《安全演示#1》,有聲四頻道錄像,6分20秒,2021
《Safety Demonstration #1》, 4 channels video, 6min20sec , 2021
《安全演示#1》,有聲四頻道錄像,6分20秒,2021
《Safety Demonstration #1》, 4 channels video, 6min20sec , 2021
搭乘飛機旅遊,對於現在人不再是遙遠的夢想。百花齊放的航空公司們致力於讓旅客在航行中,除了飛行中的平穩與設備的安全舒適外,再加上精心挑選出的美女空服員們提供親切周到的各式服務,達成旅客們完美的搭乘體驗。
以上看似合理的敘述中,大眾認為的空服員,就是空中的服務員,是在飛機上提供旅客各種服務以滿足需求,例如:令人賞心悅目的端莊外表;微笑點頭問好的倍受尊崇感;奉上餐點、點心與飲料;收拾環境與衛生;填寫入境表格、給撲克牌等。然而這些並不是空服員存在於飛機上的本意,他/她最重要的工作是「安全」,在飛機緊急情況下,提供乘客安全逃生的方法與協助,才是這職業的本質,而含著消費主義的主流偏見卻主導了全局。也因此,當大家想到空服員,除了外在的形容,最為耳熟能詳的便是飛航安全示範的表演,其中幾個經典動作也常被用來指涉空服員,看似輕鬆簡單的示範竟是保命的關鍵,是為了讓乘客可以安全的「逃離」飛機生還。
然而這樣含著消費主義的主流偏見同樣也出現在家庭,對於主婦也賦予了各式各樣的想像與責任,現代優良完美的主婦:發揮自己的專長工作賺錢,同時維持美好的面容體態,也包辦家裡的大小事物,提供舒適安全的居家體驗,讓家人們生活無虞。
作品中,家庭場景中,呈現日常主婦的形象,她機械性的做著源源不絕的家庭事務,打掃、煮飯、洗衣、清潔等,這看似忙碌的慣性動作中,身體竟導出了「安全示範」的演出,這樣突兀的動作,並沒有任何實質上的功用,卻可能是在被壓得喘不過氣來的內心提出的抗議,不自覺的呈現心理被瑣事吞噬而想逃離的狀態,這是表演、是演示,也是一種預備動作。
This work with the subject matter of flight attendants mainly discusses the mainstream bias reference of consumerism. In general public’s mind, those flight attendants are people who provide services during the flight and make their journey a satisfactory experience. What they don’t know is that those finely-picked and good-looking flight attendants’ core task is to assist passengers escape safely in the state of emergency.
Such a mainstream bias reference also invades into household environment. All kinds of imaginations and duties are given to house wives – working to make income, maintaining good figure and look, taking care of household, providing comfortable and safe living experiences…. During house wives’ daily mechanical routines, sometimes they unintentionally reveal the true inner state disturbed by trivialities day by day,and they want to escape from falling into piece. Hsu thus cross-examinates women’s stereotype expression in the society.