杨沛铿于香港成长和生活,从身边寻找创作灵感 —— 水族店、父亲经营的海鲜酒家、公共空间的喷泉、风水摆设,甚至童年养的几尾小鱼,都成为他艺术语彙的一部分。 杨沛铿分享:「因为家人开过酒楼,我小时候经常会坐在海鲜酒家门外、有海鲜池那里打发时间。」总与鱼缸结伴的童年经历,无形之间深刻影响了他的创作。「养鱼这件事也很影响到我的创作,或是我看世界的方式,因为养鱼是讲一件很关于系统的事。如果你要养好一条鱼的话,其实你是要懂得怎样去令到环境能让鱼存活,即是过滤、鱼粮,所有东西都要配合一条鱼才可以生长。」 在威尼斯名为「杨沛铿:双附院,香港在威尼斯」的个展中,他藉「依附」的观念探索情感、慾望和权力关係;而在 M+ 的回应展「别离庭」中,则进一步透过「别离」的概念,探索人类与水生生态系统之间的关係。杨沛铿为此解说:「在构思中文名时,我发现『别离庭』的意思比英文名更丰富,虽然都是在说『分别』和『离开』,但可能多了一点,如其实是不想离开的,又或是可能在一段关係上不想对面对关于离别的情感,所以这次是一个 Move On 的状态。」
虽是作为威尼斯展览《双附院》(Coin of Attachments)的延伸与回应、展出的鱼缸数目亦差不多,但在布局与展示上,都与威尼斯展览有所不同,如威尼斯展出的每个鱼缸都有水、是循环的;但香港的展览,大部分的鱼缸都是没有水的。 「在『别离庭』中,鱼缸成为了缺失的象征,令人难以忘怀,想到当系统崩溃或关怀照顾不復见后所遗留的痕迹。」展览策展人周宛昀如此形容这次展览的核心概念。儘管鱼缸中已无生命存在,但生命的痕迹依然清晰可见,提醒观众即使在别离的时刻,我们仍然渴望连繫。
在层架的后方,还有另一组名为《小小安逸龙捲风(颱风过后)》则展示了失效的滤水系统的水族箱,明明其复杂的滤水系统为鱼提供生存所需的精密调控环境,可是这脆弱的人工生态系统已受崩坏,警示人们疏忽照顾的后果。 杨沛铿分享,养鱼其实有很多考究,尤其是 control with care,保护是无法避免的。例如其中之一,就是最基本的水。「鱼缸是透过滤水系统、沙粉灯或水冷机来运作的。基本上,这里的水可以说是处于一种超过保护的状态,因为鱼缸里的水量很少,但用了很多方法让水变得非常干净。然而,养鱼的人就会知道,其实最干净的水,是很难养活一条鱼,因为鱼需要各种微生物或不同的物质,才能生活得更舒适。」
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