖無法預期自己的影響力,但用自己選擇的傳播方式對抗主流暴力便是自身對獨立出版的信念。