展覽作品

展點編號

藝術家
許哲瑜
Sheu Jer Yu
作品
  • Floating # 2
  • Floating # 6
媒材
攝影
photography
展點
上島珈琲店
UESHIMA COFFEE LOUNGE
展點地址
敦化南路一段199號
No.199, Sec.1, Dunhua S. Rd.
開放時間
週一至週六 7:00-23:00
週日、例假日 8:00-23:00

簡介

「今日的螢幕以各類的型式佔據在不同的生活場景中,它不只是視訊與娛樂的載體,也取代了昔日客廳裡如火爐,或古老教堂中的彩繪玻璃等場景中的角色。」

藝術家許哲瑜想像自己透過每個螢幕去觀察不同場景中的物件與空間,讓屬於外在世界的意識流瀉而進,就像陽光破窗而入照亮幾乎全暗的室內一樣。

抽離每個螢幕內原有的影像,成為藝術家與外界隔離的手段;當螢幕還原到最原始的「白光」的時候,被照亮的場所及物件,反轉呼應了螢幕在這空間中存在的意義。我們早已習慣讓螢幕中流轉的畫面充斥於每天的生活,即使身處孤單、安靜的空間中,螢幕內的抽象空間佔據了我們的意識,也取代了我們對「現實」的認知。

上島咖啡店守護著日漸被遺忘的日本咖啡文化,懷舊又溫暖的氛圍營造出專屬於大人的咖啡店。在繁忙的日常生活中,上島珈琲店想要讓真正懂得品味的咖啡人,在舒適自在的空間裡盡情放鬆身心,享受咖啡帶來的豐富時光。

“These days, television screens occupy many settings in various forms. They not only serve as the source for video and entertainment, but have also replaced the traditional roles of the fireplace in the living room, or the stained glass windows in the grand cathedrals of bygone days.”

Sheu Jer-Yu imagines himself observing objects and spaces through a TV screen, the consciousness of the external world streaming into his line of sight like the sun’s rays through a window, lighting up an obscure interior.

The artist isolates himself from the world by blanking out the TV screen in every single piece. When the screen displays the most primitive “white light,” the areas lit by the screen echo its significance in the setting. We are so used to allowing our lives to be filled with shifting images on the TV screen; even as we sit in a lonely and quiet place, we yield control of our consciousness to the abstract space on the screen, which in turn replaces reality.

Ueshima Coffee Lounge strives to preserve a languishing Japanese coffee culture. Nostalgia and warmth fill the ambience of a coffee house that caters solely to adults. In the hustle and bustle of everyday life, Ueshima Coffee Lounge provides connoisseurs a cozy setting in which they can relax, sip their coffee, and enjoy life.