KenKou ShrineVideo installation 96x56x15cm,
historial archives, frames, architectural freehand drawing print on acrylic, photography, 90x90x3cm. 2016 |
建功神社 |
From 1895 to 1945, Taiwan was part of Japan as a colony. During this period, Japanese government built over 200 Japanese shrines in Taiwan as the holy and inviolable symbol to show the political power. Kenkou Shrine was also one of them, and built to honor those people who sacrifice for the Japanese government such as Yasukuni Shrine. After WWII, Taiwan was occupied and ruled by the Nationalist government from China, Kenkou Shrine were rebuild as Chinese palatial architecture and used as the committee to expand the mandarin Chinese and art education. Although the style of the architecture was totally different from Japan Ruled period, but the holly pool before the building was still saved. In the idea of Japanese Shrine architecture, water was considered as an important symbol to show the power of the nature, so it could always be seen in the artificial landscaping of Japanese shrine. This project designed a water video installation with the original design drawings and sacrifice list of the Kenkou shrine and the sacrifice list to show the religious ritual function in Japan Ruled period of Taiwan, discussing the regime change in Taiwanese history.
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日治時期原本作為祭祀對台有功之人的建功神社,在戰後的建築本體完全被國民政府轉化成各種不同的形式,歷經中華民國國語推行委員會的使用和國語日報臨時辦公室後,現已完全轉化成推廣國家體制內教育成果的藝術教育館,建築本體雖維持基本結構,卻也被刻意加上中國北方宮殿式的建築風格,與過去日治時期的風格相去甚遠,唯一兩個時代皆有存留下的神社建築附屬設施也唯有館前的神池。神池在神社造景中所扮演的角色,是希望藉由自然元素:水,來彰顯建築的神聖性與自然靈性,這概念也源於日本傳統的神社建築設計思維。本作將建功神社設計圖置於水波影片之上,並搭配過往的御祭神名單,企圖透過檔案與影像裝置呈現該建築在日治時期的神聖性與宗教祭祀功能。闡釋政權更迭下建築與城市地景的轉換與權力運作。
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