材質：蜂鳴片、換能器、被動式喇叭、廣播喇叭系統、雙聲道音軌數個
Material: Contact Mics, Transducers, Passive speakers, Broadcast speaker system, Stereo sounds
駐館臺東美術館期間，觀察民眾在此活動、休憩的範圍與樣貌，聆聽美術館裡以及周遭的聲音，感受到這裡不只是一個美術館，而是居民生活、休閒的重要場域，因而決定以美術館原先就存在的裝置及播音系統為介質，讓聲音自然流竄於美術館的戶外場景間。
聲音內容主要從兩個角度切入，一是美術館內及其周邊的聲音場景，另一是臺東作為一個轉運站的聲音。地理上，臺東是抵達蘭嶼、綠島等離島的轉運站，同時，臺東也是許多人生命歷程中重要的轉捩地。這些聲音出自於我與台東的各種偶遇，也期待大家在不同角落與其相遇。
裝置中有的是透過擴大原本就存在於美術館中的聲音，延伸聲音的邊界，喚起聽者對現地聲響的覺察與主動聆聽；有些聲音則是於場館之外錄音而來，經由這些聲音非自然的存在，帶動或擴展我們對現存景物、環境的不同想像。
「有沒有其他聽的方式和可能？」是這次作品的主要提問，一個聆聽與發現的邀約。
As an artist in residence at the Taitung Fine Arts Museum, I was able to observe people and their appearances, whether in action or in rest. I listened to the sounds present not only within the museum, but also in its surrounding environs. I discovered that the Taitung Fine Arts Museum was much more than a museum: it had become an important locale for public leisure and activities. With this in mind, I decided to use the museum’s existing installations and broadcast system as the medium through which sound was channeled throughout the museum grounds.
Sound content was mainly considered from two different angles. The first was the soundscape of the museum’s interior and environs. The second was the sounds of Taitung in its role as a transfer station. Geographically, Taitung serves as a transfer station for those traveling to Orchid Island and Green Island. Temporally, Taitung serves as an important turning point in the lives of many. These sounds come from the various encounters between myself and Taitung. I look forward to others encountering these same sounds in different, unexpected corners.
Some of the sounds, by enlarging on those that originally existed amid the museum’s installations, look to expand on the boundaries of sound and to awaken a perception, or an ‘act of listening’ in the listener. Some of the sounds were recorded outside of museum grounds and, through the unnatural existence of these sounds, look to drive or expand the listener’s imagination with regard to the existing scenery and environment.
“Are there other ways or possibilities of listening?” This is the main question asked by this work, which invites us to listen and discover.
此為臺東美術館委託創作
The sound installation is committed by Taitung Fine Arts Museum.
攝影 / 鄭亦婷、程佳慶、許雁婷
Photo Credit: I-Ting Cheng, Ka Khìng Cheng, Yenting Hsu
