從早年的電視綜藝節目、性學名著，到來路不明的色情刊物，蘇匯宇的「午夜場」系列圍繞著台灣1980年代被禁制的叛逆、情慾與身體，以及它們如何在文化審查的灰色地帶進行各種美學偽裝，為堂堂正正的年代創造了一種真正的性感。本展可謂蘇匯宇2004~2014年創作歷程的一次總結，然而這並非回顧展，而是原有課題脈絡的進化，從原本對於電視／大眾媒體、真實／幻象、影像／日常生活的關注，進展到更全面的，關乎歷史、傳播、價值建構與意識型態建構之複雜關係的研究。

Drawing on early variety shows, classic literature of sexology, and pornography of unknown origins, SU Hui-Yu's A Man after Midnight evolves around the themes of prohibited rebelliousness as well as lust and body while addressing the question as to how this sort of content muddled through the gray area of the government’s cultural censorship with multifarious patterns of aesthetic camouflage. By doing so, the series has portrayed a genuine sense of sexuality for this uninhibited era. The exhibition could be seen as a conclusion of SU's work from 2004 to 2014. However, it is not a retrospective but an evolution of the original context and subject matter of his art—an evolution from focusing on TV/mass media, reality/illusion, and images/daily life to a more comprehensive study of the complicated relations between history, communication, value construction, and ideology.

蘇匯宇

1976年出生於台北，2003年國立台北藝術大學美術創作研究所畢業，持續活躍於當代藝術領域。影像、媒體、史料與日常生活交織後的複雜現象吸引著蘇匯宇，過去他以錄像探討大眾影視媒體對人們觀看的影響，以及人們對媒體的思想與慾望的投射，其各式創作主題皆取材於自身被媒體環繞的相關經驗，從電影、電視文化、廣告、國家機器、恐怖主義、自我與他者、身體、慾望投射乃至幻覺與真實等議題都是他的關注項目。近期蘇匯宇開始著迷於古籍的閱讀經驗，透過重讀、重敘與重新組裝過往時代的書籍，獲取對於身體、存在與歷史等課題的重新認識。作品曾先後展出於台北市立美術館、國立台灣美術館、台北當代藝術館、關渡美術館、鳳甲美術館、高雄市立美術館、加州聖荷西美術館、康乃爾大學的強森美術館以及上海當代藝術博物館等重要機構，2013年錄像作品《稍待片刻》獲邀參加「盧森堡電影節」，於Casino Luxemburg當代藝術中心播映。2017年，作品《超級禁忌》獲邀參加鹿特丹影展（International Film Festival Rotterdam），入圍金虎獎短片競賽，影展並為其舉辦「蘇匯宇：午夜時段」專題放映。曾獲ACC「國巨科技藝術獎」獎助，於2009年前往紐約駐村。

SU Hui-Yu was born in Taipei in 1976. He obtained an MFA from Taipei National University of the Arts in 2003, and has remained active in the contemporary art scene ever since. Su is fascinated by the intricate tapestry interwoven by images, media, history, and daily life. In his videos, he explores both mass media’s impact on viewers, and the projection of viewers’ thoughts and desires onto media. He draws from his experiences of being surrounded by media that range from movie, TV culture, advertisement, state apparatus, terrorism, self and other, body, projection of desires, and illusion and reality. Recently, Su’s interest in old books, from which he re-reads, revises and appropriates texts for his work, has led him to a new understanding of physicality, existence, and history. His work has been exhibited at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Hong-Gah Museum, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, San Jose Museum of Art in California, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, and Power Station of Art in Shanghai. In 2013, SU’s The Upcoming Show was screened at Casino Luxemburg for the Luxembourg City Film Festival. In 2017, his work, Super Taboo, was invited to the International Film Festival Rotterdam and was a nominee in the short film category for the Golden Tiger award. The film festival also held a midnight hour screening for SU's work. In addition, Su was awarded the Asian Cultural Council Fellowship Award and participated in a residency program in New York City in 2009.