I love to collect things.

我小的時候，收集很多不同的東西

Ever since I was a kid, I've had massive collections

從世界各地的奇異的辣醬到昆蟲

of random stuff, everything from bizarre hot sauces

從世界各地的奇異的辣醬到昆蟲

from all around the world to insects

被我我抓放在罐子裡

that I've captured and put in jars.

現在，這已不是秘密，我喜歡收集東西

Now, it's no secret, because I like collecting things,

我喜歡自然歷史博物館

that I love the Natural History Museum

還有在博物館裡

and the collections of animals

不同動物的擬真模型櫥窗

at the Natural History Museum in dioramas.

這些對我而言就像是活的雕像

These, to me, are like living sculptures, right,

你可以去那邊瞧瞧

that you can go and look at,

它們會紀錄該動物生命中

and they memorialize a specific point of time

某種生活的當下片刻

in this animal's life.

因此我開始想到我的生活

So I was thinking about my own life,

我要如何記錄我的生活

and how I'd like to memorialize my life, you know,

紀錄年輕時光，還有...... （笑聲）

for the ages, and also — (Laughter) —

我朋友的生活

the lives of my friends, but

但問題是，我的朋友並不想

the problem with this is that my friends aren't quite keen

被製成標本（笑聲）

on the idea of me taxidermy-ing them. (Laughter)

所以，我轉向影片

So instead, I turned to video,

影片是次好的方式，可以保存並記錄某人的生命 並捕捉他某個片刻的生活

and video is the next best way to preserve and memorialize

影片是次好的方式，可以保存並記錄某人的生命 並捕捉他某個片刻的生活

someone and to capture a specific moment in time.

所以我所做的是，我為6位朋友錄影

So what I did was, I filmed six of my friends

然後，使用視覺映象原理和影片投射

and then, using video mapping and video projection,

我做出影片的雕像，讓這6位朋友

I created a video sculpture, which was these six friends

被投影在罐子裡（笑聲）

projected into jars. (Laughter)

所以現在我收集了這些朋友

So now I have this collection of my friends

我可以隨身攜帶

I can take around with me whenever I go,

這作品名為《Animalia Chordata》

and this is called Animalia Chordata,

其拉丁原文的意思是

from the Latin nomenclature for

人類、分類井然的系統

human being, classification system.

所以這個作品將我朋友們放在罐子裡 並紀錄他們

So this piece memorializes my friends in these jars,

它們其實可以活動（笑聲）

and they actually move around. (Laughter)

所以我覺得這個很有趣

So, this is interesting to me,

但卻缺少某些人類的特質（笑聲）

but it lacked a certain human element. (Laughter)

這是數位雕像，因此我想要增加

It's a digital sculpture, so I wanted to add

互動系統，所以我所做的

an interaction system. So what I did was,

是增加距離偵測機，所以當你接近

I added a proximity sensor, so that when you get close

罐子裡的人，他們會用不同的方式與你互動

to the people in jars, they react to you in different ways.

就像你太靠近

You know, just like people on the street

街上的陌生人那樣

when you get too close to them.

有些人的反應是覺得很恐怖（笑聲）

Some people reacted in terror. (Laughter)

有些人反應是尋求幫忙

Others reacted in asking you for help,

有些人會躲起來

and some people hide from you.

所以我覺得這個主意真的很有趣

So this was really interesting to me, this idea of

它把影片從螢幕擷取出來 放到真實生活

taking video off the screen and putting it in real life,

加上與雕像的互動

and also adding interactivity to sculpture.

因此隔年，我記錄其他40位朋友

So over the next year, I documented 40 of my other friends

也把他們困在罐子裡

and trapped them in jars as well

創造一個作品，名為《花園》

and created a piece known as Garden,

其實本質是一個「人性花園」

which is literally a garden of humanity.

