Between I / NINE DREAMS
Exhibition dates｜2023.10.26 – 2023.12.07
Exhibition venue｜Double Square Gallery D2,D3
Opening reception｜2023.10.28 (Sat.) 15:00

https://www.doublesquare.com.tw/en/exhibition/between-i-nine-dreams-hopscotch

Double Square Gallery is delighted to present Shyu RueyShiann’s solo exhibition Between I / Nine Dreams – Hopscotch, which will open on October 28 and run through December 7, 2023. The exhibition is the artist’s second collaboration with Double Square Gallery since the 2022 Taipei Dangdai, and features two large-scale kinetic installations that the artist has thought about and developed for more than a decade. Using media of kinetic art to create the basic structure of visual impression, the artist incorporates graphic drawing, music, and sound to infuse a sense of humanity and life memory into cold, rigid mechanical elements. Through precisely combined components and the rhythm of cyclic movement, the texture and line of the mechanical installations form a deep exploration of unlimited possibility of kinetic art, transforming the visual aesthetics of industrial elements and conveying the unique language of life experienced by the artist.

The installation, Between I, featured in this exhibition was conceived during a residence in New York in 2006, and uses “trash can,” a common item in every household, as the visual center. Shyu’s work has been profoundly influenced by French artist Marcel Duchamp’s conceptual art, in which everyday objects are appropriated and given new meaning as a way to reexamine the framework of perceiving everyday life and art. On the other hand, the work is also inspired by the artist’s personal memory of his family, in particular, his feelings towards his mother being a scavenger. Consequently, discarded objects and household items salvaged from the streets have become a key medium in his practice. This time, Shyu specially invites more than a dozen of musicians from the Taipei Symphony Orchestra to record their live performance of classical music, which is embedded into the trash can to provide a feeling of spiritual comfort, developing a space for dialogues between two highly contrasting elements – “classical music” and “trash can.” By stepping on a peddle to activate the musical installation, the music and rhythm can be altered based the audience’s interaction with the work. Thus, the work not only escapes a standard, limiting framework, but also carries the thinking about social structure and environmental consciousness. Combining the kinetic installation with sound, music, and multimedia interaction, the artist is able to offer a fresh sensory experience through the work.

Another work, Nine Dreams – Hopscotch, has been developed since 2005. Having drawn nearly one thousand sketches to experiment the idea of this work, Shyu uses a child game known throughout the world – “hopscotch,” to create the visual imagery, making the familiar childhood memory a narrative entry point and extending it to taking a challenge on an unknown world and the spirit of taking adventures. Through the images of “nine dreams,” the artist places the dreams in the box, and looks for the central spirit of the work, enveloping different narrative details with structural layers, while utilizing simple and common memory language to carry and convey artistic meanings. The operation of the kinetic installation reveals his thinking about the working of life, and at the same time, expresses his reverence for nature, the environment, the universe, and dream that permeates the inner structure of the entire work, transcending limits and scale of the self while tracing back to self-challenges and respect for all beings.

Creative and Production Team
Hsu Studio
Kinetic Art Creation：Ruey-Shiann Shyu
Sound Recording Coordination：Ge-Wei Lin
Recording, Mixing & Production：Shao-Ting Sun、Tt.
Recording Assistant：Kai-Xin Chen
Audio & Program Control Engineer： Wei-Yu Lai
Sound Engineering：HeiMi Creative Studio--Anastasia Hsiao、Jessica Chiu、Barrett Lin
Automatic Control Engineer： Chao-Yu Lin

Performing Musicians
Conductor：Hsiang-Yu Liu
Flute：Li-Fang Chen、Wen-Hsin Weng、
Oboe：Tsai-Chun Wu、Chia-Chin Chen
Clarinet：Yueh-Hsiu Lo、Yin-Ling Liu
Bassoon：Chia-Chi Kuo、An-Chih Hsu
Trumpet：Tsai-yen Lu、Po-Han Chen
French Horn：Xiang-Jun Chang、Yung-Chi Yang
Violin 1：Chih-Yu Lan、Peng Tai、YA-SSU YANG、Jen-Hou Wu
Violin2：Wen-Ling Chang、 Bing-Rong Wu、 Yu-Cheng Chiang、Hsiang-Yun Liu
Viola：Chia-An Huang、Wen-hsuan Huang、Ting-Wan Lin、Yi-Ting Chu
Cello：Ming-Chun Lee、Chi-Yun Chou、Ping-Sheng Lin
Double Bass：Chin-Wen Tan

