空間記憶

林雅萍

無論這裡是台北還是台南，生活在這片土地上，我們都有著共同的記憶。 小時候我們在大街小巷中穿梭著，有低矮暗紅的磚牆以及上頭盛綠的藤蔓植物，也有鐵門後小明媽媽煎魚的味道，一下子呼朋引伴的到小學操場打球，一會兒又到了總是琳瑯滿目的雜貨店替媽媽買瓶醬油。現實生活中的吉光片羽總是來自於空間以及色彩交織出來的，屬於我們回憶的延伸。

當我有機會進入一個空間並感受它的時候，很容易的我讀到了一種語言，賣鹹酥雞的藍色鐵卷門、光陰的故事裡的紅色小門、綠色的鐵皮屋在家家戶戶的頂樓總屹立不搖，騎過一條老街，你總會看到深淺不同的綠，管他是磁磚還是油漆，然後搭配一點我永遠搞不清楚暗紅還是暗黃的線條。 我懷念起一種味道，是家的味道也是巷子的味道，也試圖呈現一個畫面，是童年的記憶也是台灣的畫面，芃君將她生活遭週的顏色紀錄下來並且重組拼貼，向我展示了她的大膽創新以及念舊，也讓我對於看見屬於我自己的空間記憶。

抱著熱情投入對「台灣」的追尋，而西畫調色盤上的光譜卻怎樣都少了一種台灣味，這次GEISAI展覽中與大家見面的<地方-台南>系列與<畫我們的色彩>系列都是芃君對於自我土地美學的探尋，由自我居住空間向外延伸，從自家客廳到台南的街頭巷弄，彷彿能敘述溫暖故事的冷灰，是「上海1943」老街坊、小弄堂中的一隅，在灰色空間中帶來一種暖和的時間故事感，轉變到使用鮮艷的黃色、磚牆的深綠、鐵捲門的靛藍、家門的大紅等結合生活周圍的意象，創造一種繽紛熱鬧的台灣味，讓我們在畫中找到一種熟悉的感動，也讓我們體會到色彩運用上的生活美學。

COLOUR / TAIWAN — Space Memories

Lin, Ya-Ping

Living in this land, we all share a common memory whether here in Taipei or Tainan. When we were children, we played in the streets, there were low red brickwalls and green climbing plants, also the smells of fried-fish from Xiaoming’s house wafted from their iron door. One moment we were running to the playground calling and shouting happily, the next we were on our way to that dazzling grocery store helping Mom to get a bottle of soy sauce. All these sweet memories of everyday life are intertwined by space and colour, it is also the extension of our memories.

When I have the opportunity to enter a space and feel it, it’s very easy to find a language within. The blue iron gate where they were selling snacks, the red door in Good Old Days, the green tin roof standing firm on almost every household. As we ride along an old lane, we always see different shades of green, be it tiles or just painted and decorated with some stripes of maroon or dark yellow that I could never differentiate. I started to cherish the flavor, the flavor of home and that of the alley. And I tried to present a picture, the picture of childhood and the memories of Taiwan. Ariel records the “colors” in her daily life and re-collects them. In her works, she demonstrates this boldness of innovation while not losing the sense of the past. Being inspired by her, I found my own Space Memory.

I devote myself into artworks with the enthusiasm of pursuing the image of Taiwan. However, in the spectrum of western palette, it lacks the one and essential element to picture “the sense of Taiwan”. In 2009 GEISAI TAIWAN, “Place-Tainan”, “Paint ours colour”series of works are her self-exploration toward the aesthetics of our land, from her living room to the streets in Tainan. “Place-Tainan”, tells warm stories using cold gray then shifting into bright yellows, dark greens, indigo, crimson. She created a fun-packed taste of Taiwan, therefore let’s explore our feelings through paintings, let’s experience the aesthetic of color.