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2010年2月底,姚瑞中提議讓台北藝術大學與師範大學美術系的一百多位同學以全台蚊子館踏查案進行學期作業。在過去五年間,他們彙整出四百多處「蚊子館」案例、編輯出版四本《海市蜃樓——台灣閒置公共設施抽樣踏查》,勾勒出台灣社會的荒謬現狀,體現出「錯誤的政策比貪污還可怕」之事實。

 

此事經媒體大幅報導,引起政府高層關注,並指示各單位要在一年內活化蚊子館,無法活化的則考慮拆除。這些學生們共同參與的藝術行動就如一顆投入池塘的小石子,激起不斷向外延伸的漣漪,擾動了一個表面寧靜的假面社會,讓人不得不直視現實,開展全民對此議題的問題意識。

 

 

At the end of February 2010, Yao Jui-Chung proposed that a hundred students from the fine arts departments of Taipei National University of the Arts and National Taiwan Normal University investigate idle buildings in Taiwan as an assignment for the semester. In the past five years, they have complied four hundreds cases of idle buildings, and produced four editions of “Lost Society Document,” which contours the absurd social reality in Taiwan, proving that “erroneous policies are worse than corruption.”

 

This event was covered by mass media and caught the government’s attention. The government then demanded relevant authorities to reinvigorate idle buildings in one year, or else tear them down. The students’ participation in this artistic movement is like a rock tossed in a pond, raising ripples that disturb the superficial peacefulness of society, and calling upon the people to face the reality of this issue.

1969年生於台灣台北。

 

1994年台北藝術大學美術系畢業。曾受邀參加威尼斯雙年展、橫濱三年展、布里斯班亞太三年展、台北雙年展聯動計劃、上海雙年展、紐約網路雙年展、北京攝影雙年展、首爾媒體城市雙年展、曼徹斯特亞洲藝術三年展、威尼斯建築雙年展...等國際大展,2013年獲首屆集群藝術獎。

 

曾擔任楊德昌電影「獨立時代」美術指導、非常廟藝文空間執行長等工作。其作品涉獵層面廣泛,主要探討人類歷史命運的荒謬處境。著有《台灣裝置藝術》、《台灣當代攝影新潮流》、《台灣廢墟迷走》、《台灣行為藝術狀況》、《流浪在前衛的國度》、《廢島》、《姚瑞中》、《人外人》、《幽暗微光》、《逛前衛》(合著)、《恨纏綿》、《萬歲山水》、《萬萬歲》、《小幻影》、《海市蜃樓Ⅰ&Ⅱ&Ⅲ》(編著)等書。作品廣受國內外單位及私人典藏。

 

 

YAO Jui-Chung was born in 1969 in Taipei.

 

Graduated from The Taipei National University of the Arts. he represented Taiwan at the Venice Biennale and took part in the International Triennale of Contemporary Art Yokohama, APT6, Taipei biennial, Shanghai biennial and Biennale Online. Win The Multitude Art Prize on 2013.

 

Used to be the Art director of Edward Yang's film and VT Artsalon's Director. The themes of his works are varied, but most importantly they examine the absurdity of the human condition. His essays have been published in many specialist publications. He has also published a book “Installation Art in Taiwan” ,” The New Wave of Contemporary Taiwan Photography”, ”Roam The Ruins of Taiwan” , “Performance Art in Taiwan”, ”Ruined Islands”, ”Yao Jui-chung”, ”Beyond Humanity”, "Nebulous light", "Biennial-Hop", "Mirage Ⅰ&Ⅱ&Ⅲ", "Some thing blue". His works have been collected by many museums and private collectors. 

海市蜃樓——台灣閒置公有設施攝影計畫

Mirage: Disused Public Property in Taiwan

姚瑞中 Yao jui chung 

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