P 一則關於台北的故事 A Short Story About Taipei

一則關於台北的故事
A Short Story About Taipei

2018 長時表演包含默記下一則短篇故事
Durational performance involving the memorising of a short story
張奕滿
CHONG Heman

新加坡 1977年生於馬來西亞麻坡,現於新加坡生活與工作
Singapore 1977 born in Muar Malaysia, now living and working in Singapore

《一個關於台北的故事》是由藝術家張奕滿於2018年的演出創作。演出包含一段由藝術家所書寫的小故事加之以指導員與參與者之間的互動關係所構成。參與者需逐字記憶下故事來進行他種形式的深刻閱讀。

在演出的過程中,指導員手持著稿本,以口語的方式傳遞給參與者故事內容,參與者會被要求待在房間內直至他們可以記憶下整個故事。而藝術家會保證此故事未曾以紙本或線上的形式發表過,內容只存於指導員和參與者之間。一個緩慢而獨特的閱讀方式抗衡著今日快速表層的資訊交換,在每次演出時,藉由參與者們付出的時間(約莫3小時)及其所交換刻印的精神力量相應而誕生。

A Short Story About Taipei is a performance work by Chong Heman in 2018. The performance consists of little stories written by the artists and the interactions between instructors and participants. There are 8 little stories at a length of less than 500 words each. The participants have to memorize the story word by word to engage in another form of in-depth reading.

During the process of performing, the instructor held a script, verbally conveying the content of the story to the participants. The participants were required to stay in the room until they can memorize the whole story. The artist assured that the story was never published either in hardcopy or online. The content existed only in between the instructor and participants. It is a slow yet unique way of reading against the rapid, shallow information exchange nowadays. Each performance is born out of the time the participants have invested (approximately 3 hours) and the psychological power to exchange for engraving.