失念,與物的牽動狀態(Forgetfulness and objects of affiliations)
沈莘近來的實踐以影像作品為主,探索著藝術家在社會中所
Foregrounded by moving image work, Shen’s practice concerns the social position of the artist, and engages recently with re-instrumentalising technique, judgment, power and ethic. She has taken interests in subjects such as the othering of ethnic minorities in aesthetics and economy, the functionality of cinematic space concerning empathy, and the productivity of didacticism in new technology. This talk will focus on reflexiveness of global mobility, and engage with the practice of individuals from various backgrounds in the time of crisis, whether it is political or spiritual crisis. It will discuss languages of active inclusiveness, hyperawareness and other expressions of rendering subjects relevant, unrepresentable and indigestible. As Bell Hooks points out, it is a challenge to separate the desire to dismantle the unjust systems of domination from any field of practice including contemporary art, from the desire to construct more diverse hierarchies of domination. It is important for Shen that her practice and works could be presented as tools, and are made due to necessity and need of interconnectivity, and could potentially become systems that host and sustain vulnerabilities of communication and identification.
沈莘與May Heek為2017年策展人培力計畫於台北當代藝術館展