明成皇后、李仙得與八寶公主 |
Empress Myeongseong,
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雙頻道錄像裝置
two-channel video installation,13’04.
2019, presented in Alt. Art Loop. Seoul, Korea.
2020, presented in KuanDu Museum. Taipei, Taiwan.
two-channel video installation,13’04.
2019, presented in Alt. Art Loop. Seoul, Korea.
2020, presented in KuanDu Museum. Taipei, Taiwan.
在屏東墾丁有一間以西方女性為祭祀對象的「八寶公主廟」,根據地方文史團體恆春拓真學會的研究資料,應該是發生於一八六七年的羅發號(Rover)事件,當時這艘美國商船自廣東前往遼寧的過程中遭遇颶風,漂流到台灣南部海面,在蘭嶼附近沉沒,最後船長一行人登陸瑯嶠(恆春),卻遭到當地排灣族原住民殺害,其中包括船長夫人梅西.杭特(Mercy Hunt)。羅發號事件中前來台灣處理船難相關事宜的駐中國廈門的美國外交官李仙得(Charles W. Le Gendre)因此開始與屏東一帶的原住民有所連結,深入了解當時清朝統治台灣的政治狀態,在後來的牡丹社事件中,更作為日軍顧問協助攻佔台灣,種下未來日本殖民台灣的遠因。
一八九○年三月,李仙得離開日本,進入李氏朝鮮統御下的景福宮擔任朝鮮高宗的外交顧問。這位悲劇性的君王,夾在父親大院君與妻子明成皇后之間的宮廷鬥爭而動彈不得,後來明成皇后於景福宮慘死於日本人刀下,是朝鮮史上著名的宮廷悲劇,也是李仙得抵韓後遭遇最大的政治事件。李仙得於一八九九年在韓國因中風過世,後來直接葬在首爾的楊花津外國人傳教士墓園,最後朝鮮仍走上被日本併吞的命運。 在事過境遷的當下,八寶公主廟迄今依舊佇立於墾丁,作為地方守護神鎮守恆春當地,在歷史的幽微處見證了羅發號事件、牡丹社事件與後續的日本殖民史,其中來自美國的李仙得更帶出了日本、美國、韓國與台灣之間複雜的歷史糾葛。陳飛豪以錄像的形式,重構各種與此事件相關的歷史檔案,並以排灣族的「回憶之歌」作為作品主軸,道出這段並非廣為人知,卻跨越台、韓、日、美的歷史情結。 |
In Kenting, Pingtung, there is a temple devoted to a Western woman called “Princess Pat-pó Temple” (the Temple of the Princess of Eight Treasures). According to the research of local culture and history group Hengchun Tazhen Xuehui (Hengchun True Development Association), during the Rover Incident in 1867, an American merchant ship encountered a hurricane in route from Guangdong to Liaoning, and drifted to the southern coast of Taiwan, with the ship sinking near Lanyu. The captain and surviving crew disembarked in Lông-kiau (Hengchun) but were killed by the Payuan , one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwanese, including the captain’s wife, Mercy Hunt.
Charles W. Le Gendre, the American diplomat based in Xiamen, China who was sent to intercede following the Rover Incident, established connections with the indigenous people in Pingtung and an in-depth understanding of the political circumstance of the Qing Dynasty’s rule over Taiwan. He would later become the advisor that assisted the Japanese invasion of Taiwan during the Mudan Incident of 1871, and an indirect cause of the Japanese colonization of Taiwan. In March of 1890, Le Gendre left Japan and became a diplomatic advisor to Emperor Gojong of Korea. Emperor Gojong was caught between the political feud of his father Heungseon Daewongun and his wife Empress Myeongseong. The empress was later assassinated by Japanese agents in Gyeongbokgung Palace. This is one of the famous court tragedies in Korean history, and also the largest political event after Le Gendre’s arrival. However, his time in Korea was short-lived, as Le Gendre died of a stroke in 1899 and was buried in the Yanhwajin Foreigners’ Cemetery in Seoul. Korea would still succumb to the fate of Japanese colonial rule. |