2019，台北國際藝術村，台北
興城街，俗稱打鐵街，一個在臺北歷史中少被記錄的街區。日據時期即因鄰近大稻埕碼頭，方便船隻零件修繕而興起；1970~1990年年代，因臺灣作為國際拆船業重心及交通之便，打鐵街從現興城街一帶，綿延到臺北車站後站，成為經濟起飛時期的重要幕後推手。隨著拆船業沒落落，環保意識抬頭，產業外移市郊，打鐵街範圍越來越小，興城街及其歷史也如同被遺忘的、隱身光鮮臺北背後的老街。
從打鐵街出發，擴散至大稻埕、大同區，甚至是台灣的產業歷史，回望傳統產業及老台北街區如何受政經環境影響而轉變。歷史、空間、老師傅們的身體記憶，如何被記寫？展覽結合目前還在探訪中、破碎的歷史敘事，以及對打鐵街空間和鐵的物理/物質性探索，透過聲音、影像、裝置等呈現，予以對打鐵街空間及故事的一點想像與線索。
《打鐵街計劃》是個長期計劃，本次駐村及展覽是為一個探索的開端。
合作創作者：黃嘉文（影像）、廖笠安（裝置）
Blacksmith Street Project (Work in progress)
Xingcheng Street, also called “Blacksmith Street,” is an area that rarely been recorded in the history of Taipei. In the Japanese occupation period, it used to be lined with blacksmith factories because of its close proximity to Dadaocheng and for the ship breaking industry at that time. Between 1970 to 1990, Taiwan was an important transportation hub for ship breaking industry. Start from Xingcheng Street, all the way down to the rear exit of Taipei Main Station was all called the “Blacksmith Street.” It had taken a significant role during the take-off stage of economic growth in Taiwan. Along with the declining of this industry, more and more metal work factories moving out to the suburb and narrows the area of “Blacksmith Street”. The once prosperous street and its history had been left behind and seem to be hidden in somewhere behind the fringe of the bustling Taipei city.
HSU Yen-Ting started this project from the “Blacksmith Street”, and carrying it on to the Dadaocheng area and Datong District, or even the history of traditional industry in Taiwan. Look into how did the changes in the political and economic environment influence the traditional industry and the old Taipei area. Histories, spaces and the body memories of the old workers, how can these be recorded? The exhibition includes the process of interviews, the pieces of lecture within history, the exploring of the Blacksmith street area and the iron substance itself in physical ways. Through sounds, videos, installations, HSU Yen-Ting hope to bring the audience some imagination and clues to the space and story of Blacksmith street.
Blacksmith Street Project is a long-term project and this residency and exhibition is the beginning of the artist’s searching.
Co-creator: HUAN Chia-Wen, LIAO Li-An
