執行長的話

城市有氧
就該有粉樂氣色

時序漸進,屬於七月天的暑氣。

辣艷的夏日引發你我想要鑽進小店、走入樹蔭的想望,卸下了冬日的厚重,接受島嶼在烈陽下的溫蘊,假期的氣氛濃郁,地球表面的人飛行移動,在位置中探索著生命經驗,粉樂町飽和的粉紅介入了臺北城東!

幾乎已經是一種默契,臺北城東的夏日慶典就是「粉樂町」,藝術混和在東區的空間當中,臺北東區人潮流動、話題交接,臉書上一張張畫面分享,放假的學生、實習的社會新鮮人、基金會同仁,在展點中巡邏走逛像扶植作物的農人,我們最常感動的是,談了老半天的展點,終於接受了藝術的介入;敲了好久的藝術作品,長途跋涉抵達臺北現場。國際藝術創作者加臺灣工作團隊,有效精準地完成了作品,有人看了作品會心笑了,也有人說 :「啊,我從來不知道臺北其實這樣有趣!」為期兩個月的展期,除了說服店家犧牲收益釋出出空間之外,也要面對不按牌理出牌的天氣,為的就是經營這場觀者與藝術的相遇!

而這樣的熱情與心態,對於長年於基金會工作的同仁而言,有時候理想夢幻到近乎不可思議,但我總認為這才是最關鍵的態度:生命中有盼望、生活中有夢想,就像是每天在為日子進行有氧運動,我們相信努力能讓明天更好,也相信分享美好的事物總好過於批判與分化,和諧的真義並不是妥協,而是接納──接納不同的聲音、想法與態度,讓它們在節拍當中各自表現卻不忘共榮,粉樂町就是這樣的意識傳達,在看似各展所長的競技中展現集體創作的圓滿,我們可以說今年的粉樂町是30處分散的展點,但也可以說粉樂町其實是一件在城市中流動的巨型創作。身處於臺灣的我們,需要共榮的精神才能醞釀更為深刻的力量,無論企業在社會中受到如何的觀察與監督,在社會責任上還是謹記初衷──「就從分享開始」,這是藝術教育的啟蒙教材,在分享中理解共榮的加乘效能,還有尊重異己的文化素養,一段段遇見美好的時刻雖然無形卻深刻地影響我們,這才是藝術在生活當中的真正意涵!

很期待飽和粉紅色掛旗再次飄揚臺北街巷,像是活力循環的好氣色,籌備了大半年的展覽,第八個年頭粉墨登場,期待您走動指教,讓流動的人氣替代出鮮活,並遇見來自於藝術的分享與美好!並祝福每一個旅人、市民,因為「粉樂町」愛上臺北城!

富邦藝術基金會執行長

Very Fun Park
Brings Life to the City

With each passing season, the new season brings about new hope and cheer. Summer brings about the heat as well, but certainly with a good dose of gaiety and fun!

So while the heat and humidity of summer drives us to seek cool comfort, we open our arms wide to the radiating positivity of the summer season. Nowhere is this positivity more accentuated than in the colorful Very Fun Park, which once again in its 2013 edition, is set to saturate Taipei’s East District.

As if by tacit agreement, the Very Fun Park portends the summer mood in Taipei’s East District. Summer is the season when students revel in their holidays, and is the season when graduates embark on the first stage of their careers. It is also the season when holiday-makers converge in the heart of Taipei, and definitely the season when the Very Fun Park brings fascinating contemporary art to the masses.

Now into its eight edition, we are especially heartened by how the Very Fun Park has seeped into the consciousness of the local community. It is by no means an easy process, often requiring the exchanging of countless ideas before a concept comes to fruition. In the two and a half months that the Very Fun Park will be held, we hope the viewing public will take away the same enthrallment that we have. We hope as well, that this appeal from the arts, will inculcate and promote a lifestyle with the arts as a core.

The editions of the Very Fun Park owe it success to the passion and positive attitudes of the Fubon Art Foundation colleagues. Very often, what appears to be a mere dream is wondrously manifested into a finished product. The unison of all to broaden and realize the ideas stemming from a few, highlights the harmony necessary to achieve success. Harmony is an amalgamation of many supporting parts. Harmony also in essence, does not imply settling for compromises. Harmony is much more – it is an acceptance of different voices, ideas and attitudes, culminating in a final output that resonates with the pride of many.

The Very Fun Park may appear to some to be art works in competition with one another. That cannot be further from the truth. In actuality, the art works are like players in a symphonic orchestra, each bringing to the fore a talent to create harmonious music.

For the 2013 edition of the Very Fun Park, there are in total 30 different exhibition sites. In other words, it is an expansive art museum in the heart of the city. I trust that the theme “Harmony” will resound loudly through the city. The Very Fun Park will be a platform for all the parties involved - from the artists to the local businesses; from the curatorial team to the general public – to collectively embed the arts into the fabric of Taipei City.

The preparations for the Very Fun Park 2013 have taken more than six months. As we finally launch the 8th edition of the Very Fun Park, I expect the signature pink banners to inspire both joy and wonder. Let us all share in the harmonious mix of beauty and goodness the Very Fun Park brings about!

CEO, Fubon Art Foundation