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

姚仲涵為近年來十分活躍的新媒體藝術家，擅長結合聲音創作與空間裝置，歷年展覽也經常結合現場演出；他最為人知的代表性作品，創意將日光燈管的閃爍明滅和啟動器衰變的聲響轉換為空間中詩性的感知元素，讓日常物件以一種「類有機體」的姿態，觸發觀者視覺與聽覺交互衝擊的身體感，同時啟動人們對於一些日常冷硬事物的重新想像。姚仲涵曾多次受邀至當代藝術館參與聯展或現場演出，但【時光現場­­】實為他在當代館首次舉辦的個展，且本次展出所有作品，都是呼應當代館展場空間和動線的全新製作。

姚仲涵對聲音藝術的詮釋，具現為展覽與演出並存的一種實踐模式。本次【時光現場­­】展覽也不例外，藝術家嘗試模糊展覽與演出的界線，除了讓整個空間裝置做為演出的主題，也試圖探索如何藉由「聲響」和聽覺的導引，帶領觀眾脫離現實的身體經驗，並從當下提問：聲響的下一步是什麼？或者更重要的是：身心感知被啟發、擴大之後，下一步渴求的會是什麼？

【時光現場­­】展，運用無形的噪音與節奏、具體的燈管和變動的光線等不同元素，營造了身心體驗的三個不同場域。首先與觀眾遇合的，是102展間的<動次動次>互動作品，此作可視為一種「光的樂器」裝置，觀眾透過自身對於光束的干擾，逆向地控制日光燈的明滅頻率和啟動器的聲響節奏，從而體會燈光、聲音與行為與此作的三角互動關係。接著是103展間的<時光>裝置，由90個環形日光燈管排列組成時、分、秒三個數值，藉由日光燈的物理特性所導致的數字顯示延遲，創造一種「所見不等於所知」的時間感知經驗。另外，利用廊道長條空間，結合環形日光燈管、雷射光束、和電子聲響等元素的裝置作品，名稱來自(Laser - Lamp - Audio Performance)的簡寫，也是其過去作品 (Laser - Lamp - Sound Performance)的延伸。於此，姚仲涵將聲響(Sound)擴充為廣義的聽覺接收系統(Audio)，有意引導觀眾更開放的思考聽覺的本質，並藉由日光燈與雷射的合奏和低限的語彙，討論準確與不準確的分界、數位訊號與類比訊號的對話與轉換等課題。

本展除了展出三件新作，在展覽期間9/20，將有姚仲涵及王福瑞在時光現場共同的演出。配合展覽同時播放的影片，包括第一代的演出，本展作品的創制及裝置過程、藝術家現身說法以及現場演出紀錄等。

※【時光現場­­-姚仲涵個展】影音紀錄 As an active new media artist in recent years, Yao Chung-Han integrated sound and space installation, as well as live performances. His significant work transforms flickering lights of fluorescent light tubes and sound of light starters into sensuous and poetic experience in space. Everyday objects triggered bodily senses of audiences with colliding visual and audio experiences. These everyday objects turned on re-imagination of cold everyday matters by posing itself as an“para-organism”. Yao Chung-Han was regularly invited to participate in group shows or live performances organized by MoCA Taipei. However, Light On-Site is his first solo exhibition in MoCA, exhibiting new works responding to the space and flow of exhibition gallery in MoCA.

Yao Chung-Han’s interpretation on sound art was realized as a co-exist practice of exhibition and performance. Light On-Site is not an exception either. The artist attempt to blur the lines between exhibition and performance, besides allowing space installation to become the core subject of performance, he also tries to explore ways to detach audiences from bodily experiences through the guidance of sound and sense of hearing. A question was raised. What is the next step of sound? Or more importantly, what is the next urge soon after the triggered expansion of mental and physical perception.

Light On-Site utilizes immaterial noise and rhythm, together with many other elements such as concrete light tubes and changing lights, creating three different scenes for mental and physical experiences. Audiences will first encounter Dong-Z Dong-Z in Room 102, an interactive work. This work could be considered as an installation of “musical instrument of light”. By interfering light beam, audiences reversely control the on and off rhythm of fluorescent light as well as rhythm created by sound of the light starters. Furthermore, audiences will then experience the interactive relations of light, sound and behavior. Followed by the installation Current Light, consisted of 90 circle fluorescent lamps arranged and reconstituted in three numeric of hour, minute and second. Through the delay of numeric appearance due to physical characters of fluorescent lights, it creates a kind of experience in time where the seen does not equal to the known. While LLAP, an installation uses elements such as circle fluorescent lamp, laser lights and electronic sound occupies the long corridor. LLAP is the short form for Laser - Lamp - Audio Performance, also a work expanded from Yao Chung-Han’s previous work LLSP (Laser - Lamp - Sound Performance). Yao Chung-Han expanded sound into audio, guiding audiences consciously into thinking about the essence of sound in an open way. He also attempts to generate discussion on issues such as distinctions between accuracy and inaccuracy, conversation and transformation between digital signals and analog signals through minimal language and ensemble of fluorescent light and laser light.

Besides three new works, Light On-Site will also feature a performance by Yao Chung-Han and Wang Fujui on 20th September. Videos will be shown in conjunction with the exhibition, including the first generation of LLAP performance, creating and working process of exhibited works, artist’s interview and documentation of live performances.

Light On-Site – Solo Exhibition by YAO Chung-Han Project Video