Yao, Jui- Chung
Interview 1: Yao, Jui-chung
http://www.yaojuichung.com/
21th. March. 2010.
The Field Project had the first interview with Artist Yao, Jui-chung. With more then ten exhibitions waiting ahead, Yao shared with us his busy daily life. Besides the role of a well-known artist, he talked about different points of views of being a teacher in University. It is the part that has rarely been seen in exhibitions.
A: For one who wants to be a professional artist, the diploma must not be your ultimate goal. It is nothing but a procedure you have to go through. The point is how you discover yourself, how you learn. I am just a part-time teacher in the university. I earn no more than four thousand bucks each month. Though there are many problems about the school’s policy. In teaching, one always pays more than he can receive. Of course I would love to have more conversations with the students, but not in the limited time in the class. If they come to me in private, I am very willing to talk to them…
Q: Do you think your teaching style has been affected by any other culture?
In Chinese:
藝術家訪談—1 姚瑞中
21th. March. 2010.
田計劃的第一場藝術家訪談對象是藝術家姚瑞中，眼前還有十數場展覽等著他，平常生活相當忙碌的姚瑞中，在訪談中除了國際知名藝術家的身分，更以一個學校教師的身分，和我們分享了很多平常在各展覽會當中難以見到的一面。
問：你覺得你自己的教學方式是否受到任何其他文化影響？
答：我是北藝大畢業的，北藝大通常都是放牛吃草，北藝大是不適合好學生的，適合特立獨行的人，我教這麼多年，通常好學生不會變成藝術家，這裡面也有一個問題，藝術是可以被教的嗎？我教了五六年還是不太清楚。
問：在台灣，藝術學院有學分制，課程有時限，這和捷克是相當不同的，對於教學上的差異你有沒有甚麼看法？
答：你要成為一個專業藝術家，這些學位不是你從事藝術的終極目標，他只是一個過程，重點是如何去開發你自己、如何去學習。因為我在學校只是兼課，一個月扣稅之後只有四千多塊，這當中有很多政策的問題，事實上你要付出的代價是超過實際上的收穫，我也是很希望跟學生有更多的交流，但是時間上不允許，但是如果學生私底上來找我，我當然很樂意…
訪談過程當中，姚瑞中也和我們分享了許多自己從學生時代以來的種種收藏，讓我們彷彿做了一趟時光之旅，藝術家也和我們分享了對於自己來說許多特殊的生命經驗。還有更多的訪談內容，即將在影片以及出版中公開，請大家也要繼續支持這個部落格！
http://www.yaojuichung.com/
21th. March. 2010.
The Field Project had the first interview with Artist Yao, Jui-chung. With more then ten exhibitions waiting ahead, Yao shared with us his busy daily life. Besides the role of a well-known artist, he talked about different points of views of being a teacher in University. It is the part that has rarely been seen in exhibitions.
Short excerpt:
Q: In Taiwan, art college students have to count their credits, the class are limited in couple hours, this is totally different from Czech. What do you think about the difference in teaching?A: For one who wants to be a professional artist, the diploma must not be your ultimate goal. It is nothing but a procedure you have to go through. The point is how you discover yourself, how you learn. I am just a part-time teacher in the university. I earn no more than four thousand bucks each month. Though there are many problems about the school’s policy. In teaching, one always pays more than he can receive. Of course I would love to have more conversations with the students, but not in the limited time in the class. If they come to me in private, I am very willing to talk to them…
Q: Do you think your teaching style has been affected by any other culture?
A: I graduated from TNUA. The typical teaching style in TNUA is pretty loose. It is not a good place for students who study very hard. It’s rather a place for unique students. I’ve been teaching for couple years, the students who studied hard in the end usually turn out to be something else but a good artist. We can see an obvious question here—Can ART really be taught? I still can’t figure it out after teaching for 5,6 years.
In the interview, Yao also showed us many his precious collections since he was a student. It was a great time, such as a time-travel. The artist also told us many his own special life experience. There are still more about the interview will be showed in the video and the books. Please keep your eye close to our blog!
In the interview, Yao also showed us many his precious collections since he was a student. It was a great time, such as a time-travel. The artist also told us many his own special life experience. There are still more about the interview will be showed in the video and the books. Please keep your eye close to our blog!
In Chinese:
藝術家訪談—1 姚瑞中
21th. March. 2010.
田計劃的第一場藝術家訪談對象是藝術家姚瑞中，眼前還有十數場展覽等著他，平常生活相當忙碌的姚瑞中，在訪談中除了國際知名藝術家的身分，更以一個學校教師的身分，和我們分享了很多平常在各展覽會當中難以見到的一面。
問：你覺得你自己的教學方式是否受到任何其他文化影響？
答：我是北藝大畢業的，北藝大通常都是放牛吃草，北藝大是不適合好學生的，適合特立獨行的人，我教這麼多年，通常好學生不會變成藝術家，這裡面也有一個問題，藝術是可以被教的嗎？我教了五六年還是不太清楚。
問：在台灣，藝術學院有學分制，課程有時限，這和捷克是相當不同的，對於教學上的差異你有沒有甚麼看法？
答：你要成為一個專業藝術家，這些學位不是你從事藝術的終極目標，他只是一個過程，重點是如何去開發你自己、如何去學習。因為我在學校只是兼課，一個月扣稅之後只有四千多塊，這當中有很多政策的問題，事實上你要付出的代價是超過實際上的收穫，我也是很希望跟學生有更多的交流，但是時間上不允許，但是如果學生私底上來找我，我當然很樂意…
訪談過程當中，姚瑞中也和我們分享了許多自己從學生時代以來的種種收藏，讓我們彷彿做了一趟時光之旅，藝術家也和我們分享了對於自己來說許多特殊的生命經驗。還有更多的訪談內容，即將在影片以及出版中公開，請大家也要繼續支持這個部落格！