 之間I／九個夢

展覽日期｜2023.10.26 – 2023.12.07
展覽地點｜双方藝廊D2, D3

双方藝廊將於2023年10月28日至12月7日推出藝術家徐瑞憲個展「之間I／九個夢－跳格子」，本展覽為藝術家於2022年台北當代藝術博覽會後再度與双方藝廊合作，將同時發表兩件歷經十餘年以上時間構思創作的大型機械動力裝置作品。徐瑞憲以機械動力媒材作為視覺印象的基本結構，融合繪圖、音樂及聲響，將人性和生活的記憶注入冰冷剛硬的元素之中，在精密的零件組合與循環運動的節奏裡，通過機械裝置的肌理和線條，深入探索機械動力藝術的無限可能，轉化工業元素的視覺美學並傳遞藝術家所經驗的獨特生命語彙。

本次展出的裝置作品〈之間I〉構思始於2006年駐村紐約期間，以家喻戶曉的必備品「垃圾桶」作為視覺核心，一方面徐瑞憲的創作深受法國藝術家杜象的觀念藝術影響，挪用生活物件概念，透過賦予現成物意義，重新審視日常與藝術的認知框架 ; 另一方面是源起於藝術家個人家族記憶，特別是對母親作為一個資源回收者的情感投射，街頭巷尾的廢棄物件和撿拾回來的日常用品時常成為他作品中的關鍵媒材。徐瑞憲此次特別邀請台北市立交響樂團附設團數十位演奏家進行現場演奏錄音，將給予人精神寄託的古典音樂嵌入屬於日常物件的垃圾桶中，結合極具對比性的兩種元素「古典樂」與「垃圾桶」發展對話空間，藉由垃圾桶踏板啟動音樂裝置，旋律節奏隨著與觀者的互動產生變化，不僅跳脫制式框架，更蘊含著對社會結構與環境意識的思考，透過機械動力與聲響、音樂、多媒體互動的結合，賦予全新的感官經驗。

另一件作品〈九個夢－跳格子〉則為徐瑞憲自2005發展創作至今，近千張的草圖與構想試驗，以全世界通行的童年遊戲「跳格子」做為視覺傳達意象，將熟悉的童年記憶作為故事切入點，延伸至對未知世界的挑戰與冒險精神。透過「九個夢」的記憶形象，將夢想放進盒子內，尋找作品內在的精神軸心，以層層結構包覆不同敘事細節，並藉由簡單而普遍的記憶語言作為藝術內涵的載體，利用機械動力的傳動解釋生命運行的思維，也表達對自然、環境、宇宙和夢想的敬畏，貫穿整件作品的內在結構，在跨越自我極限與格局的同時，也回溯著自我挑戰與對萬物的尊重。

創作/製作/演出團隊名單
徐氏工作室
機械動力藝術創作：徐瑞憲
聲音錄制統籌：林格維
錄音混音製作：孫紹庭、卓綺柔
錄音助理：陳凱馨
音響暨程序控制工程師：賴韋佑
音響工程：黑米創意工作室--蕭堯 、邱家馨 、林省吾
自動控制工程：林昭宇

演奏團隊
指揮：劉翔宇
長笛：陳立芳、翁文訢
雙簧管：吳采錞、陳珈妗
單簧管：羅月秀、劉映伶
低音管：郭䕒棋、許安志
小號：呂采燕、陳柏翰
法國號：張翔鈞、楊詠淇
小提琴1 ：藍之妤、彭泰、楊雅絲、吳鎮豪
小提琴2 ：張文齡、吳秉榮 、江育誠 、劉湘筠
中提琴：黃加安、黃玟瑄、林庭琬、朱儀庭
大提琴：李明純、周季芸、林秉陞
低音提琴：譚今雯