【限量手工作品集】City Doll Series 城市人偶系列 2018-2023

作品紀錄藝術家曾嬿圩2018-2023年間，參與藝術駐村與雙年展時創作的「城市人偶系列 City Doll Series」，從140件人偶中精選20件作代表，中英雙語限量出版30本。 人偶靈感來自各地文化中的人物之鮮明性格；她自創的手工纏繞技術，雕塑人物的戲劇張力，人偶媒材特別挑選當地的舊衣廢布，企圖從使用過的衣物布料背後，挖掘屬於在地的故事。藝術家透過交流中看到、遇到、聽到的人事物，纏繞一個又一個的人偶，包裹了當地的集體記憶與個人的旅居回憶，也從舊衣廢布中記錄下當地的品味。 由於當代的印刷設備進步，布料印刷可以接受更廣泛的布面質感，以及提升印刷清晰度。人偶來自舊衣廢布，再度回歸到布料本身；除了布面印刷，同時手工縫線與手工編繩，製作橫式捲軸的作品集，成為「藝術家的書」。作品集翻軸時，每一件人偶伴隨當地區域的地圖，逐漸出現，如同旅途中，利用GPS找地點與位置，而當時遇到或認識的人事物，皆可能串聯下一個人事物，或是下一次的旅程，沒有一定的先後順序，皆以觀者的主觀意識為準，如同藝術家的全球紡織藝術之旅；最後，作品集完整打開後，隨著紅色縫線，所有人偶同時登場，其故事篇章收錄在紙質摺頁。 Tseng Yen-Yu, a documentary work artist created “City Doll Series” during her art-in-residency and biennial exhibition from 2018 to 2023. Now she selects 20 remarkable works from her 140 dolls, and publishes 30 limited books in Mandarin and English. The figure dolls were inspired by the distinctive personality from the people all over the world. She shapes the dramatic tension of the figure via her hand-made wrapping technique, and collects the old clothe and waste textile from the local as the materials for the figure dolls. Tseng attempts to discover the local stories via the used cloth and fabric. Through the connection with the local people, she winds the figure dolls with who she meets, what she sees and hears. Wrapping the collective memories from the locals and her journey memories, the cloth and fabric records the sense of the present moment. Since the contemporary print equipment has became increasingly advance, the fabric print can accommodate a wider range of fabric textures and enhance printing clarity. The figure dolls was made by the cloth and fabric, and has became to the fabric again. Apart from fabric printing, Tseng makes the portfolio with the horizontal scroll by hand-sewing thread and hand-twisting rope. While the portfolio was unfolded, every figure doll was showed one by one with the map of the local area. The experience is just like using the GPS to searching the location. This is her creation on the form of book as the Artist's Books. The people and things Tseng met might connect to the next ones or the next journey. Without the order of sequence, all was decided by the observer’s subjective consciousness Tseng's Journey of Global Textile Art. Eventually, the portfolio was fully opened with the red rope. All the figure dolls appearing simultaneously and the stories was included in the folded leaflet. 【關於曾嬿圩 TSENG Yen-Yu】 藝術家曾嬿圩的作品從2014起，即受邀世界各地的國際紡織藝術雙年展，包含美國、法國、俄國、義大利、立陶宛等共16國；並曾在臺灣、加拿大和拉脫維亞等地區從事專業藝術的駐村創作。 她發展出獨特的創作手法，結合了紡織、雕塑和偶戲的藝術表現。創作時，利用細細的縫線，形塑不同材質的舊衣物，創造人形與環形的立體表現。在物件情緒的氛圍中，暗示人類社會與自然環境之間的相互關係。舊衣廢布和在地纖維的材料，作為其地理的座標和歷史的延伸，也反映了文化風格和環境循環。它成為一種體驗、交流和思考的方式，與環境之間建立聯繫，並將記憶、歷史和講故事的概念結合在一起。 TSENG Yen-Yu is a Taiwanese artist with a MFA degree. Who uses old garments and waste textile by observation and experiment, for wrapping works as her own textile technique of deconstruction and re-assemblage. This is an unique way she created to sculpture fabrics as her style, especially after the trend of industrialization and globalization. She expresses objects and stories to reflect who she is and what surrounds her, as the interrelationship between human society and natural environment.