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《海市蜃樓VI——台灣閒置公共設施抽樣踏查》新書發表暨討論會
時間：2018.05.16 3pm
地點：台北當代藝術中心 TCAC（台北市大同區保安街49巷11號1F, 捷運大橋頭站）
藝術家姚瑞中攜手「失落社會檔案室」之《海市蜃樓：台灣
2017年三月，台灣經過第三次政黨輪替後的新政府在上
新書彙整了一百一十五處完全閒置、低度使用、延宕開發以
希望這真的是最後一本《海市蜃樓》。
— 作者簡介
姚瑞中（YAO Jui-chung）
1994年畢業於國立臺北藝術大學美術系。多年來採取類
個人網站：www.yaojuichung.com
— LSD（Lost Society Document，失落社會檔案室）
全名為「失落社會檔案室」，為一臨時性組織，自2010
LSD網站：www.yaojuichung.com/
圖片：高等地方法院台南分院舊宿舍，攝影：楊佩樺。
Mirage VI : Disused Public Property in Taiwan – Book Launch & Discussion
Together with Lost Society Document, artist Yao Jui-chung launched Mirage Project in 2010, which investigated and documented abandoned or/and disused public buildings throughout Taiwan. In 2018, the launch of Mirage VI breaks the promise of closing the series. The revival of Mirage VI indicates the predicament of these public buildings still unsolved. The launch and discussion of Mirage VI will takes place at Taipei Contemporary Art Center (TCAC) on 3pm, May 16, 2018.
March 2017, the Special Act on the Forward-looking Infrastructure Development Program was proposed by the DPP government during at the second time of the shift in power within just a year. Although there were many debates and disruptions from the opposition parties and citizens the Act still passed. After the passage of the Act, Mirage VI was born due to the questions and challenges towards the public infrastructure.
In Mirage VI, a hundred fifteen examples of disused, underutilized, delayed-development or re-activated “Mosquito Halls” are collected. Through photography and publication, art activism once again provoked the society to inspect the ludicrousness of the Act and the fallacies in the policy of public infrastructures. It is not only a reflection of current predicament of these construction projects, but also an opportunity to broaden the eyes of young participants of these projects to see their hometown with a new perspective.
We do hope this is the final edition of Mirage.
姚瑞中（YAO Jui-chung）
Yao Jui-chung graduated from The National Institute of The Arts (Taipei National University of the Arts) with a degree in Art Theory in 1994. His practices combine the politics of body and spaces, investigating and archiving the disused buildings in Taiwan. In 2010, Lost Society Document is founded. It urged students to discover and survey the underutilized infrastructure in Taiwan, demonstrating entangled relations within the existing power structure of politics by photographic documentation. The political geography that is formed in a certain historical context revealed that most disused buildings resulted from political struggles. Yao teaches at the art department of National Taiwan Normal University and National Taipei Fine arts University. He is also a board member of the National Culture and Arts Foundation and the director of The Illusion (幻影堂).
Artist Website: www.yaojuichung.com
LSD（Lost Society Document，失落社會檔案室）
LSD is the abbreviation of Lost Society Document. Originally formed as a temporary organization in class taught by Yao in March 2010, LSD invited students to inspect and document their hometowns. About 80 participants involved in the Mirage VI. The majority are students in the art department of National Taiwan Normal University and National Taipei Fine Arts University. They enthusiastically documented disused buildings with the limited photographic apparatuses. 100 disused and underutilized public buildings (including those disused again after re-activated plan,) and 15 on-going re-activating buildings are collected in Mirage VI. Through the first hand photographic documentary and written texts, Mirage VI recorded the unusual situation of local development in Taiwan, calling the attention from the public and the government. It is not only art activism engaged with the civic, but also a reference for the government to amend current policy.
Website: www.yaojuichung.com/
Photo Credit (in Chinese): 高等地方法院台南分院舊宿舍，攝影：楊佩樺。
