2019，許雁婷個展，打開－當代藝術工作站，台北
捷運雙連站附近，人潮擁擠的寧夏夜市旁，大稻埕的邊緣，有一條興城街，是臺北俗稱的「打鐵仔街」。因鄰近大稻埕碼頭，雙連火車站在側，河流與鐵道帶來榮景，1970~1990年代極盛，時值臺灣作為國際拆船業重心，有「拆船王國」之稱，連動鋼鐵業與十多種產業的興起，打鐵街從現承德路、興城街一帶，至臺北車站後站，有兩百家鐵工業相關店鋪，可稱臺灣經濟起飛時期的重要幕後推手。然隨著拆船業沒落，環保意識抬頭，科技演變，產業外移市郊，打鐵街其實已不在，只是短短的興城街仍有相對密集的店舖，像一道時光縮影、歷史後巷般的存在。
打鐵街的興衰緊扣臺灣的產業歷史，也是傳統產業及城市街區受政經環境影響而轉變的典型之一。然而它在被書寫的歷史中缺席了。「打鐵計劃」為許雁婷2019年開啟的長期計劃，這次展覽透過階段性的呈現與實驗，將藉由聲響、光影、材質的轉化，探索歷史、空間及老師傅們的身體記憶被記寫的一種想像與可能。
協同創作：廖笠安、黃嘉文
攝影：風宗廷、黃嘉文
地圖美術設計：林育全
人聲：葉倫會、劉永明
特別感謝：三協熔接所、永欣電動吊車行、福億企業行、宜鉅企業社、祥禾齒輪行、友銓企業社、台北國際藝術村、葉倫會、劉永明、許志鴻、王新仁、羅仕東、事件工作室、狠主流
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. Starting 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.
Yenting Hsu started this project from the “Blacksmith Street”, and carrying it on to the old Taipei center – Dadaocheng 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. Through sounds, videos and installations, Yenting Hsu hopes to bring the audience some imagination and clues to the space and story of Blacksmith street. In this project, she also questions about how spaces and the body memories of the old workers can be recorded, and how the labor history is narrated.
Blacksmith Street Project is a long-term project from 2019 till now.
Co-creator: HUAN Chia-Wen, LIAO Li-An
