兩條線永遠不交叉我們稱為「平行線」,在音樂世界中,不管是五線譜,或從巴哈開始出現的「對位法」,都透過旋律的對應(同時上行、下行、或相反而行),在一種平行的結構上,追求一種聲音風景(空間、距離)的變化。同樣的兩條線,進入視覺藝術領域後,兩者間所能形成的「角度」和視野反而變成了主要的戲碼,本展的兩位藝術家「浪花兄弟」,從舞台轉進當代館的實驗展場,希望自我印證並帶給觀者全新體驗的,是兩個人從平行線的互動到多種角度的關係。
Darren在成為歌手之前,本就擅長公仔人物造型與插畫設計,這次展出的<面具 >人面系列,是利用當下當紅的I Pad數位繪圖所創作的,也是他日常生活中人際交往所留下的真實累積,<面具>系列的風格,結合了誇張的造型及諧趣的表現,將他所看到的眾生相做了某種主觀的詮釋。也因此這些「被畫者」常戲稱自己是「被害者」。Darren認為人生本來就應該要開心,他想藉由這些肖像畫傳遞人生積極的意涵和藝術正面的能量,而這次大規模展示「眾生相」的類社會化機制中,更能引發人們因環顧他者進而反思自身的雙重效應。
曾在法國藝術學院深造的常青,兼擅聲音、影像及裝置藝術創作,本次展出的聲音裝置作品<傾聽>,打破了時間的線性思維,而提出了從0到360度的另一種時間觀,兼具感性與理性的述說人與人之間生生不息的循環互動關係。<傾聽>裝置應用了一個大水盆作為儀式化的禮器,藉由盆裏不斷流動的水聲,啟動一種視覺化的光影漣漪,以之暗示某些事物的社會波動效應。常青關注影像與聲音之間的共鳴,透過不同的實驗來印證光影之間的建構與重組,乃至於破壞與抵消,他相信只要是「有溫度」的聲音,無論是多麼微弱都會被人聽見。
“Parallel lines” are two never-crossing lines. In the world of music, the musical staff or “counterpoint”, a music technique widely used by Johann Sebastian Bach, are both based on parallel structure with corresponding melodies (simultaneously moving up, down, or in opposite directions), and the purpose is to pursue various changes in soundscape (pertaining to space and distance). Similarly, when these two lines are placed in the world of visual art, the “perspective” formed by the two is able to be turned into a main attraction. The two artist for this exhibition, Yannick and Darren, have moved from their usual performing stage to the experimental theater of MoCA Taipei, and by doing so, they hope to achieve self-confirmation while also offering to the audience a brand new experience; one that is based on the two artists’ interactions along the parallel lines and also relationships of diverse perspectives.
Before becoming a singer, Darren specialized in designing characters and illustrations. The “Mask” series, created with iPad’s digital painting software, is based on observations from the artist’s everyday life with different people. The style for “Mask” is dramatic and humorous, and is comprised of the artist’s personal depictions of the various faces he has encountered. The subjects in these paintings have also wittily referred to themselves as “victims” of the artist’s manipulations. Darren believes that life should be full of happiness, and through these portraits he intends to transmit to others vigorous meanings from life and positive energies from art. From this large scale exhibition of “diverse portraits” referencing to a form of social mechanism, the intent is to spur a dual effect via people’s observations of others and from which to progress to their own self-reflection. .
Yannick studied art in France with focus in sound, image, and installation art. The sound installation, “Listen”, on exhibit this time breaks conventional linear concept of time and proposes an alternative 0 to 360 degrees view, resulting in a continuous interactive relationship between people that embodies both sense and sensibility. The installation of “Listen” is comprised of a large water basin used as a ceremonial apparatus. Through the constant sounds from the ever-flowing water, ripples of light and sound are formed to imply effects that particular things and objects could cause to the society. Yannick pays close attention to the resonance between images and sounds, and through different experiments, he shows the production and restructuring between light and shadow and extends even to acts of destruction and elimination. He believes that as long as there is a sense of “warmth” possessed in the sound, it would be heard no matter how faint it may be.