Taitung Sound Art Festival 2023 – The Seismogenic Zone of Subduction 2023臺東聲音藝術節 — 隱沒的孕震帶 Dates: October 7 to November 5, 2021 展期: 2023年10月7日至11月5日 Venue: Tiehua Music Village 地點: 鐵花新聚落275倉庫 ( Installation view of Taitung Sound Art Festival 2023, Tiehua Music Village, 2023 )
The theme of the 4th Taitung Sound Art Festival is The Seismogenic Zone of Subduction. The inspiration came from the two powerful earthquakes in Guanshan Township, Taitung County and Yuli Township in Hualian County on September, 18th. Since the devastating foreshocks, a series of aftershocks had last for months until we started to wonder if they would be the new norms in our daily life. The Seismogenic Zone is the layer of the Earth’s crust, at the top of the asthenosphere, where most earthquakes originate. As much as humans try to wrap their heads around the idea of the fault line determined by the nature, it has been continuously moving underground mysteriously for centuries. In its mighty force lies our unlimited imagination. A passage in Underland, A Deep Time Journey, written by Robert MacFarlane, mentioned that the logical thinking theories perceived from above and under the surface of this planet are completely opposite and most of the time the dark impassable abyss is what we fear to explore. I guess when we’re deep down in there, we’re left with the deep time, which is more than spiritual meditation and instinctive wonder but also constructive measurement of the relationship between time and us via the tools of geology. If we view our earth as a life form. Then the multiple signs in the seismogenic zone perhaps are its messages to communicate with all the creatures dwelling on its surface. It might be easier to choose not to see or hear the messages yet our lives have relied solely on it. What has earth been trying to tell us? In the time of climate change and global warming, perhaps we should step out of our comfort zone and try to learn the vibration underneath our feet. The vibration transforms into sound wave to convey messages. Sound is a form of force, which endures time and stands side by side with the everchanging earth movement. Let’s adopt deep listening to understand the subtle, dim yet fundamental signs. In the depth of billions of years, let’s start over to learn about the relationships among humans, non-human and nature. And let’s take heed of the unknown languages spoken in rare frequency. At this sound art event, we’ve invited 11 artists from Taiwan, Netherland and Japan to showcase their distinctive creation. Their artworks are all unique and equipped with sound to help us contemplate the meanings behind the hidden and soft spoken messages. ( An excerpt from the museum website )
第四屆臺東聲音藝術節以「隱沒的孕震帶/The Seismogenic Zone of Subduction」為策展主題,起因於去年918玉里和關山的大地震,震驚了花東地區的居民,不僅造成巨大的破壞,而且餘震持續數月,讓地震成為我們的新日常。孕震帶指的是為未露出到地表、位於地表之下的斷層帶,斷層是自然所界定的邊界,不是人類所認知的地理界線,那是一條在地底持續移動的邊界,這股隱藏於地表之下的神秘力量,從亙古至今帶給人們無限的想像。羅伯特.麥克法倫Robert MacFarlane在《大地之下:時間無限深邃的地方》一書中提及,大地之下擁有與地表之上完全不同的思考邏輯,無法透視的幽闇地底,是現代社會中最為人避逃或懼怕的區域。在這裏我們會產生一種深度時間(deep time),那時間不只是在黑暗中冥想與神遊,而是以地質史的尺度來重新衡量時間與我們的關係。 ㅤ 如果我們視地球為一個生命體,在孕震帶中那些貌似看不見、聽不到的種種跡象,是萬物賴以維生的地球想要透過它,和寓居(dwelling)在地表上所有生物傳遞訊息,而這些訊息到底想要和我們說什麼?在氣候變遷以至於全球暖化加劇的今日,我們更應該要嘗試理解來自地底的震動,震動轉為震波透過聲音的形式傳遞訊息,聲音是一種在時間中持續行進著的「力量」,這「力量」將隨著大地無窮盡地變化和移動著,透過深度聆聽(deep listening)我們可以感知那些幽微而不可見的景象,在億萬年尺度的深度時間裡,重新認識人、非人與自然的關係,還有那些偶發未知的語言。本次展覽邀請來自台灣、荷蘭與日本共十一位藝術家,他們的作品透過各種不同的創作形式並輔以聲音為媒介,共同來探索那隱而未見、聽而不聞的訊息,開啟我們對隱晦而未知的世界的理解,並建構未來敘事的想像。( 節錄自臺東聲音藝術節網站 ) ㅤ