Dwelling Place?
2008 Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition Exhibition
Date:Nov.08~Dec.28 Official
Opening: 15:00, Sat, November 08, 2008
Venue：Hong-Gah Museum (11F, No. 166, Daye Rd., Beitou Dist., Taipei City, 11268 Taiwan)
Curators: Sean C.S. Hu and Chen Yung-Hsien
Supervisor: Council for Cultural Affairs Presenters: Chew's Culture Foundation Stans Foundation National Culture and Arts Foundation Mr.Raymond Soong
Organizer: Hong-Gah Museum
Supporters: Department of Cultural Affairs Taipei City Government AU Optronics BenQ
Special thanks to: The NCAF Techno Art Creation Project
Media Partners: Public Television Service、Artist Magazine、Artco Group、Cans
居無定所？
2008 台灣國際錄像藝術展
展覽名稱：「居無定所」―2008台灣國際錄像藝術展
展覽日期：2008/11/08~12/28
開幕茶會：2008/11/08(六)下午3:00~5:00
展覽地點：鳳甲美術館 (11268台北市北投區大業路166號11樓)
策展人：胡朝聖、陳永賢
指導贊助單位：行政院文化建設委員會
主辦單位：邱再興文教基金會、智榮基金會、國家文化藝術基金會、宋恭源先生(個人)
執行單位：鳳甲美術館
贊助單位：台北市政府文化局、友達光電、明碁電通
感謝器材提供：國家文化藝術基金會科技藝術專案
媒體合作：公共電視、藝術家雜誌、典藏今藝術、當代藝術新聞
Origin and Development
Development of video art comes from life and technology, the two sides of a whole; creative works as early as the 1960's already attempted to crossover from television media into the experimental, continuously developing interconnected notions of body, concept, recording, film, computer, interactivity, installation etc, making it possible for video art to emerge and grow gradually amidst the many different art genres.
At the same time, the technology of video art continues to break new ground, and the continuous innovation of humanist concepts, let it gradually take on an important role in the history of art. From the development milestone of video art, ideas of critical influence can be explored, whereby the types of work and forms of creative expressions such as: influence of television broadcast media, live and recorded video documentary, body behavior in the video, textual spirit and conceptual video, feedback video and technical experiments, image transformations of film and video, integration of multi-media visual effects, projection of objects and video installations etc.
Taiwan, known as the island of technology, already has vast development potential. Exhibition practices or artists' creations here are all gradually gearing towards international standards. Looking ahead to the future, after evaluating the present situation with regards to international response to moving image arts in Taiwan, there are presently the "Taiwan International Documentary Festival" organized by the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, "Taiwan International Animation Festival" organized by the Chinese Taipei Film Archive, with the macro perspectives of these exhibitions continuing to gain reputation in the international art scene.Regarding the development of images, currently Taiwan's video artists are a constant voice and have achieved important recognition in the international arena. However, excluding some video art exhibitions which have been listed as part of some local art exhibitions, no form of special exhibition on video art has been shown. Therefore, the Chiu Tsai-Hsing Culture and Education Foundation is organizing the "2008 Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition" (Biennial) for the first time this year, to create a win-win situation by setting the standard of strong and stable support to moving image arts, as well as to promote the arts and its international image.
創辦源起
錄像藝術（Video Art）的發展是生活與科技的一體兩面，早期從1960年代的創作，從跨越電視媒材到實驗性質之嘗試，不斷開發出與身體、觀念、紀錄、電影、電腦、互動、裝置等相互結合的概念，讓它從多元藝術流派中冒出新芽而逐漸茁壯。
同時，錄像藝術在科技不斷創新、人文觀念不斷革新的環境中，使它在藝術史的座標中逐漸佔據重要地位。從錄像藝術的發展歷程，可以窺探其具有關鍵影響的觀念，而作品類型與表現形式的創作實踐如：電視傳媒的擴充與影響、實況紀錄與紀實錄像、錄像中的身體行為、觀文本精神與觀念錄像、反饋錄像與技術實驗、電影與錄像的影像轉化、結合多媒體的視覺效果、物件投影與錄像裝置等不同風格。
在號稱所謂科技島的台灣，已經深具雄厚的發展潛力，無論是展覽實務或藝術家創作等面向均逐漸達到國際水準。放眼展望未來，針對國際性的動態影音藝術，依照現況評估，目前已經有國立台灣美術館主辦舉辦「國際紀錄片雙年展」、電影資料館主辦「國際動畫影展」，此宏觀視野的展覽性質亦逐次在國際藝壇享有口碑。
對於影像的發展而言，目前台灣的錄像藝術家不斷在國際上發聲並獲得高度重視，然而，本地除了部分的藝術展覽曾羅列錄像藝術參展，尚未有專題展形式。因此，由財團法人邱再興文教基金會首創主辦「台灣國際錄像藝術展」（雙年展），則能達到動態影音藝術三強鼎立之標竿，並創造文藝推廣與國際形象等雙贏局面。
Exhibition Purpose
Video art presentations can be viewed not only at international Art Biennials, but also at important domestic and foreign important exhibitions. However, among exhibitions based on the theme of video art, only the UK exhibition "onedotzero" is more renowned internationally, while Taiwan has organized the unprecedented "Randomize Taipei: International Art Exhibition 2003", followed by the "Weather in My Brain: Sound Visual Art Exhibition." At this opportune moment, regularly held annual special exhibitions would help enhance the competitiveness of digital audio-visual arts, and attract more international attention to Taiwan itself.
