Yu, Cheng-ta
Artist Interview-2 Yu, Cheng-ta
http://www.yuchengta.com/
26th. March. 2010
The second artist that the Field Project interviewed is the student artist, Cheng-ta Yu. Though pretty young, he already participated in 2008 Taipei Biennial and 2009 Venice Biennale Taiwan Pavilion. In the interview we will try to focus on if the special experience brought any change on mind or work to the young artist.
Short excerpt:
Q: For young artist like you, to be able to participate in Taipei Biennial and Venice Biennale is very rare case. Did those big shows brought you any change on thinking?
A: I’ve been asked the same questions for so many times. Well, of course I feel really very lucky. The two curators of 2008 Taipei Biennial just came to our school, they also went to Taiwan University of the Arts and Tainan National University of the Arts. They took a look of our works and then finally they decided to call me. Maybe my work happens to be able to explain their ideas. For me the daily life didn’t change too much. But I have the chance to face more people, such as people from the Taipei Fine Art Museum, people from the Press and so on. I worked with people from TFAM in Venice, too.
Q: Last year when I went to Venice Biennale, since I already knew that I am coming to Taiwan, I dropped by Taiwan Pavilion intentionally. I also remember your work. For me, the show is pretty much like a document show. To be honest, my impression to the Taiwan Pavilion has totally changed after I came to Taiwan.
A: I think for every national pavilion in Venice, they are trying to show people what people think they should be. I think everyone would have some imaginary or stereotype of another country. When I travel to other country I also have the thinking of what it should be like. Since many countries are trying to fit into the imaginations others has made, that’s why there’s always big difference between the national pavilion and the nation’s real condition.
In the interview, we also share our different points of views of Venice Biennale. Different countries have different operations towards this kind of big events. Glory as it is, there’re still many things we haven’t known yet about Venice Biennale. It was a very interesting interview. We will keep updating more video and interviews. Please keep close with us!
26th. March. 2010
田計劃訪談的第二位藝術家是目前還有學生身分的余政達，雖然相當年輕但是已經參加過2008年的台北雙年展以及2009年威尼斯雙年展的台灣館，這次的訪談當中將會針對這些特殊的經驗，不論是對年輕藝術家的國際觀或是創作上，是否有帶來什麼改變。
問：對年輕藝術家來說能參加台北雙年展和威尼斯雙年展其實是很難得的經驗，這些事情有沒有帶給你任何想法上的改變呢？
答：這是個常常被問到的問題，我當然覺得非常非常幸運，在2008年台北雙年展的時候，兩個策展人就是來到學校裡，看了我們大家的作品，他們不只來台北藝術大學，也去了台灣藝術大學，台南藝術大學，最後他們好像蠻喜歡我的作品就跟我連絡了，我想可能我的作品正好符合他們想找的概念吧！當然對我來說日常生活並沒有太多改變，但是面對的人改變了，像是台北市立美術館的人、或是一些媒體之類的，去威尼斯的時候其實也是跟北美館的人合作居多。
問：去年我去威尼斯雙年展的時候，因為我已經知道我要來台灣交換，所以我特別去台灣館看了一下，當然我也記得你的作品，我覺得整體展覽很像”記錄展”，而且台灣館給我的印象跟後來真的來台灣之後的感覺，真的是差太多了！
答：我覺得對任何一個在威尼斯的國家館來說，他們想要呈現的都是在別人眼中自己看起來是甚麼樣子，我覺得每一個人都會對別的國家有一些想像或是刻板印象，就像我去別的國家的時候也會有一些想像覺得應該是什麼樣子，而有時候在威尼斯的國家館就像是要去符合那些想像，所以才會跟真正該國的狀況有很大差距…
在訪談之中，我們還藉由不同國家的觀點討論了對於威尼斯雙年展的看法，每個國家在國家館會有不同的操作方式，看似光鮮亮麗的威尼斯，其實也有很多我們所原先不知道的部分，讓這次的訪談變得非常有趣，陸續我們也會更新更多的訪談內容和影片，也請繼續支持我們唷！
http://www.yuchengta.com/
26th. March. 2010
The second artist that the Field Project interviewed is the student artist, Cheng-ta Yu. Though pretty young, he already participated in 2008 Taipei Biennial and 2009 Venice Biennale Taiwan Pavilion. In the interview we will try to focus on if the special experience brought any change on mind or work to the young artist.
