《行為的假象及攝影與文字之間的預設》
在思考行為作為文字及影像的呈現方式時,攝影以及文字,是否也呈現紀錄性對於想要被預設行為的一種關係?一種被假定過程的樣貌是否能以文字去模擬呈現那不存在發生過的表面現實?而這種假象所對應作品的關係,就是一種對於預設戲劇化事件的一種想像。並且,這種與觀者之間曖昧的關係,可以去利用「被」假設的紀錄面貌去重現觀者所想像中的現實嗎?
而關於文字,這好像又是一種反應作品的現實,再呈現現實樣貌所陳述的做法。利用影像去創造被偽造的現實,再依據影像本身的「真實性」去製造衝突感。利用攝影及文字作為記錄的形式,一方面呈現了預設行為的紀錄性,同時也展示了另一種關係,一種在假定過程的樣貌是否能以文字去模擬的假設。而這種假設所對應到作品的關係,是否能夠真實呈現預設戲劇化事件的想像?
另外,這種模擬出與觀者之間產生的模糊關係,可以忠實地呈現觀者想像中的現實嗎?至於文字的功能,是去呈現現實中樣貌所陳述的方式。這好像也是一種反映行為的現實。相對地,現實的呈現是利用影像去偽造出來的,因為觀者無法透過影像去看到真實的感受或樣貌。而這一來一往,文字和影像便相互利用彼此的真實和看似的真實去製造衝突感。
“Performance Illusion & the Preset Between Photo-Text”
When considering how to present performance through text and images, do photography and text simultaneously serve as a form of documentation for a “predetermined action”? In other words, can a presumed process be simulated through text to represent a superficial reality that does not exist or has not truly occurred? If so, does this “illusion” in relation to the work amount to an imagined version of a predetermined, dramatized event? Furthermore, can this ambiguous relationship with the viewer be leveraged through a “hypothesized” mode of documentation to reconstruct the reality envisioned by the audience?
Regarding text, it appears to both reflect the reality of the work and re-present that “reality” through narrative. By using images to construct a fabricated reality and leveraging the inherent “authenticity” of photography to generate a sense of conflict, these visual and textual elements serve as documentation. On the one hand, they underscore the documentary nature of a predetermined action; on the other, they reveal a different relationship—namely, whether the presumed process can be simulated through text before it actually occurs. Does this hypothetical construct, in conjunction with the work, truly capture the imagined aspect of a “pre-scripted dramatic event”?
Furthermore, can this ambiguous relationship with the viewer truly reflect the “reality” the viewer imagines? The function of text is to represent the appearance of reality through description, seemingly mirroring the authenticity of the performance. On the other hand, portraying reality through images may also be a form of fabrication, as viewers cannot fully grasp genuine feelings or states merely through visuals. Consequently, text and images continually interact between what is “real” and what only appears to be real, thereby generating a sense of conflict.