台北當代藝術館 官方網站 Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei

二十世紀六○年代開始出現的「新媒體藝術」，呼應了觀念藝術的需要，並受到早期達達主義的影響，七○年代後，隨著科工技術的發展，原本偏重前衞與實驗性格的新媒體藝術，逐漸結合運用聲、光、影像與機械動力等各種元素，將科技的發明轉化為藝術表現的融入，八○年代後，藝術從現代主義純粹美學的鑽探回歸到當代社會文化的關照與呼應，而新媒體藝術的發展，也隨之進入了藝術/科技/人文形成鐵三角關係的新時代。 “New Media Art” began during the 1960s as a response to the artistic demands of Conceptual Art, and was further influenced by early period Dadaism. With advances in scientific and industrial technologies from the 1970s, the avant-garde, experimental nature of New Media Art led it to gradually incorporate various elements including sound, light, video, and mechanical power, transforming technological invention into artistic intervention. From the 1980s, art returned from the pure aesthetic exploration characteristic of modernism to an approach more focused on observing and echoing contemporary society and culture. New Media Art also responded to these developments and entered into a new era of a triangular relationship between art, technology and culture. 【因腦維新族】作為二十一世紀的新媒體藝術展，希望透過來自美國、英國、日本、香港、台灣等地藝術家的作品集結和對話，將台北當代藝術館展場空間轉化為超越視覺感官的多重體驗行程，本次展出的9組18件作品，從某方面說，是結合了科技、設計與創意理念的機動藝術類型，但這些作品也衍生了許多觀看與閱讀和詮釋的角度，例如由互動影像創作看宅男文化現象，或透過冷硬機械裝置呈現軟性環保訴求等，或植根於生活/環境/物件/現象來發展藝術與社會生活、當代文化的對話；或以風力結合動畫原理與巨型紙雕造型；或透過互動化的微型電子物件反映當代媒體現象等等。「因腦維新族」像煉金術士般，從生活出發而共同成就了一場華麗冒險的旅程。 The Innovationists, as a New Media Art exhibition in the 21st century, attempts to transform the space of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei into a multi-faceted experiential journey transcending mere sight through the dialogues and artworks created by artists from United States, Britain, Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan. This exhibition brings together 18 pieces created by 9 different units. All are in some sense pieces of mechanical art which unite concepts of technology, design and creativity. However, these pieces also lend themselves to multiple observations, readings and interpretations: interactive wearable device casts light on the culture of Otaku/ Geeks/ Computer nerds; gentle appeals for environmental concerns and protection from a series of cold kinetic installations; creative works and ideas inspired from our daily lives/phenomena/ objects/ environment, which created the dialogue among art, social lives and contemporary culture; kinetic sculptures which applied wind power and connected with the principles of animation; huge paper sculptures which consisted of the concept of archeology; or through small interactive objects to reflect contemporary media phenomena, and so on. The Innovationists, like alchemists, inspired from daily lives and surroundings, together to create a spectacular journey for all of us. 新媒體藝術家作為前瞻的社會觀察者，以及叛逆的藝術創作者，或借道科技和科學來挑戰人們固有的概念和價值觀，或以此重新檢視藝術在生活中的新位置、藝術與人之間不斷演變的新關係，這些正是【因腦維新族】展希望激發觀者去理解、探討與思考的。 New Media Artists are the forward-looking observers of our society, as well as artistic rebels. They apply technology and science to challenge existing concepts and values which intrinsic to humanity. Thus, they re-examine the new position art holds within human life, and the ever-changing relationship between people and art; these are what the Innovationists attempts to inspire audience to understand, investigate and explore.