SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Clear-air Turbulence
26 December, 2024 - 23 January, 2025
YIRI ARTS Back_Y, Taipei, Taiwan
晴空亂流
26 December, 2024 - 23 January, 2025
伊日後樂園，台北，台灣
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26 December, 2024 - 23 January, 2025
YIRI ARTS Back_Y, Taipei, Taiwan
晴空亂流
26 December, 2024 - 23 January, 2025
伊日後樂園，台北，台灣
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"Clear-air turbulence" (CAT) refers to invisible, undetectable turbulence in clear skies. Its intensity and frequency have increased with climate change, posing frequent risks to flight safety. Borrowing from this invisible yet dangerous weather phenomenon, “Clear-air Turbulence”, an exhibition by Lan Chung-Hsuan, explores contemporary global issues through photography, installations, found objects, and found footage. Employing a detached aesthetic, the exhibition incorporates events of civilian aircraft shootdowns into flight and travel experiences, rendering them akin to unseen threats, much like clear-air turbulence.
Clear-air Turbulence (2024) displays numerous in-flight photographs and 3D-printed missile models on the ground. For those familiar with flying, these photos of cabins, meals, window views, and screens, alongside flight items, appear mundane or even tedious—ephemeral images that flash across stories or lose significance post-landing. The artist photoshopped images of surface-to-air or air-to-air missiles into these photographs, using a rough production technique to symbolize the crude simplicity of armed attacks. Additionally, multiple white missile models and objects are placed on the photos. The piece contrasts the ordinary experiences of air travel with the erratic presence of missiles, likened to clear-air turbulence, which subtly alludes to the causes of air disasters. Airliner Shootdown Incidents (2024) compiles images of various commercial aircrafts shot down and turns them into postcards—a cheap, casual, and easily forgotten travel souvenir. At first glance, postcards featuring aircraft evoke entirely different associations, such as joyful memorabilia of significant models or routes. Yet, these incidents were major international tragedies intricately tied to global politics and history. Over time, such events fade into obscurity, much like postcards themselves—ubiquitous yet barely noticed. Welcome Aboard (2024) recreates a section of an airplane cabin, inviting visitors to sit in the seats. Airplane windows display videos of the artist playing aerial combat games, depicting cross-era dogfights while viewers remain seated calmly on their simulated flight. Another series of videos present earnest yet playful in-flight promotional clips reassuring passengers about the improbability of missile attacks. When commercial planes are mistakenly shot down, we continue rushing to airports, convinced that no missile will ever target our flight. Perhaps this encapsulates the complex reality faced by those distanced from warfare—simply waiting to encounter their fatal clear-air turbulence. |
「晴空亂流（Clear-air turbulence，簡稱CAT ）」是晴空中無法以肉眼或儀器偵測到的不穩定亂流，其強度與發生機率隨著氣候變遷加劇，且經常影響飛行安全。借用該天氣現象的隱形與危險，藍仲軒個展《晴空亂流》以攝影、裝置、現成物及現成影像回應當代世界，透過冷調的手法呈現民航機擊落事件，使擊落事件隱身在飛行及旅遊經驗之中，如晴空亂流般存在威脅卻無法被看見。
〈晴空亂流〉（2024）在地面上展示了多張搭機照片及3D列印飛彈模型。對於有搭機經驗的人來說，這些機艙、餐飲、窗外、螢幕等照片和飛機物品是無趣甚或乏味的，它們普通到只會在限時動態一閃而過，或在降落之後失去意義。藝術家將對空飛彈影像零碎地合成在了照片之中，利用粗糙的製作手法隱喻武裝攻擊的簡單粗暴，而照片上擺放了多顆白色飛彈模型。〈晴空亂流〉將多趟搭機經驗視為一個總體，不特別的日常感與錯落的飛彈產生了對比，是導致空難的晴空亂流。 〈民航機擊落事件〉（2024）搜集多架被擊落的民航機影像，並製作成了多款明信片－一種廉價、隨手、容易被遺忘的旅遊紀念品。乍看之下，印有飛機照片的明信片會帶來完全相反的想像，如重要機型或航班的雀躍紀念品。然而民航機擊落事件都曾是重大國際災難，它們與國際情勢及歷史息息相關。最終，這些事件逐漸淡化成一種被忽略的存在，就像明信片在旅途中的角色，無所不在，卻又似有似無。 〈歡迎登機〉（2024）搭設了部分機艙，邀請觀眾坐入機位之中。機窗外的錄像播放著藝術家遊玩空戰電玩的畫面，跨時空的戰機在空中纏鬥，而人們安穩地坐在航班之中。作品中的另一部錄像則播放著幾段戲謔的搭機安全須知影片，告知乘客完全不用擔心飛彈來襲。 當客機被誤擊墜毀，而我們繼續趕赴機場，認為飛彈絕不會朝著自己的航班飛來。興許，這就是所有離戰爭稍有距離的人們所在的複雜處境，只是還未遇上足以致命的晴空亂流。 |
LAN Chung-Hsuan
Airliner Shootdown Incidents 民航機擊落事件, 2024
Postcards, acrylic shelves
10 x 30 x 5 cm each, 15 in total
Airliner Shootdown Incidents 民航機擊落事件, 2024
Postcards, acrylic shelves
10 x 30 x 5 cm each, 15 in total
LAN Chung-Hsuan
Clear-air Turbulence 晴空亂流, 2024
Archival inkjet print
40 x 28 cm, 50 in total
Clear-air Turbulence 晴空亂流, 2024
Archival inkjet print
40 x 28 cm, 50 in total