《一封來自吉米的分手信》,複合媒材、塑膠桌布、錄像、1978年卡特演說原音,2026
《A Breakup Letter from Jimmy 》, Mixed media, plastic tablecloth, video, audio recording of Jimmy Carter’s 1978 speech, 2026
《一封來自吉米的分手信》,複合媒材、塑膠桌布、錄像、1978年卡特演說原音,2026
《A Breakup Letter from Jimmy 》, Mixed media, plastic tablecloth, video, audio recording of Jimmy Carter’s 1978 speech, 2026
在作品《一封來自吉米的分手信》中,我探討權力符號的脆弱性與歷史敘事的操弄。我將象徵全球最高權力核心、曾決定台灣命運的「堅毅桌」轉化為兩件相互對話的物件:一件是手繪在廉價塑膠桌布上的圖案,另一件則是電腦印刷在布料上的圖案。這種材質上的「輕盈」與原件桌子的「沉重」形成了強烈對比。
這件作品具有雙重隱喻:它既像「國王的新衣」,透過廉價媒材揭露人們對權力的眷戀、臣服及其背後的荒謬感;也像一具「蓋著床單的鬼魂」,象徵台灣在國際政治中徘徊且虛無的幽靈狀態。
影像部分則結合了兩段敘事:我親自演繹吉米·卡特 1978 年終止台美外交關係的演說,以及關於《舊金山和約》的歷史影像。卡特的演說在台灣歷史中是「被拋棄」的創傷,卻在中國官方敘事中被操弄為「美國承認台灣主權歸中」的虛假文本。我透過故障 (Glitch) 手法將我個人的「雜音」與私語介入官方紀錄,暗示歷史是一場混淆 (Confuse) 且被高度操弄的敘事。
"A Breakup Letter from Jimmy " explores the fragility of power symbols and the manipulation of historical narratives. I transform the Resolute Desk—a seat of global authority that altered Taiwan’s destiny—into two contrasting textile pieces: one hand-drawn on a cheap plastic tablecloth, and another digitally printed on fabric. The radical lightness of these materials stands in stark opposition to the heaviness of the original object.
The work functions through a dual metaphor: it acts as "The Emperor’s New Clothes," using low-cost materials to expose our obsession with and surrender to authority as something absurd. Simultaneously, it evokes a "Ghost under a bedsheet," symbolizing Taiwan’s existence as a geopolitical phantom—present yet denied.
The media component intertwines two videos: my own reenactment of Jimmy Carter’s 1978 speech and historical footage of the Treaty of San Francisco. While Carter’s speech remains a trauma of "abandonment" for Taiwanese people, it has been manipulated in Chinese state narratives as a distorted confirmation of sovereignty. By interjecting my personal "noise" and whispers through Glitch aesthetics, I disrupt the official record, suggesting that history is a confused and manufactured construct.