9/25/2015

女性外貌身影-從自我凝視開始

策展人/吳妍儀


食 安 女性廚房七日紀錄-女性藝術家聯展

展出日期:2015/3/5-3/22
展出地點:WAAhouse

展出藝術家:汪曉青 吳妍儀 萬一一 鄧文貞 蔡淑惠 簡扶育 謝詠絮 (依姓氏筆畫)
座談會與談人:
舒宜芳(台北榮總營養部營養師/輔仁大學食品營養研究所碩士)
李絳桃(私立長庚大學護理系副教授/國立台灣師範大學衛生教育博士)

策展人:吳妍儀
柴、米、油、鹽、醬、醋、茶原本為古代日常生活基本必需品,台灣近年食用
油的風暴與食品安全頻出問題,這些基本必需品受到動搖,喚醒民眾對吃的警覺意識。而「安」這個字,本身就意味屋下有女人,《爾雅》:安,定也。與家人同住的女性也許是家庭中最主要的食材把關者,不管是準備食材、展現廚藝亦或購買外食;獨居女性則是主宰自己食物入口的決定者。

食物的認知與人的飲食習慣大部分源生於家庭的日常習慣,其日後的持續養成有時必須依 賴大量的食物營養分析與醫療資訊,尤其是為孩童、孕婦、年長者、病患或健康節食、瘦身計 畫者…等,以上種種,女性都和家庭菜單的決定息息相關。本計畫鑑於此基點,邀請 5~10 位女 性藝術家,記錄自己亦或家人的菜單明細,以七天為單位,將廚房中出現的食材與食品調味 料,包含早、午、晚、消夜、點心…等餐食作一系列紀載與文字說明。七天為一星期,菜單關 乎家人攝食是否美味、健康、均衡;全職主婦較有時間與心思,天天上市場購買新鮮食材,而職 業婦女則較常購買一星期的食材,由此一窺廚房中食物的多樣性。

女性兼具為人姊妹、女兒、情人、妻子、母親、媳婦、婆婆…等多重角色,或僅是身為女 性的自己,家中的廚房除了提供女性日復一日繁忙反覆的工作環境外,對某些女性而言,它也 是既私密又兼具施予吃的魔法的場域。

本展覽期間將配合專業人士分析藝術家的食物內容,同時舉辦座談會邀請街坊鄰居的婦女 朋友一同參與,是一場藝術、生活、科學的面對面,並探討當今食品安全問題於家庭如何應變 之道。本展覽具實驗性與生活化,不同成長背景的女性對於食物的覺知與認知,也會產生不同 的觀點,並期待其藝術結果呈現出的差異性及豐富性的對話交流。

蔡淑惠《這青春》 姜麗華《旅法生活 記憶拼圖》 新書發表會

2014/12/14 星期日下午14:30-17:00
女藝會WAAhouse



女藝會在勵馨基金會贈書

10/07/2014

水岸.信仰.人家 Seashore.Belief.People



攝影除了忠實地複現自然,也反映出地理環境、社會文化與生活景觀的差異。在新北市國際藝術村駐村策劃此國際攝影展,特地邀請在地與國外各三位攝影家共同參展。

Eugene Lee /台裔美籍,以《腳印》映照人從哪裡來終往何處去,簡單又耐人尋味的意象。 Norman Negre /菲裔美籍,他的《賜予和取回》記錄了夏威夷大島變遷中的漁村和生死存在與永恆的探討。 Lance Hamasaki /日裔美籍,以寫給太太的俳句,搭配老樹孕育出生命正能量,並以蛞蝓象徵慢活哲學。

康玟琳在下班後,喜愛以攝影抒壓,經常去感受《霞光艷艷》,並樂於與他人分享滬尾之美。李文洲對照台灣傳統慶典儀式中常見的神豬比賽,並呈現祭拜素豬公具有動保意識的《轉變》。鄭志宗的《父子檔討海人》見證了親情的可貴,也呈現出某些傳統產業逐漸式微的現象。萬一一在藝術村頂樓驚見水岸美景,爾後思索水岸第一排究竟屬於誰?因而計劃邀請觀眾《點出最煞風景獎》。

攝影家們關注友善環境的議題,熱愛親水居家,融合島國殖民文化之流轉,呈現跨越東西島嶼的景觀與人文,彼此分享創意之餘,也體現了在地居民與亞裔美國人去中心化的觀點,再現溫馨的邊陲美學。

SeashoreBeliefPeople

In addition to “faithfully reproducing nature”, photography also reflects on the differences in geographical environments, social cultures, and scenes from daily life.  For this international photography exhibition, my residency program at New Taipei International Artist Village is planning to specially invite three local and three foreign photographers.

