ShowCase系列展覽–重塑景觀
途經你所屬之處 (A Sojourn in Yours)
展期：2020 春 Spring
途經你所屬之處 A Sojourn in Yours
回到英國生活的頭兩個月，我在幾位友人的幫助下有幸輾轉借宿於他們的家。英國人對居家生活相當重視，處處可以感受到把起居空間營造得舒適溫馨的用心。作為一位短暫停留的客人，我常有一種錯覺，好像這個家從很久以前就不曾改變過，未來亦然。事實上使用中的空間自然會隨著人的需求時時改變，當代家具的輕巧設計以及旅居移動之間物業的承租、買賣，都使居家空間的變化更加快速。但在那特定時空相遇的家，具有特殊的氛圍和氣質，於我而言是「完成」的；她們在我的記憶裡也「完成」了，如同一張照片。
那凝結時間的，究竟是寬敞格局、細緻的配色？還是宛如維多利亞時代的花卉圖紋、蕾絲窗簾？又或是擺滿壁爐上的相框、另一個文化對日常以及歸屬感的想像？
拍下這些居家場景本只是私人的格物與紀念。之後我徵求更多參與者，在不同風格的家中，找尋觸動我的視覺元素，並使用 photopolymer etching 照片蝕刻版畫技法重新製作，以手工擦版上色增加抽象感，猶如來自遙遠記憶的畫面。家總帶著一絲鄉愁，照片總與遙想牽絆。我在行旅中與借宿家屋的相遇短暫，而人對歸屬的追求跨越空間與時間，近似永恆。
On my return to England for the first two months, friends invited me to stay with them before I found a place of my own. As I moved from place to place, I was amazed by how much British people love their homes and their idea of ‘cosy’ being uppermost in their minds. Although, of course, home is always evolving, their interiors gave me a sense of security – seems they have never changed and will always be the same. I am curious why I feel this way – is it the well-considered colour scheme, the heavy floral pattern, or the comfort material that upholsters the furniture? Perhaps, it’s their mementoes in the rooms which give me a clue of the lives they have led?
Before I left these houses I took photos as a reminder. Later I transferred these images to photopolymer etching plates and printed them, giving them a feeling of nostalgia. I did this by delicate inking which made these images surreal, as if the setting was a distant memory. My stay in these homes was short but people’s need to belong is across time and space, and somehow eternal.
I plan to continue to make more images of homes in different regions, to observe the appearance of contemporary domestic spaces and the cultural phenomenon belonging to them.
何沐恬 Mu-Tien (Tammy) Ho
何沐恬，台灣影像創作者，英國布萊登大學攝影碩士畢業。創作主題多關注家居空間及其蘊藏的建築隱喻，並以日常生活場景的再現，深入探尋當代空間與個人的關係。在攝影和錄像之外，近期亦將創作興趣擴展至照片蝕刻版畫。作品曾獲美國IPA、法國PX3榮譽獎、台灣Epson影像藝廊新銳等獎項，並受日本清里攝影美術館、台灣藝術銀行等單位購藏。
Mu-Tien (Tammy) Ho is a lens-based visual artist, currently living in Brighton, UK. She completed an MA in photography at the University of Brighton, graduating with a merit in 2013. After honing her skills in photography and video art, she is expanding her artistic interest to photopolymer etching. Mu-Tien is particularly interested in domestic spaces and architecture as metaphors. Her practice engages with time and memory in scenes of everyday life, sometimes through performative works or self-portraits, observing the spaces where human activity takes place and the cultural phenomena within them. Her work has been exhibited worldwide and collected by the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Japan, and the Art Bank, Taiwan.
