《塑身彈珠台》,複合媒材,200×70×30cm,2000
《Reshaping Pinball》, mixed media, 200×70×30cm, 2000
《塑身彈珠台》,複合媒材,200×70×30cm,2000
《Reshaping Pinball》, mixed media, 200×70×30cm, 2000
從15歲的生日起,我總是多加了一條「要變瘦」的願望,每天都告訴、哀求自己要變更瘦!在一直的失敗中,我,生氣了!!自己在幹什麼呢?又不是肥到像豬一般,為什麼要變更瘦?要自虐似的減肥?我怎麼會被這樣當下流行審美觀給洗腦的這麼深刻、這麼的無法自拔?這件作品是以互動式的彈珠台呈現,作品中的釘子位置是依著我「現在」、「想要瘦」、「變肥胖」的身體曲線。在製作時我一邊釘一邊詛咒也期望著自己;展出時參與者可以藉著打彈珠與作品互動,然而打出的彈珠是無法依著自己的意志滑入軌道,體會到無法操縱控制的感覺,進而產生懊惱、氣憤、或幸運感,然而這就是我在減肥的心路歷程呀!
The work is represented as an interactive game for viewers. The main structure is a “pinball machine,” while the background of its base is images of bodies. Nails are fixed on it following the body curves to structure the tracks for marbles to roll down. The three tracks are “ideal figure,” “present form,” and “the body which becomes fat.” The art-making process to nail on the images of different bodies is like an ancient witchcraft, through which I curse my fatness that I will never look like an overweight pig. It is also like acupuncture, inserting needles into the bodies in the images to increase metabolism and burn more fat.
As it is exhibited, viewers can interact with the work by playing pinball. Players expect marbles to roll down the tracks which win them points, and their expectation symbolizes the psychological desire for an “ideal figure.” Unfortunately, when marbles are ejected from the starting point, we no longer have our control on where they should go. We can only hope. We hope it move a little bit to the right, but nails block its way and switch its direction into the losing tracks until it reaches the hopeless end. Frustration, anger, satisfaction, happiness – the out-of-control pinball brings us disappointment, and it is exactly how I feel about the battle against fat.