街拍記2025—消逝的____想像拓撲
Vanishing ____ —Topologies of the Imagination
以城垣作為都市範圍的象徵物，流轉於百年的歷史軸線上：清代的城門因日治現代化工程而拆毀；此刻的更新又將重整城市的紋理。在內與外的邊界間位移、存在和消逝的對應關係裡感知，空間的界線已隨時間更迭代謝而逝。當撞上街邊紀念碑、誤闖空無的荒地，或游移不連續的街道，看似無所指涉，卻共同面向藏於城內深處的集體潛意識。
延續臺南 400 民間參與計畫「街拍記—俯拾皆是的稍縱即逝」展覽、臺南藝術節「阿索比『遊び』中站：也可以是電影院—大南門廣場放映計畫」之經驗，本次「街拍記2025—消逝的____想像拓撲」同樣關注城市變遷下所帶出消逝的經驗感知。由獨立策展人王振愷攜手不存在劇場，邀請六位與臺南有深刻關聯的藝術家共同勾劃。
拓撲學（Topology），來自希臘字根 topos（位置）與 logos（理、道）的組合。它是數學的一個分支，也是關於「地方」的空間研究。脫離歐幾里得點、線、面的三維座標概念，思考空間內連續變化如拉伸或彎曲之下，仍維持不變的性質。在二十世紀中期開始，成為不同學科思想的主流，也包括人文藝術領域。
此次將拓墣視為行動，以具紀實意義的街頭攝影作為媒材基調。不只視城市為一種物理性的空間，更透過藝術家之眼招喚詩意的反／紀念碑經驗，藉由感性記憶、身體行為、拾得影像相互連結成心靈空間。展題裡的空格____ ，可能是早已消失的城牆、經歷更新工程的地景、塵封已久的私家檔案，或是明滅閃爍的聲光……
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指導單位：臺南市政府
協辦單位：臺南市政府文化局
主辦單位：不存在劇場
贊助單位：國家文化藝術基金會
策展人：王振愷
參展藝術家：古伊琳、陳昱清、黃俊凱+黃姿婷+蔡采倫、黃祐紘、楊佳馨、鄧紹辰
展覽地點：不存在劇場
展覽時間：2025年 10 月 4日（六）-10 月 26 日（日）（15:00-20:00開放／週一二休展）
開幕座談暨藝術家導覽：2025年 10 月 5日（日）19:30
與談人：沈裕融（華梵大學攝影與VR設計學系助理教授）
│開幕座談 與談人簡介│
沈裕融
國立臺南藝術大學藝術創作理論研究所博士，華梵大學攝影與VR設計學系助理教授、國立臺南藝術大學應用藝術研究所兼任助理教授。曾任《藝術觀點ACT》客座主編、T3 STUDENT PROJECT審查員、「影像慢速力」、「彼多的目光：物件修復創作計畫」等策展人、「我們從河而來—流域千年・文化共筆：鯤鯓凝望」協同策展人。主要研究領域為影像美學、攝影與電影理論、視覺文化研究、當代藝術思想。
工作團隊：
平面設計：張程鈞
佈展協力：蘇睿豪
動態紀錄：周泰全
展場攝影：楊佳馨
英文翻譯：古伊琳
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Using the city wall as a symbolic boundary of urban space, this art project traces the passage of time across centuries of history. During the Qing dynasty, city gates once stood tall, only to be dismantled under modernization projects during Japanese colonial rule. Today, another wave of urban renewal is reshaping the urban fabric. Within the shifting boundaries of “inside” and “outside,” the presence and disappearance of these markers reflect a deep interplay between space and time. When one encounters a roadside monument, stumbles upon a vacant lot, or meanders through disjointed streets, these moments may seem insignificant or disconnected. Yet collectively, they gesture toward a shared subconscious hidden deep within the city.
Building upon the experiences of Tainan 400’s civic participation project Picking Up the Ephemeral and the Tainan Arts Festival’s event A-So-Bi: Mid-Stop — It Could Also Be a Cinema — The Great South Gate Screening Project, this upcoming exhibition Vanishing ____ —Topologies of the Imagination explores the sensory experiences of disappearance brought about by urban transformation. Independent curator WANG Jhen Kai, in collaboration once again with the local independent art space 不存在劇場 (Absence Space), invites six artists with deep connections to Tainan to collectively map these transformations.
Topology—from the Greek roots topos (place) and logos (reason, principle)—is a branch of mathematics that also serves as a spatial methodology for investigating “place.” Breaking away from the Euclidean coordinates of point, line, and plane, topology considers spatial properties that remain unchanged through continuous deformation such as stretching or bending. Since the mid-20th century, topology has influenced various fields of thought, including the humanities and the arts.
This topological action centers on street photography as its primary medium—not merely treating the city as a physical environment, but invoking a poetic anti-monument experience through the artist’s gaze. Emotional memory, bodily gestures, and found imagery are woven together to construct an inner psychic landscape. The blank space in the exhibition title—Vanishing ____—might suggest the already-demolished city wall, landscapes under reconstruction, long-forgotten personal archives, or flickering traces of light and sound.
Date│04-26 Oct. 2025
Curator│WANG Jhen Kai
Artists│KU Yi Lin, CHEN Yu Ching, HUANG Chun Kai + HUANG Tzu Ting + TSAI Tsai Lun, HUANG Yu Hung, YANG Chia Shin, TENG Shao Chen
Venue│Absence Space
Opening + Artists Talk│05 Oct. 2025 19:30
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