迴返：老松計劃
2009
A4；60 × 80 公分
文件、數位攝影
迴返計劃 「迴返計劃」始於2001年。做為一個聚焦於國小高年級學童的攝影計劃，一開始就決定捨棄紀錄或報導的模式，而採取結合表演與類似電影定格的敘事方式，試圖探索現實、真實與記憶之間的模糊界域。
初期進行的方式如下：首先，藉由實際觀察國小高年級學生在校的生活細節（特別是下課、遊戲或打掃等「非正式」場景），或與同仁對話（探詢成年人對其少年階段的記憶）等方式，找尋「事件」或靈感。而後，做為一位國小教師，我挑選任課學生中「適合」的人選，並徵得家長同意；利用短暫的課餘時間，扮演、重現一個事件或場景。考量到某種「當代性」，我同時決定使用4×5（後期是8×10）大型相機和底片，結合現場及人工光源（攝影棚用閃光燈）營造一種劇場、甚或儀式性的空間與氛圍。希望詮釋地再現前青春期男女之生活及心理情狀。
相對於「鄧公計劃」的緩慢進程，2009年六月中旬進行的「老松計劃」則是經過詳細的前置作業，並在五天當中拍攝完成：老松國小並非我任教的學校，為免打擾太多，我得儘量縮短時程。同樣的緣由，我決定將場景的來源集中於「記憶」：我向老松國小五年級兩個班的同學及家長發出問卷，探問他（她）在過去一年及國小五，六年級時期最難忘的事，同時請他（她）們把影像畫下來。進而以此為本，拍攝照片。（文／陳敬寶）
陳敬寶
生於1969年，目前居住與工作於台灣台北
www.chinpaochen.com
展覽選錄
2010 「黃金町藝術市集」，橫濱，日本
「東川賞」，北海道，日本
2009 「台北美術獎」，台北，台灣
「天上人間」個展，台北，台灣
2008 「過去與現在：未來的記憶」，大邱，韓國
「檳榔西施我愛你」，巴黎，法國
2006 「彼岸，看見：台灣攝影二十家」，北京，中國
2004 「迴返—鄧公計劃」個展，台北，台灣
1999 「紀實／肖像—檳榔西施」，台北，台灣
「陳敬寶近作展」個展，紐約，美國
Circumgyration: LaoSong Project
2009
A4; 60x80cm
Document, digital photographs
“Circumgyration” originated in 2001 as a photographic project for upper-level primary school children. From its inception, the concept was to move away from documentary-style or photojournalistic photography, and toward a cinematographic or dramatic narrative style, with a purpose to explore the blurred boundaries between the present, reality and memory.
Initially, the proposed method for the project was to, first, find inspiration by observing a segment of school life as it occurs (specifically unstructured time, after class, playtime or clean-up time), or in dialogue between peers (an exploration of adult recollections of their own youth). Then, as the instructor, I would “cast” students, and get parental permission to reenact an event or scene to document during after class hours.
With due consideration to a certain contemporary quality, I decided to use large format 4×5 (and later, 8×10) cameras and film stocks for the production. Actual settings were combined with man-made lighting (studio lighting) to create a theatrical, or ceremonial space and atmosphere. The hope was to reinterpret the lives and psychological states of teenage men and women.
By planning rigorously ahead of time the shooting of “Circumgyration: LaoSong Project” that began in mid-June of 2009 was wrapped after five days. “Circumgyration: DengKong Project” was however much more slowly paced.
Since I am not on the faculty of LaoSung Elementary School, I shortened the actual shooting time as much as possible in order to minimize disturbance. The same concern was behind my decision to focus the scene on the subject of “Memory.” I sent a questionnaire to the students and parents of the two fifth grade classes at LaoSung that asked them to recount one unforgettable incident in the past year, or from when they were in fifth or sixth grade as the case may be. At the same time, I asked them to illustrate the event with a sketch, these sketches were later used as the basis for setting up a scene for the photo shoot. (Text by CHEN Chin-pao. Translated by Yvonne Kennedy.)
CHEN Chin-pao
b. 1969. Now lives and works in Taipei, Taiwan.
www.chinpaochen.com
Selected Exhibitions
2010 Koganecho Bazaar, Yokohama, Japan
Higashikawa Award, Hokkaido, Japan
2009 Solo exhibition- Heaven on Earth, Taipei, Taiwan
Taipei Arts Awards, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2008 Then and Now: memories of the future, Daegu, Korea
Betel Nut Beauties, Paris, France
2006 Seeing the Other Side of the Strait: 20 Taiwanese Photographs, Beijing, China
2004 Solo exhibition-Circungyration: Deng Kong Project, Taipei, Taiwan
1999 Solo exhibition-Documentary Portrait: Betel Nuts Girls, Taipei, Taiwan
Solo exhibition-Chin-pao Chen’s Recent Work, New York, USA
