Reveal 彰顯

Reveal discusses the correspondence between the images of internal consciousness and external images. Such correspondence is derived from religious experiences and exploration of collective subconsciousness. I discourse on vision as a way of existence. I consider it is not a representation of mystic experience, but more of turning off the light originally lit in a room and opening the window – for the light outside to shine through.
I transform existing of things in the visual form into another form of existence. In my solo exhibition in 2018, I constructed an exhibition that never happened via documentary films and descriptive videos. As visitors were situated on scene of the empty exhibition, it felt like they were experiencing everything in the images. This “afterimage-like” experience allowed visitors to complement the feelings of non-physical dimension on their own.
My new work Reveal departs from a film clips, inviting a hypnotist to narrate this work to the candle fire. Amidst the flickering light of the candle fire, what gaps will emerge between the images in the viewers’ minds and original images in the film?
“Reveal” in the Bible suggests manifestation and presentation of an unknown divine power. This work also discusses the meaning of "light" in vision again: the light brings visibility, the essence of image is light, and the flashing of candlelight corresponds to the image of the film itself.

Artist / Director: NIU Jun Qiang
Project executive: LIN Tzu Hsin, SU Yue Jane, Jung An CHENG, Chin Wei KUAN
Audio description script: NIU Jun Qiang, Hsu Jia-Ling
Voice Actress: HSU Jia-Ling
Producer: Wade DING
Production assistant: CHOU Ying Shiow
Director of photography: Wen LAU
Camera Assistant: Micky LIN, Juice LEE
Digital Colorist: CY CHIU
Studio: YuChen Studio
Translation: Conor Stuart

《彰顯》討論內在意識影像與外部影像的對應，這個創作概念來自生活中的共感經驗和信仰中的神性經驗，辯證「視覺如何作為一種存在的形式」。我認為這並非是神秘經驗的再現，而較像是將一個房間原 有的燈光關掉，打開窗戶—讓外面的光線透進來。
我擅長處理視覺與非視覺形式彼此的互相轉換。於 2018 年的個展中， 以紀錄形式的錄像、口述影像的方法構築出一個未發生的 展覽。當觀眾身處空無一物的展覽現場，似乎像是經歷了 影像中的一切。這有如「視覺後像」的經驗，讓觀者自己補足了非物理空間的感受。
這件作品請一位催眠師，對著燭火口述塔可夫斯基1983年《鄉愁》這部電影的片尾。在燭火光線閃爍同時，觀者聽著催眠內容，在腦海的成像，與原有的電影畫面會有怎樣的差距？
「彰顯」一詞在聖經中，有顯現、表明未知神聖力量的意思。 這件作品也再次討論「光」之於視覺的意義：我們因著光得以看見、影像的本質是光、而燭火閃動與電影本身的影像互相照應。

藝術家 / 導演：牛俊強
製作協力：林子心、蘇于真、鄭容安、官京緯
聲音演出：許家玲
口述腳本：牛俊強、許家玲
製片：丁肇輝
製片助理：周盈秀
攝影指導：劉世文
攝影助理：林信承、李知晏
調光：邱程勇
錄音室：玉成戲院錄音室
翻譯：蕭辰宇

Photo by Huang Hsin Hau, Lin Tzu Hsin