Eugene Lee / Taiwanese-American, he uses “Footprint” to portray simple and thought provoking imagery that reflects on where people come from, and where they will go.  Norman Negre / Philippine-American, his “Giveth And Taketh” documents the changes to a fishing village in Big Island of Hawaii, and explores the themes of life, death, and eternity.  Lance Hamasaki /Japanese-American, pairs a haiku he wrote to his wife with the positive energy of life nurtured by old trees.  Furthermore, he creates the image of slug to symbolize the philosophy of slowness.

After work, Wen-Lin Kang unwinds through photography, often feeling “the Bright Rays of Sunset” while sharing the beauty of Tamsui with others.  Wen-Chou Li draws from the God Pigs contest commonly found in Taiwanese traditional ceremonies, “Transform” emphasizes a spirit of animal protection through vegetarian God pigs.  Jimmy Cheng’s “Father and Son Fishermen”, we witness the value of family, but also the gradual decline of some traditional industries.  While viewing the beauty of the riverside on the roof of the artist village, I began wondering to whom the front row of the riverside belongs.  As a result, the idea came up to invite viewers to participate in “the Point Out the Most Unpleasant Scenery Award“. 

Photographers concern environment-friendly issues, love to settle their homes near the waters, fuse the circulation of colonial cultures among island countries, present the island landscapes and cultures across the Eastern and Western islands, share creativity with one another, reflect the viewpoints of decentralization between local residents and Asian-Americans, and represent the warm border aesthetics.

攝影家 / Photographers
Lance Hamasaki 日裔美籍
Eugene Lee 台裔美籍
Norman Negre 菲裔美籍
李文洲 Wen-Chou Li     
康玟琳 Wen-Lin Kang    
鄭志宗 Jimmy Cheng     
萬一一 YiYi Wan / 策展人Curator

時間10/3~10/26/2014 
地點新北市國際藝術村1樓特展室 / 淡水古蹟博物館
新北市淡水區中正路一段6322 (近滬尾砲台)
每日開放時間:9:30-17:00 
聯絡人員:莊先生 (02)26295390#19

Duration: October 3-26, 2014
Venue: New Taipei International Artist Village / Tamsui Historical Museum
No.32-2, Ln.6, Sec.1, Zhongzheng Rd., Tamsui Dist., New Taipei City 251, Taiwan (near Hobe Fort)
Open Hours: 9:30 am-5:00 pm everyday

6/03/2014

Women’s Voices-International Photography Exhibition 2014@Soulangh Cultural Park


繽紛女聲-2014國際攝影展
展覽時間:2014/6/6~8/31, 9:00~17:00pm 週一、週二休館
開幕時間:2014/6/6 (), 12:30pm
展覽地點:蕭壠文化園區A4展場 06-7228488
臺南市佳里區六安里六安130
http://www.thisregion.com/p/b/88/23610

參展藝術家:
艾里森.貝雀兒 Alyson BELCHER /舊金山
邱瀞瑩 CHIU Ching Ying /台灣
瑪莉.古德里奇 Mary GOODRICH /夏威夷大島
徐薇蕙 HSU Wei-Hui /台灣
郭靜潔 Minstrel KUIK Ching Chieh /馬來西亞
李依樺 I-Hua LEE /台灣
楚璐滴.席耶蔓 Trudee SIEMANN /夏威夷大島
萬一一 WAN YiYi /台灣
王禾璧 WONG Wo Bik /香港
楊志妙 YANG Chih-Miao /台灣

策展人:萬一一 WAN YiYi


5/18/2014

Dazzling Femininity


Chiang Li-HuaAssistant Professor at Department of Fine Arts, National Taiwan University of Arts



