參展作品《登陸》（On the Roof）
Photo Credit / CCI Fabrika
不論身而為誰，身而為人的事實讓所有做跨物種的研究者，皆有著一無法跨越的既定設定。這樣的條件在自然科學分類中，或許會成為一種侷限：當人類無法成為其他生命體，如何理解全然差異化下的另套語言、系統與組織？而作為當代藝術的命題，身為人則成為創作者首要面對的問題，身分的處理、調動與更換，隨著進入不同場域而變化。本次展覽「置換的風景」集結8組以人類、自然生態與環境為題發展的作品，在提醒「人類」身分的前提下，強調由雙眼望去所見「風景」的「置換」。這樣的置換意為物種變更後世界感知系統的模糊與擾亂，也強調著創作脈絡中藝術家的刻意性調控，人工式的替換技術如何重組產生反應，回應著透過差異距離、觀看維度、感知途徑，以跨物種為研究命題的創作方法。「風景」則作為環境生態的隱喻，反映身處其中的政治性觀點，如何具象化體現觀者之姿。隨著藝術家創作中的「置換」，風景應變而生，展覽「置換的風景」作為當代人類逃離／批判／重繪後現代景觀的路徑，呈現8組藝術家如何嘗試跨越並創作反映當前時代的景緻映象。而當代藝術的多樣性、開放性與自反性，恰恰成為產生變異觀點的最佳溫床。
Regardless of their identity, the fact that they are human makes all cross-species researchers have an established setting that they cannot “cross.” This limitation can pose challenges within the realm of natural sciences. When humans themselves are unable to transform into other entities, it raises questions about our ability to comprehend another set of entirely distinct languages, systems, and structures. As a core theme of contemporary art, being a human has become the first issue that the artists face—processing, transfer, and replacement of identity changes as they enter different fields. “Dis-placed Landscapes” brings together eight groups of works developed on the topics of human beings, natural ecology, and the environment. On the premise of reminding the identity of “human beings,” this exhibition aims to emphasize the “displacement” of the “landscape” seen from someone’s eyes. It can be said that you can observe anything from totally different perspectives. This replacement means blurring and disrupting the world’s perception system after species change and, on the other hand, stimulating the artist’s deliberate control in the creative context. How artificial replacement technology reconfigures to generate responses, responding through differences in distances, viewing dimensions, and perceptual pathways—as a creative approach for research topics involving cross-species studies. “Landscapes” serves as a metaphor for the “changing scenes” of environment and ecology, reflecting its political views and how it embodies the posture of the viewers. With the “displacement” and “interweaved” in artists’ creations, scenery emerges. “Dis-placed Landscapes” provides a path for contemporary humans to escape, critique, and even redraw the postmodern landscape. It showcases how eight groups of artists attempt to transcend and create landscapes that reflect the current era. The diversity, openness, and reflexivity of contemporary art have become the best “organic platform” for variant points of view.
