Candlelight, Postcards, and the West Coast



Installation views from” Candlelight, Postcards, and the West Coast” at Yáo, Taichung, 2025



燭火、明信片、西海岸


在城市裡住得離地,因此感覺所有事物都遙遠著。

我想用圖畫說一則故事,布面是攤開的繪本,畫一條地平線模擬世界現在/想像的模樣,跟隨狗的遊蕩,我們將走過幾幀與討海、討地人有關卻不見人影的風景。






 
狗仔佮鼢鼠​​Dogs and Moles
32 x 45 cm, Oil on canvas, 2025
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海豬仔摻斷氣蚵仔 Where the White Dolphin Fades and the Oysters Choke
70.2 x 129.5 cm,  Oil on canvas, 2025


文|楊迺熏

「燭火、明信片、西海岸」中珈伃、崧菀與婷雯的創作中以不同媒材為介質,顯現了一段關於創作者自身關注的「模糊」。珈伃在異鄉與家鄉的風景、語言切換與角色身分的交換上,藉由與母親的明信片往返,乘載家鄉口味的料理討論,或許在遙遠且稍微寒冷的異地顯得如同夢境,曾經存在卻又不如此確定;崧菀在繪畫前設定的文本基於自身關注的二三起事件,彼此交融成一幕幕定格的畫面,事件被解構、畫面被重組,觀者的閱讀被引導至事件之外的個人理解與臆想,在脈絡下創造充滿不確定性、似曾相似卻又截然不同的編導。


婷雯創作中的燭火與石頭,或許是自己靈魂的化身,也是一種對關係的叩問與不解。以異材質的平面拼貼為基礎,明晰嶄露各種材質的個體性,以及欲以在畫面中組立「完整」的企圖。而石頭如果指的是自己,其邊界感、嘗試融入與磨合異質個體的力氣、甚至與他者建立關係的企圖,便同拼貼手法搭調成一種孤單清冷又期待建立關係的情緒表現,強調著個體與他者界線的交織、區隔與磨合;而生活裡燭火明滅之間微弱單薄的特質,卻能強有力地勾攝早已結痂的創痛與記憶,飄忽依稀的火苗在生命脆弱的底蘊上演出各式深刻的橋段。



​珈伃利用層層解離挪威風景、明信片紙質與書信文字本身創造的記憶模糊、崧菀以創造文本、拆解文本與重構風景的敘事方式留給讀者一片自我閱讀的模稜不定與雙面性天地、婷雯在創作中投射的自我與他者、實存與脆弱無形的二元對立間的曖昧,連同曾經是家屋的展場空間一併匯入空間機能界定不明的瀏覽情境中,透露了一種使人夢迴的超現實閱讀,然而正是既輕鬆又沉重、意識又不自覺的呢喃,重整、再定義了自身。








Candlelight, Postcards, and the West Coast
Joanna Chia-yu Lin, Sung-wan Huang, Ting-wen Chiang


2025.6.7(Sat.)- 6.22(Sun.)
Venue|Yáo
Artist talk 6.14(Sat.)with 林鈺晟、楊迺熏、廖祥惠、劉芳廷

After a decade apart, Joanna Chia-yu Lin, Sung-wan Huang, and Ting-wen Chiang reunite in the place where they first met, reflecting on how bodily and emotional displacements have reshaped their perception of “distance.” Having each developed their practice in different places, they now come together in a shared exploration of what exists “in-between”: between past and present, home and elsewhere, rootedness and migration.
Candlelight, Postcards, and the West Coast marks a moment of reunion where personal memory intertwines with the shifting realities of geography. Through photography, painting, text, sculpture, and mixed medium experimentation, the three artists explore the fragmented perceptions embedded in personal experience, seeking connection in what is often overlooked or ambiguous: entangled family ties across distance, shifting landscapes, the quiet persistence of plants and animals, or the unspoken stories carried by stones and highways. The exhibition traces these thresholds, inviting viewers to consider that “distance” 
is not merely a physical measurement, but something that also resides in memory, the senses, and the act of looking.



This exhibition is supported by the Taichung City Government Cultural Affairs Bureau and the Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA).





燭火、明信片、西海岸
林珈伃、黃崧菀、蔣婷雯

開幕|6.7(Sat.) 16:00
小聚微談|6.14(Sat.)16:00 
與談人|林鈺晟、廖祥惠、劉芳廷
展覽地點 |窯座 Yáo, 台中,台灣

展覽介紹|

經過十年的分離,林珈伃、黃崧菀、蔣婷雯在相識之地重聚,回望那些身體與情感上的遷移如何重塑我們對「距離」的感知。三人於不同地
域發展出各自的創作節奏,如今在這次展覽中交會,展開一段關於「之間」的共同探問:過去與現在、家與異地、扎根與遷徙、人與人之間。

《燭火、明信片、西海岸 》標誌著一場關於重逢時刻,個人記憶、與變動中的現實交織。透過攝影、繪畫、文字、雕塑與複合媒材的實驗,三人共同探索個人經驗中支離破碎的感知,於被忽視或曖昧之處尋找連結:遙近交錯的親緣關係、變動不居的風景、植物與動物的靜默堅持,抑或是石頭與燭火中潛藏的故事。展覽追索著這些臨界之處,引導觀者思考:「距離」不只是以尺丈量的物理尺度,也存在於記憶、感官與凝視之中。



本展覽由臺中市政府文化局與挪威 Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA) 提供補助支持。






文心蘭Dancing-Doll Orchid
15 x 15 cm,  Oil on linen, calcium carbonate, gelatin, wood, 2025
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25°02′N, 121°55′E 
15 x 15 cm,  Oil on linen, calcium carbonate, gelatin, wood, 2025
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新世紀的日頭落山 Twilight of the New Century
70.2 x 129.5, oil on canvas, 2025