織物者的指尖是一項奇蹟。
看著線絲逐漸連結成為一件有重量的編織物，那個過程總令我感到暈眩。
我無能分辨毛線究竟是被吞食了進去還是被吐了出來。
明明是一件增增減減後不多也不少的行為，但成品的面積無疑逐漸擴大。
小川洋子，堀江敏幸《接著，只要再貼上一枚郵票》
一本之境：藝術家的遺書
是某種對生命意義進行探問的視覺實踐構想。生死相依，通過「書」的概念與形式，展開死生遭遇的三重性，開端﹑回憶﹑希望與命定的思索，是這些構想與實踐，形構了一本本的「在世遺留之書」。
一本之境：藝術家的遺書
前情提要「你的不需要正是我的需要」
此次菲比以「你的不需要正是我的需要」創作系列參展，該系列始於2021年，菲比於台北當代藝術館藝術商店策畫之微型展「On The Other Hand」，當時，菲比試著用這個展覽去鬆動你我習以為常的慣行思維。為此，菲比邀請參展的藝術家在創作材質、思惟上均來自人類日常，以幾乎沒有智識 / 制式 的入門門檻，邀請每位來訪者從觀點產生深層質變，並且問問自己「我們不以為的以為是不是可以有另一種以為」呢？
2021年，菲比作為策展人，也期許能以更深的實踐來鬆動慣行──策展人問問題，藝術家用作品答題。因此便開啟了「你的不需要正是我的需要」創作計劃，並同時以藝術家身份參與該展。有一種需要叫做「你的不需要正是我的需要」，On the other hand 亦即「我的不需要有可能正是你的需要」。我眼中的理所當然，在你讀來或許是另一則敘事。
在創作〈是馬賽克還是馬爾他〉之後，我開始著迷於規律地增線與減線，依著圓心定量地增增減減，讓作品在手心穩定長成她最終的模樣。在生命裡經常性地無常中找到恆常地不變，而這正是我所期盼的。
A weaver's fingertips are a miracle.
Watching threads gradually connect to become a knitted object with weight, that process always makes me dizzy. I am unable to discern whether the yarn is being swallowed in or spat out. It is clearly an act of neither more nor less after increases and decreases, yet the surface area of the finished product undoubtedly expands little by little."
—Yoko Ogawa, Toshiyuki Horie, Then, Just Add One More Stamp
Instead of announcing all participants at once, the exhibition reveals the works on a week-by-week basis via Cornerstone Gallery, inviting the audience to trace back and discover the artists through their creations.
What You don't Need is Exactly What I need
"For this exhibition, Phebea presents the series "What You don't Need is Exactly What I need," started in 2021 with Phebea's exhibition "On The Other Hand" at the Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei. Phebea aimed to challenge conventional thinking by inviting the use of everyday human experiences in their work, creating a low barrier for entry. Visitors were encouraged to experience a shift in perspective and reflect on the question, "Can we think differently about what we overlook?"
In 2021, as a curator, Phebea aspired to challenge conventional norms through deeper practice, where the curator poses the questions, and the artists respond through their work. This gave rise to the creative project 'Your Unwanted is My Wanted,' in which she also participated as an artist. The concept suggests that one person's 'unwanted' might be exactly what another 'needs.' On the other hand, it implies that what I discard could be precisely what you seek. What I take for granted as a given may, through your eyes, unfold as an entirely different narrative.
After creating "Mosaic or Malta", I became fascinated with the rhythmic addition and subtraction of lines. By expanding and contracting at a constant rate around the center, I watch the piece steadily grow within my palms into its final form.
To find an eternal constancy amidst the frequent impermanence of life—that is exactly what I yearn for.
展覽資訊
一本之境｜藝術家的遺書
即日起至２０２６年２月１４日
樸石藝術｜週四～週六 １３：００-１８：００
台中市西區五權西六街８２巷８號
