幽浮一族-2018 MoCA國際錄像藝術節」為台北當代藝術館戶外電視牆2018年「當代影像聚場」的第一檔展覽,由法國策展人黑莉葛奈策劃,精選法國OVNi尼斯錄像藝術節邀展作品中最受歡迎的七件作品。
OVNi at 2018 MoCA International Video Art Festival is MoCA Video’s first program in 2018. Co-organized with OVNi – Objectif Video Nice and curated by Haily Grenet from France, the exhibition featured seven videos that have been widely acclaimed by the OVNi festival’s audience.
「Ovni」, 為法文「不明飛行物體」(objet volant non identifié)的簡寫,即人們所熟知的「幽浮」,泛指閃過天空的一抹奇光或謎樣漂浮體,是科學家也無法解釋的超自然現象。「幽浮一族」匯聚了來自法國、義大利、巴西、南非、韓國共7組藝術家,關注主題皆在於對身體、行為及手勢的研究探索;作品中以跳脫常規的行為表演或角色設定,藉由社群介入、符碼挪移、古今交疊等手法,探索二元對立之間的模糊地帶,從各式奇想中開發出特殊美感,同時也反映了日益多元發展的現代社會,必然經歷的融合或衝突過程。
The French term Ovni , the abbreviation for objet volant non identifié (Unidentified flying object), is generally defined as a perceived object in the sky, not identifiable by standard criteria. Ovni at 2018 MoCA International Video Art Festival gathered 8 artists from France, Italy, Brazil, South-Africa and Korea. Each of the selected artists focuses in their research on bodies, comportments and gestures; the videos are often characterized by the sumptuosity of their sets or their choreographies. It offering a peek into singular stories and artistic realm of Video Art, whether it is by creating performative actions, playing with a dialogue between sound and image or appropriating popular movie-imaginaries. In this program, the video medium allows the converging of various artistic practices, it also provides an artistic responses to our modern society where unceasingly experiencing cultural conflict and fusion.
合作策展單位 Co-orgnizer
OVNi藝術協會誕生於法國尼斯。每逢11月,OVNi便會在尼斯城裡舉辦錄像藝術節,推出許多有趣的合作企劃,串聯國際知名的美術館、藝術學校、藝術祭、畫廊等等;從紐約到首爾,至今已展示許多來自世界各地的藝術家作品。OVNi是尼斯當地的當代藝術平台,並將藝術家、策展人、藝評家、收藏家、畫廊主、學生等匯聚在一起。OVNi藝術節的參展作品常被安排在風格各異的場所展出,包括在飯店房間、藝文空間、設計或建築畫廊、音樂文學廳院等。從藝術素人到藝文愛好者,OVNi期待讓更多人認識或再訪尼斯這座有著獨特魅力的藝文之都。
Every November, the collaborative project OVNi is structured as a game of invitations, hosting programs and shows from prestigious international institutions, art schools, festivals and galleries. Exhibiting artists’ works from New York to Seoul, to Tasmania... OVNi brings together artists, curators, critics, collectors, gallerists, students in the city of Nice. The presented works are hosted in unique places of the city such as hotel rooms, art-spaces, design and architecture galleries, music and literature’s venues. From neophytes to initiated art lovers, the festival enjoins the public to discover or revisit Nice’s singular cultural scene.