26.3.10
16.3.10
13.3.10
Nord Art, Büdelsdorf, Germany
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大概是傍晚七點多,下班回家的地鐵裡,車廂很擠。
或許是宗教信仰的關係,或許只是緊張,他不停的寫著類似’21h’的文字。
但我確定不是。
我相信不是。
她是個右撇子。
她寫的很快,那21h似乎是一個字。
我數不清楚到底寫了幾個。
一行大約有二十五個,一頁大約有二十行。
我遇到她的時候,某一頁正寫到開頭的部份,並不知道是不是第一頁,又或許已經是好幾頁之後了。
隔壁的女生跟朋友不停用眼神示意。
她看起來很緊張,眉頭深鎖。
右手還是快速著寫著,有時候按照著筆記本的行列橫著寫;又有時候跳著先寫了每一行的第一個字。
寫到累的時候,還停了下來,伸展了一下指頭。
她寫的非常快。
我一直相信相由心生,想必她是個很緊張的人。
車廂裡的人們都看著她,竊竊私語的討論著。
他有時候抬起頭來看了一下周遭的人,用著很謹慎的表情。
但很快的又回到筆記本繼續寫。
頁面的右上角寫著24 Dec,並不是今天。
在寫完第二頁後,她結束了,把筆記本收到包包裡。
她跟我同一站下車。
並不高,或許160cm左右吧,穿著略顯大雙的靴子,走路的時候發出很大聲的聲響,像是很大力的踏著腳一般。
外面下著大雨,她似乎並沒有帶雨傘,至少在跟我分開前並沒有拿出來。
想必她是個吃完飯後會洗碗盤的人吧。
一個後背的大背包,黑色的,左手提著一個黑色皮包,跟一個廉價成衣的紙袋。
但裡面的東西並不像剛採購的戰利品。
或許是在禱告吧我想。
我相信是在禱告。
9.3.10
Artful Scriptorium, Climate Gallery, New York
4.3.10
Tube
大約是六點到七點之間
3.3.10
Reasons to Travel in Hermes Dental Clinic
‘It’s not about travelling, it’s about finding the place we identify as home’.
‘Reasons to Travel’, as the title suggests, uses the answers people give to explain why they travel and the photos taken in foreign places to explore the meaning of, and the relationship between, travel and home. The project was inspired by the travel experience of the artist herself. As a Taiwanese living in London, Cheng has visited many countries in her life, for work as well as tourism. She became interested in the reasons why people travel and in the relationship between people and places.
How does the environment change our mindset, and how do we become transformed by a place where we do not belong while we are travelling? What is the difference between travelling to a completely new place, and travelling back home – to Taiwan or London, say? The photographs, taken by Cheng while visiting different countries, can be seen as an experiment of existing ‘in the state of travelling’. The text, consisting of quotations from the artist’s friends and drawing on her own ideas, cites multiple reasons for why people travel. Travelling becomes here a process of finding out where the place we identify as our home is, and of figuring out how we identify ourselves on and via our travels.
Reasons to Travel is exhibited in Hermes Dental Clinic, London from 3 March - 14 April 2010
If any one is interested, please come to the clinic and take a look!
The book can be bought on http://www.blurb.com/my/book/detail/1201396 at the price of £8.95 for paper back, £18.95 for hardback