Some Golden Liquid Turning into Another
Luo Jr- Shin
22 Sep 2018, Saturday
18:00-21:00 hrs.
Venue: Vernacular Institute (Benjamin Franklin 50, Casa C, Escandón, Mexico City, MX 11800)
This is a monologue of a urinal.
A urinal is an object that allows fluid to pass through it. A filter and a keeper of secrets, it resides inconspicuously in the corner, tenderly waiting. A urinal reflects the human body, a vehicle through which matter travels. A restroom, although with a specific functionality, exhibits a duality. Both private and public it makes room for socialization.
Secrets cannot be kept forever.They find a way out.
From Some Golden Liquid Turning into Another is a sequel to Luo Jr-Shin’s project Like a Urinal in a Nightclub. Looking at the deconstruction of materials, this transformation is not unlike the process of encoding, encryption, and decoding. Moreover it proposes metaphorical thingness as a means to break down meanings of material and the space where the social sphere appears. By deconstruction, reconstruction and discussion of matter, it reflects how people’s mind intervene in things. The analysis of the material is a crucial method in Luo’s practice to investigate human being.
由金黃色液體轉換到另一種
羅智信
2018.09.22（六）6-9pm.
地點：Vernacular Institute（Benjamin Franklin 50, Casa C, Escandón, Mexico City, MX 11800）
這是一個小便斗以第一人稱的口吻所做的獨白。
小便斗作為一個「被通過的物」、一個「濾芯」、一個「保守秘密的人」，總有能力隱身於角落，安靜且溫柔的等待。
小便斗也影射至人的身體（身體同樣也作為一個被通過的物），而廁所除了是一個具有特殊功能性的空間之外，它既私密但也公開的特質，讓它也被視為相遇與社交的場域。透過視覺、身體感與氣味，人的活動也在這些作品中被描述。
「然而秘密是不可能被守住的，它們用另外一種形式找到出口。」
「由金黃色液體轉換到另一種」是羅智信作品「像一個夜店的小便斗」的續集。
觀看物質的解構過程，整個化學反應過程不像「加密」，「編碼」以及「解碼」的歷程。更多的是提出一個客觀存在的物質隱喻，作為瓦解物質意義的手段，和一個顯露社會性的場域。在解構，重組，和對議題的討論中，反映出人類的想法是如何介入對事物的理解。
對物質的分析是羅智信創作實踐中調研人類的一種極為重要的方法。
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