【迴盪在言語之間】 【我們與他們的連結】
Echoing Between LanguagesThe Connection Between Us and Them
文——周代焌
By Tai-Chun Chou
周代焌是活躍於台灣的當代藝術家，擅長透過繪畫創作與裝置，在獨特的美學語言中討論頗為複雜的歷史、土地、環境…等與台灣島嶼脈動相連的命題。近年在銅門部落的踏查中，代焌高度關注不同族人的生命歷程，以及跨世代獵人的山林知識與狩獵經驗。【迴盪在言語之間】是代焌第一次在銅門部落做的實驗工坊，他在大祭場的草原上佈置了一張張畫板，與部落非常重要的文史工作者Kaji Cihung以及女獵人Heydi合作，邀請他們在草地中心講述部落裡的故事。參與者在Kaji、Heydi的話語中與代焌的引導下，將這個時刻凝縮在山景與顏料的交疊裡。
【我們與他們的連結】是代焌在跟隨獵人入山多次後，對獵人的技術、身體、視野，與獵物間互為主體性的想像與再現。夜晚的狩獵尤其開啟嶄新的感官體驗，獵人的身體與山林融為一體，獵物的反應又牽動著獵人的注意。白天時，隱身在矮樹叢的裝置就像在密林裡互相窺探的獵人與獵物，入夜後，穿梭樹影的雷射光，又帶領觀眾走進獵人在夜幕裡的眼睛與呼吸。
Chou Tai-Chun is a contemporary artist active in Taiwan, adept at employing painting and installation to explore complex propositions connected to Taiwan’s island pulse—historical, territorial, environmental—through a distinctive aesthetic language.
In recent years, during his field research in alang Tomong, Tai-Chun has focused intensely on the life journeys of different tribal members, as well as the intergenerational ecological knowledge and hunting experiences of hunters. “Echoing Between Languages” represents Tai-Chun’s first experimental workshop in Tomong, where he arranged drawing boards across the ceremonial ground’s grassland. Collaborating with the community’s vital cultural-historical worker Kaji Cihung and female hunter Heydi, he invited them to recount the cummity stories from the center of the field. Under the narration of Kaji and Heydi, and with Tai-Chun’s guidance, participants condensed this moment into an interweaving of mountain scenery and pigment.
“The Connection Between Us and Them” embodies Tai-Chun’s imagination and representation of the intersubjective relationship between hunters and their prey—their techniques, bodies, and perspectives—developed after numerous mountain expeditions with hunters. Nighttime hunting particularly initiates a novel sensory experience: the hunter’s body merges with the mountain forest while the prey’s reactions simultaneously captivate the hunter’s attention. During daylight, installations concealed among low shrubs resemble hunters and prey scrutinizing each other in dense forests; after nightfall, laser beams traversing tree shadows guide viewers into the eyes and breath of hunters in the darkness.
