閱讀計畫 Reading Plan

創作年份 2016
媒材: 書、木板、鐵柱、伺服馬達、電子零件、LED燈
Material: Books, Wooden board, Iron pillar, Servo motor, IC chips, LED.
尺寸/ Measures: 120cm(H) x 1100cm(W) x 1200cm(D).
重量/ Weight: 100kg.




        閱讀計畫是一個裝置藝術的作品。我設計了23台的自動翻書機放置在展場中,當人們靠近時,那些機器就會開始自動翻書,並且朗讀書本的內容給觀眾聽。最新的數據顯示,在台灣平均國小每班人數是23個人,所以這件作品有一個教室的隱喻在裡面。
        在我們的國家,人們在就學時,不能決定自己閱讀什麼內容,就像是被一個巨大的齒輪控制著。國家對於教育的方向,是以產值與競爭為主,他們想要創造了一批賺錢的機器,而不注重對於自我的探詢與人本主義的思考。而我選擇閱讀的書籍是論語,因為論語影響了亞洲好幾千年,就像是一個教條式的經典牽制著我們的思想。
        這兩者放置在一起,創造出一種空間,討論在地化、教育、思想和國家機器的問題。

        Reading Plan is an interactive artwork with 23 automated book flipping machines which is a metaphor classroom in this artwork. When audiences enter the exhibition room, these machines will start to turn pages automatically and read the contents at the same time. The updated statistic shows that the average number of students per primary school in 2016 in Taiwan is 23.
        In Taiwan, when people go to school, they don’t have much decision making power to choose what they want to read and study. It is like being controlled by a huge invisible gear. The educational direction led by authorities always prioritizes industry value and competitiveness. They want to create a money-making machine instead of self exploration and humanism thinking.
        "The Analects of Confucius" is the context read. This book affected Asian countries for thousands of years in ethic, philosophy and morality which controlled our thoughts.
       I put these two elements together to create a space for discussing globalization, education, thoughts, and national machine.


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