入圍理由 Reason for Nomination

「麥克風試音」看似是許哲瑜以當代藝術為方法，聚焦在一位青年作家之自裁事件的創作，因而顯得議題性十足。然而，就如同藝術家的慣常手法，他總是在影像中插入手繪人物形像，將真實的角色代換為扁平化的卡漫人物，而我們之所以能夠獲知青年作家的死亡事件，也仍需透過媒體的轉譯，這種轉譯固然使得事件得以傳播，但對於逝去的生命而言，轉譯的過程卻也伴隨著更多的省略，於是這就像一種持續地經由再現而被製造出來的真實，就如同許哲瑜那經常讓人感到不安的手繪人物，在真實之外施行了彷彿額外的添加，添加的越多，我們也失去的越多，而他在這次的影像作品中，更首度地描繪了自己的形像。提名觀察人—簡子傑

Microphone Test appeared to be a work created with a contemporary means by HSU Che-Yu, focusing on the suicide of a young writer, and therefore, making the work fairly contentious. Employing his usual techniques, the artist added hand-drawn figures in the images, replacing the real people with flat, cartoon characters. The audience could only glimpse into the death of the young writer through the translation of media. Such translation allowed the event to be spread and known; however, for the deceased, the process also promised an excess of omissions. As a result, the reality became something that was reproduced through repeated representation. It reminded us of those anxiety-inducing hand-drawn characters by the artist, which were also additions onto reality, and the more that was added, the more we lost. In this particular video, he also drew and included his own image for the first time. (Commentator: JIAN Tzu-Chieh)

年度入選獎得獎理由 Reasons for being Shortlisted

許哲瑜動畫錄像風格強烈特異，此次展現對敘事的多重操作，企圖呈現死亡的殘酷與荒謬，展覽具有凝聚而敏銳的空間展演意識，將身體感官置入一個岌岌可危的臨界狀態，更對「死亡的再現」提出深具當代性的思辯。

藝術家在影像中插入手繪人物形像，將真實的角色代換為扁平化的卡漫人物，讓我們獲知青年作家自殺事件的同時，帶入自身形象，曝陳他以及至親好友的私密，以多文本、多人稱交叉互現，將核心議題從單一個人覆蓋至複數對象，成為一個以個人私密性拆解新聞事件公共性的展覽。

HSU Che-Yu’s video has a powerful and unique style. The exhibition displayed his control over a multi-layered narrative that attempted to show the cruelty and absurdity of death. The exhibition revealed a concentrated and acute awareness of the space, guiding the body and perception into a dire, critical status while offering a contemporary dialectical contemplation on “the representation of death.”

The artist added hand-drawn figures in the images, replacing authentic characters with flat, comic ones. As the audience learned about the suicide of a young writer, the artist introduced his own images and revealed the private aspects of his family, friends, and himself. Interwoven with multiple texts and narrative voices, the core issue grew from that of an individual to a number of people, allowing the exhibition to unfold the publicness of a news event from a personal, private perspective.

年度大獎得獎理由 Jury's comments

許哲瑜作品中視覺藝術與文字創作之互文指涉，反映台灣當代藝術一股新趨勢。此次展覽洗鍊地運用多層次的文本，處理死亡、歷史、記憶及媒體，其真實、再現與被建構之間的辯證。透過後設的反省觀點，產生令人信服的創新成果。藝術家長期實踐錄影影像與手繪動畫之疊合，創造出鮮明的藝術語言。對於其長期關注的媒體敘事，此作加入個人私密故事，與新聞議題映照，達成跳躍性的突破。展場豐富的裝置元素，融入敘事主題，幽微隱現的劇場感將觀眾身體感官置於岌岌可危的臨界狀態，營造出令人印象深刻的氣氛。

HSU Che-Yu’s work indicates a new trend of inter-textural reference between visual art and creative writing in Taiwan’s contemporary art scene. This exhibition sophisticatedly deploys multi-leveled texts to deal with the dialectic relationship between reality, representation and construction of media, memory, history and death. The exhibition’s rich installation elements blend into the narrative themes. The looming theatrical atmosphere brings the spectators into a liminal situation.