Browsing through Women’s Voices-International Photography Exhibition 2014 (hereinafter referred to as Women’s Voices), I can’t help but recall a 1971 publication titled, Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?, by American art historian, Linda Nochlin (1931- ). In it, she raised the question whether there might be common attributes of “femininity” that reveal a connection amongst the styles of female artists. The ten female photographers invited to participate in Women’s Voices utilize a variety of homemade pinhole cameras, traditional cameras, and mixed media for their works.  Additionally, they applied photographic papers used across various eras (gelatin silver print, Polaroid film, digital fine art paper, etc.), diverse techniques of expression (experimental photography, direct photography, reporting or directing style of photography, etc.), and different presentation methods (mounted frames, handmade display books, interactive devices, etc.) to compose a rich visual feast. The contents of this exhibition explore such topics as “care for the female physique”, “gender and cultural differences”, “role-playing across time, space and gender”, “mythology and environmental issues”, “definition of happiness”, and “stories of female growth” that fully showcase diverse artistic perspectives. And so, what kind of “femininity” can we use to connect the styles of these female photographers?

The first female photographer to be recorded in the history of photography was Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879). When Cameron was 48 years old, her daughter gave her a camera, which started her career as a photographer. She was renowned for her skill in capturing beauty in arranged settings. These images led Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) to state in his book, Kleine Geschichte der Photographie, that the lively era of Cameron and other photographers marked a golden era in photography. Cameron earned a seat in the history of photography due to a few reasons. In addition to her skill in photography and experimental darkroom post-productions, she also drew inspiration from historical stories and literary works to assist in materializing her beauty [1] pursuits. This unique and elegant creative style of hers was the main reason she will always be remembered in the history of photography.

Similarly, the group of female photographers participating in Women’s Voices seem to share Cameron’s ability to capture the beauty around them: female bodies, motherhood, female poets and women’s culture of écriture féminine. Through these ways, a dazzling “femininity” is exhibited as a style that is both elegant and perseverant is constructed. Here, we are able to observe this type of style presented in Women’s Voices. It is as if women’s art herstory added another page to the history of photography.



Written in Taipei, Taiwan on May 13, 2014


[1]Cameron said”I longed to arrest all the beauty that came before me and at length the longing has been satisfied.”

《繽紛的女性氣質》


姜麗華/臺灣藝術大學美術學系 助理教授



觀看《繽紛女聲-2014國際攝影展》(以下簡稱《繽紛女聲》),不禁憶起美國藝術史學家琳達・諾克琳(Linda Nochlin, 1931-)於1971年發表的〈為什麼沒有偉大的女性藝術家?〉一文,她提出女性之間是否有共同特質的「女性氣質」,可以用來連結女性藝術家的風格?綜觀《繽紛女聲》邀請展出的十位女性攝影家,藉由自製的針孔相機、傳統相機與複合媒材進行創作,同時應用跨時代的各種相紙(銀鹽相紙、拍立得相紙、數位輸出藝術紙等)、多樣的表現手法(實驗攝影、直接攝影、報導或編導式攝影等)與不同的呈現方式(裱褙裝框、手工書籍展開頁、互動裝置等),形成豐富的視覺饗宴。該展覽作品內容探討議題從「關注女體」、「性別文化差異」、「跨越時空或性別的角色扮演」、「神話與環保議題」、「幸福的定義」以及「女性成長的故事」等,呈現多元的藝術觀點。那麼我們可以用什麼樣的「女性氣質」,來連結這群女性攝影家的風格?

回顧攝影史文獻,首位被記載的女性攝影家卡美倫(Julia Margaret Cameron, 1815-1879),於她48歲之際,女兒贈與一台相機而開始以攝影為業。她擅長以安排的佈景來捕捉美輪美奐的影像聞名,這些影像讓華特‧班雅明(Walter Benjamin, 1892-1940)在〈攝影小史〉文中載明,卡美倫等攝影師活躍的時代,正是攝影的黃金時代。若探問是什麼因素讓卡美倫得以名列攝影史之席,除了她純熟拍攝的技巧與實驗性的暗房後製之外,從歷史故事或文學作品中汲取靈感的手法,有助於她實現對美感的追求[1],創造出獨特的柔美風格,是她能夠名留藝術攝影史的主因。

同樣的,《繽紛女聲》這群女性攝影家共同的特質猶如卡美倫捕捉自身關注的美感:女體、母性、女詩、女性文化之陰性書寫,顯現繽紛的「女性氣質」並構築出柔美與堅毅兼備的風格。在此,我們觀察到《繽紛女聲》呈展出的這般風格,儼然為女性的藝術史(Art herstory)在人類攝影史上增添一頁記載。



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[1]卡美倫說:「I longed to arrest all the beauty that came before me and at length the longing has been satisfied.