Why organize "2008 Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition"? In addition the analysis above, the exhibition's practical implications also include:
1. Encourage local digital video creation and art criticism.
By viewing excellent works from home and abroad, confidence in local creativity and quality can be directly encouraged. At the same time, through the mechanisms of special exhibitions, expert guides, forums and other activities, art critics and culture commentators may be invited participate in the discussion, thus establishing Taiwan's video art criticism and database systems, as well as build up a more open platform for information.
2. Promote Taiwan's video art creation and research.
An international video art exhibition hosted locally in Taiwan will help garner attention from across the academia, arts, media, and cultural industries. In addition, this exhibition will also directly advance the international perspective of the artists and act as a platform for art critics to observe art ecology, balance the two-way exchange between both fields of creation and research, specifically to raise the international standards of digital audio and video.
3. Promote Taiwan's international exchanges and cooperation in video art. Aside from enhancing the visibility of local creators, as well as inviting internationally renowned artists to come and participate in the exhibition, by gathering together excellent artists from home and abroad, simultaneously presenting them alongside the works of masters, the exhibition has significance of the times. It is worth mentioning that the period of this exhibition will coincide with the Taipei Biennial, and is well-timed with Biennials in various Asian countries, to extend the visitors base of domestic and foreign art lovers from the "Taipei Biennial" to the "Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition ", from the Taipei Fine Arts Museum to the Hong Gah Museum, to promote Taiwan's international development.
展覽宗旨
無論在國際雙年展或國內外重要展覽上，均可看見錄像藝術的呈現。但是以錄像藝術為主題的展覽，國際上以英國onedotzero[1]較為知名，而國內曾經舉辦「夜視台北：國際錄像藝術節」[2]為先例，之後有「腦天氣：影音藝術祭」[3]的推出。在此時機，年度定期性的專題展將有助於提升數位影音藝術的競爭力，以及吸引更多的國際目光於台灣本地。為什麼要舉辦「台灣國際錄像藝術展」？除了上述的分析，其實務與意涵尚包括：
（一）鼓勵本土數位影像創作與藝術評論
藉由國內外的優秀作品觀摩，可以直接鼓勵本地創作的信心與創作品質。同時藉由專題展覽機制、專家導覽、論壇等活動，可邀請藝評家、文化評論者參與討論，以此建立台灣的錄像藝術批評和資料庫系統，以及更開闊的資訊平台。
（二）促進台灣錄像藝術的創作與研究
以台灣本土發聲的國際性錄像藝術展覽，將有助於跨越學界、藝術界、新聞媒體，以及相關文化產業的注目。此外，此展同時也將直接促進創作者的國際視野，並拉近藝術評論者觀察藝術生態的平台，兼顧創作與研究領域的雙向交流，具體地擴展數位影音的國際性水準。
（三）增進台灣與國際錄像藝術的交流合作
除了提升本地創作者的能見度，同時也將邀請國際知名藝術家前來參展，藉由國內外優秀的作者共聚一堂，與大師作品同時展覽呈現，更具時代意義。值得一提的是，此展的展期將結合台北雙年展、亞洲各國雙年展的絕佳時機，延伸國內外藝術愛好者的參觀據點，由台北雙年展延伸至「台灣國際錄像藝術展」，由台北市立美術館延伸至鳳甲美術館，增進台灣與國際之間的接軌。
[1]參閱：http://www.onedotzero.com/home.php
[2] 由陳永賢、胡朝聖、呂佩怡策展，參閱：http://etat.com/random-ize/
[3]參閱：http://www.realma.com/event/weatherinbrain/index.htm