Short excerpt:
Q: For young artist like you, to be able to participate in Taipei Biennial and Venice Biennale is very rare case. Did those big shows brought you any change on thinking?
A: I’ve been asked the same questions for so many times. Well, of course I feel really very lucky. The two curators of 2008 Taipei Biennial just came to our school, they also went to Taiwan University of the Arts and Tainan National University of the Arts. They took a look of our works and then finally they decided to call me. Maybe my work happens to be able to explain their ideas. For me the daily life didn’t change too much. But I have the chance to face more people, such as people from the Taipei Fine Art Museum, people from the Press and so on. I worked with people from TFAM in Venice, too.
Q: Last year when I went to Venice Biennale, since I already knew that I am coming to Taiwan, I dropped by Taiwan Pavilion intentionally. I also remember your work. For me, the show is pretty much like a document show. To be honest, my impression to the Taiwan Pavilion has totally changed after I came to Taiwan.
A: I think for every national pavilion in Venice, they are trying to show people what people think they should be. I think everyone would have some imaginary or stereotype of another country. When I travel to other country I also have the thinking of what it should be like. Since many countries are trying to fit into the imaginations others has made, that’s why there’s always big difference between the national pavilion and the nation’s real condition.
In the interview, we also share our different points of views of Venice Biennale. Different countries have different operations towards this kind of big events. Glory as it is, there’re still many things we haven’t known yet about Venice Biennale. It was a very interesting interview. We will keep updating more video and interviews. Please keep close with us!
In chinese:
藝術家訪談—2 余政達
26th. March. 2010
田計劃訪談的第二位藝術家是目前還有學生身分的余政達，雖然相當年輕但是已經參加過2008年的台北雙年展以及2009年威尼斯雙年展的台灣館，這次的訪談當中將會針對這些特殊的經驗，不論是對年輕藝術家的國際觀或是創作上，是否有帶來什麼改變。
問：對年輕藝術家來說能參加台北雙年展和威尼斯雙年展其實是很難得的經驗，這些事情有沒有帶給你任何想法上的改變呢？
答：這是個常常被問到的問題，我當然覺得非常非常幸運，在2008年台北雙年展的時候，兩個策展人就是來到學校裡，看了我們大家的作品，他們不只來台北藝術大學，也去了台灣藝術大學，台南藝術大學，最後他們好像蠻喜歡我的作品就跟我連絡了，我想可能我的作品正好符合他們想找的概念吧！當然對我來說日常生活並沒有太多改變，但是面對的人改變了，像是台北市立美術館的人、或是一些媒體之類的，去威尼斯的時候其實也是跟北美館的人合作居多。
問：去年我去威尼斯雙年展的時候，因為我已經知道我要來台灣交換，所以我特別去台灣館看了一下，當然我也記得你的作品，我覺得整體展覽很像”記錄展”，而且台灣館給我的印象跟後來真的來台灣之後的感覺，真的是差太多了！
答：我覺得對任何一個在威尼斯的國家館來說，他們想要呈現的都是在別人眼中自己看起來是甚麼樣子，我覺得每一個人都會對別的國家有一些想像或是刻板印象，就像我去別的國家的時候也會有一些想像覺得應該是什麼樣子，而有時候在威尼斯的國家館就像是要去符合那些想像，所以才會跟真正該國的狀況有很大差距…
在訪談之中，我們還藉由不同國家的觀點討論了對於威尼斯雙年展的看法，每個國家在國家館會有不同的操作方式，看似光鮮亮麗的威尼斯，其實也有很多我們所原先不知道的部分，讓這次的訪談變得非常有趣，陸續我們也會更新更多的訪談內容和影片，也請繼續支持我們唷！