2024 台北藝術自由日

「唯獨自由這個詞還能讓我感到興奮不已。我以為這個詞最適合用來長久地維持人類的狂熱。」安德烈‧布列東André Breton

1924年,世界仍在第一次世界大戰與流感大流行後的動盪不安裡喘息,第一份超現實主義宣言在巴黎發表,以強烈的無政府主義與革命精神,企圖在自由與平等的基礎上發展出抵抗壓迫制度、進而想像未來的手段。從一把文學觀念的野火開始引燃一場藝術運動,將創造性的想像力從理性與傳統道德的束縛中解放出來,影響了幾乎所有形式的文化生產,並逐漸塑造後起世代的集體想像力,現在,我們會用「超現實」來形容那些超乎想像、超出理解範圍的事物。

1924年,卡夫卡的生命在社會思潮的風起雲湧間悄然落幕,他用《變形記》寫出二十世紀初剛進入工業化時代的人們對生活與命運感到的不安與焦慮,他想知道,當外在的世界已經過於荒謬,生活如同內在夢靨的一則則隱喻,人的可能性是什麼?

2024年,我們才剛揮去Covid-19的陰霾,地緣政治紛擾不斷,人工智慧帶來的第四次工業革命席捲全球,若演算法會思考、有感情,我們該如何調校對現實與人性的理解?一個世紀過去了,我們所面臨的處境和渴望解決的問題與超現實主義崛起的世代並無二致,當代生活能從中獲得什麼啟示?

2024年第六屆台北藝術自由日,以「變形記」為年度主題,超現實做為動詞,解放內在顛覆性的感知力量來對這個時代的各種議題提出挑釁,我們要找到許多或奇想、或變形、可能混合的新用語,來述說一個充滿無限可能性的自由世界。

今年冬天,如布列東所說,讓超現實主義成為「看不見的光線」,「它總有一天會讓我們戰勝自己的對手。所有的玫瑰都變成藍色,樹木也變成玻璃的了。」

Free Art Fair 2024

“The mere word freedom is the only one that still excites me. I deem it capable of indefinitely sustaining the old human fanaticism.” — André Breton

In 1924, as the world was still reeling from the upheaval of World War I and the influenza pandemic, the first Surrealist Manifesto was published in Paris. It embodied a powerful spirit of anarchism and revolution, striving to develop means of resisting oppressive systems and imagining a future founded on freedom and equality. What began as a literary movement ignited an artistic revolution, liberating creative imagination from the constraints of reason and traditional morality. This movement influenced nearly every form of cultural production and gradually shaped the collective imagination of subsequent generations. Today, we use the term “surreal” to describe things that are beyond imagination and comprehension.

In the same year, Kafka’s life quietly concluded amid the social upheaval of the time. In The Metamorphosis, he captured the unease and anxiety felt by people entering the industrial age of the early 20th century. He pondered the possibilities for humanity when the external world had become absurd, and life itself resembled a series of internal nightmares and metaphors.

In 2024, as we emerge from the shadow of COVID-19 and face ongoing geopolitical conflicts, the Fourth Industrial Revolution, driven by artificial intelligence, sweeps across the globe. If algorithms can think and feel, how do we recalibrate our understanding of reality and humanity? A century later, we grapple with issues and seek solutions much like the generation that saw the rise of Surrealism. What insights can contemporary life draw from this?

The 6th edition of Free Art Fair in 2024, themed “Metamorphosis,” employs surrealism as a verb—unleashing the subversive power of perception to challenge the various issues of our time. Our aim is to explore previously undefined terms, which may be fantastical, transformative, or possibly hybrid, to narrate a world full of infinite possibilities and freedom.

This winter, as Breton once said, let Surrealism become the “invisible light” that will one day help us overcome our adversaries. “All roses will turn blue, and trees will become glass.”

【活動資訊 EVENT INFORMATION】

活動日期:2024111日 (五) 至 113日 (日)  12:00-18:00
展出地點:瓶蓋工廠台北製造所 (115028台北市南港區南港路二段13號)

Dates: Friday, November 1, 2024, to Sunday, November 3, 2024, 12:00pm-6:00pm
Venue: POPOP Taipei (No. 13, Section 2, Nangang Road, Nangang District, Taipei City 115028)