但第一件作品《Animali Chordata》

But something about the first piece,

讓我我不斷回想思考一些事情

the Animali Chordata piece, kept coming back to me,

也就是與藝術品互動這個概念

this idea of interaction with art,

我很喜歡人們能與藝術品互動的概念

and I really liked the idea of people being able to interact,

並被此互動所挑戰

and also being challenged by interacting with art.

所以我想創造一件新作品

So I wanted to create a new piece that actually

迫使人們來與它互動

forced people to come and interact with something,

而我做的方式

and the way I did this was actually by projecting

是將1950年的家庭主婦投影到果汁機裡（笑聲）

a 1950s housewife into a blender. (Laughter)

這件作品叫《混合》

This is a piece called Blend, and what it does is

它讓你成為這藝術品的一部分

it actually makes you implicit in the work of art.

你可能永遠無法徹底體驗這件藝術品

You may never experience the entire thing yourself.

你可以離開，你可以看著這個人物

You can walk away, you can just watch as this character

她也站在裡面看著你

stands there in the blender and looks at you,

或你可以選擇與她互動

or you can actually choose to interact with it.

假使你選擇與她互動

So if you do choose to interact with the piece,

你按下「混合」的按紐

and you press the blender button, it actually sends

它會讓這個人物進入頭暈腦脹的混亂狀態

this character into this dizzying disarray of dishevelment.

當你這麼做，你成為我作品的一部分

By doing that, you are now part of my piece.

就像是其他被困在我作品裡的朋友

You, like the people that are trapped in my work

（果汁機的聲音、笑聲）

— (Blender noises, laughter) —

你也成為我作品的一部分（笑聲）

have become part of my work as well. (Laughter)

（笑聲）

(Laughter)

（掌聲）

(Applause)

但這看起來有些不公平，對吧

But, but this seems a bit unfair, right?

我把我朋友放到罐子裡

I put my friends in jars, I put this character,

我也將這「瀕臨絕種」的人物放到果汁機

this sort of endangered species character in a blender.

但我都沒有對自己做任何處置

But I'd never done anything about myself.

我從來沒有真正記錄自己

I'd never really memorialized myself.

所以我決定創造一件自我肖像

So I decided to create a piece which is a self-portrait piece.

像是把自己做成標本的作品

This is sort of a self-portrait taxidermy time capsule piece

稱為《剛過的時光》

called A Point Just Passed,

我將我自己投影在打卡鐘的上面

in which I project myself on top of a time card punch clock,

然後你可以做決定

and it's up to you.

若你想要打卡

If you want to choose to punch that punch card clock,

你會讓我變老

you actually age me.

所以我一開始是嬰兒，如果你打卡

So I start as a baby, and then if you punch the clock,

你會讓我從嬰兒長成幼兒

you'll actually transform the baby into a toddler,

然後從幼兒成為青少年

and then from a toddler I'm transformed into a teenager.

從青少年成為我現在的樣子

From a teenager, I'm transformed into my current self.

再從我現在的樣子成中年人

From my current self, I'm turned into a middle-aged man,

然後再成為老人

and then, from there, into an elderly man.

如果你1天內打卡100次

And if you punch the punch card clock a hundred times

這個作品會變黑

in one day, the piece goes black

然後直到隔天才能開始新的循環

and is not to be reset until the next day.

所以當你這麼做時，你消除了時間

So, in doing so, you're erasing time.

你成為這作品的一部分

You're actually implicit in this work

你也消滅了我的生命

and you're erasing my life.

所以我喜歡互動式影像雕像

So I like this about interactive video sculpture,

你可以真的與它互動

that you can actually interact with it,

你們都可以觸摸一件藝術品

that all of you can actually touch an artwork

並且成為該藝術品的一部分

and be part of the artwork yourselves,

我也希望，有一天，我會把你們每個人

and hopefully, one day, I'll have each and every one of you

都困在我的罐子裡（笑聲）

trapped in one of my jars. (Laughter)

謝謝（掌聲）

Thank you. (Applause)