「望你早歸」是挪用台灣40年代中期的重要歌曲，這首由楊三郎先生所譜曲，敘述二次大戰期間，台灣婦女每天盼望著去南洋打仗的丈夫生死未卜，只能每天望著天上的月亮，希望月亮能幫她對她丈夫的愛帶給她丈夫知道。而作為這檔展覽的名稱，是我自溺於台灣常見卻神秘低調的賽鴿文化，假想著如何肩負身為一隻賽鴿的使命，又甩不掉命運的主宰與操弄，這檔展覽也包含大量的手繪平面、拍立得以及攝影裝置。
以往，我迷戀著賽鴿歸巢的本能，同時又想像身處其境的遭遇並轉化為自身所處的環境及身份歸屬的探尋，簡單回家的舉動竟成了我最深的鄉愁。我寄情於賽鴿作為自我創作情感的投射，仍是出於一種重溫年少時對他的狂熱，試圖將滿溢的情緒與想望重塑於紙本的夾頁裡，苟延殘喘的生命狀態也在影印紙拼湊的海翔大景中顯露無疑，而身兼支配著主從關係的我再回頭看看，他們的樣貌與處境大概也成了自己的樣子。
The name of the exhibition "Longing for Your Return" is based on the important mid-40s Taiwanese song. This song composed by Mr. Yang San Lang, narrates the inner battle for Taiwan women during WWII, longing for the return of their husband, who have gone off to South Seas for war, not knowing whether they are alive or dead. They can only look up at the moon, hoping it will pass their love and thoughts to their husband. The reason why I chose this song as the name of the exhibition is because ever since I became indulged in the common yet mysterious and low-profile pigeon racing culture in Taiwan, I have always imagined myself as a pigeon. How to undertake such an important mission of reaching the end, while struggling for one’s life and taking on the manipulation of fate. In addition to photos, this exhibition also contains a large number of hand-painted media, Polaroid photographs and photographic devices.
In the past I was fascinated by the homing instincts of pigeons, simultaneously imagining myself in the same situation, transforming this into a search for my own environment and identity. Surprisingly, the simple act of "returning home" has become my deepest nostalgia. My passion for pigeons and source of inspiration for my work is deeply rooted to my desire to revisit this culture from my youth. Through my work, I try to reshape the overflowing emotions and expectations in the folds of the paper, while completely showing how pigeons survive the state of life through the sea view collage of photos. As the dominator and dominated, when I take a look back, the appearance and situation of these pigeons are strikingly similar to my own.
望你早歸，紅野畫廊，台北台灣，2016
照片、裝置、腳環、手繪
Longing for your Return, Powen Gallery, Taipei Taiwan
photo, installation, foot ring, hand-painting |
