閾限之心The Mind of Liminality
● 展覽介紹 Exhibition Statement:
這次我帶來了兩個系列的作品,一個是用Gameboy Camera拍出來的八位元系列,另外一個是我在旅途移動當中捕捉到的畫面。「閾限」在社會學的語境裏,是一種「已經不是過去,但尚未是未來。」的階段,在這裡所有人得以脫離結構,成為一種共同體。這個理論是由英國社會學家Victor Turner所提出。在閾限的階段,青黃不接、萬物尚未明朗,但正因為如此,凡事都充滿了可能性。沒有結構、沒有認知、沒有肯定也沒有否定。在當代,文學、電影、歌唱、電玩等各種創作則是閾限的具體表現形式。
我透過1980年代的掌上遊戲機gameboy,接上有攝影鏡頭的卡帶,將世界轉譯成八位元,用最低的畫素探問這個解析度越來越高的世界。移動中的系列作品則是透過黑白攝影,以及金屬質地一般的藝術微噴,剝掉我們熟悉的顏色與型態,剩下物件的框架與脈絡,讓我們回到心靈的源頭,重新觀看身邊的事物,體會再熟悉不過的事物的萬種可能。
This time, I am presenting two series of works: one created with the Gameboy Camera in an 8-bit format, and the other capturing moments during the migrant of traveling. “Liminality” in the sociological context refers to a stage that is “no longer the past, but not yet the future.” It is a phase where individuals detach from structures and form a sense of communitas. This concept was introduced by British sociologist Victor Turner. In the liminal phase, there is an in-between state—uncertain, undefined—but precisely because of this, everything becomes possible. There is no structure, no cognition, no affirmation, and no negation. In contemporary times, literature, film, music, video games, and other creative forms serve as tangible manifestations of liminality.
Through an ’80s handheld gaming device, the Gameboy, equipped with a cartridge featuring a camera, I translate the world into 8-bit visuals. By using the lowest resolution, I question this increasingly high-definition world. The Migrant Series uses black-and-white photography and metallic-textured fine art printing. By stripping away familiar colors and forms, only the framework and context of objects remain. This allows us to return to the core of our minds, reexamine the things around us, and rediscover the infinite possibilities within the most familiar of objects.