物象的意象 (Object of Objects)

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極樂門
2.15-2.21,1986 神羽畫廊
作品是在一個地下室的長方形空間裡。進門的牆上安裝了一扇彩繪的門。門的不遠處堆置了三千多把鑰匙在黑暗中只有一枝白蠟燭微弱的照射著。彷彿是憑吊著這堆「死物」。在畫廊末端的牆上斜靠著一個梯子。有一條約4呎寬的黑布帶從入口附近的天花板上延伸到放置梯子的側牆上往下垂落。

入口放置了一個信封給每一位觀者取閱—-
封面寫著:
「我告訴你他們告訴我 門後是極樂世界
我告訴你他們告訴我 門是進入的合理孔道
我告訴你他們告訴我 鑰匙是開啟的唯一工具
我告訴你他們告訴我 擁有開啟的鑰匙就擁有那一片天地
我告訴你他們告訴我 你可以用你所有的鑰匙去試試……. 」
參與者在試過了所有隨身的鑰匙之後,被要求打開信封,裡面出現了兩句話:
「我告訴你如果你不能心開鎖,你只被騙一次
我告訴你如果你能開鎖,你就被騙兩次 」

參與者身上的鑰匙絕大部份是不能開鎖的(第一次被騙) ,即使鑰能被打開他也會撞牆(第二次被騙) 。 那堆無用的鑰匙已經說明了一切。既然無門可通,人就是用其他的辦法像是:梯子所象徵的修行、黑布所象徵的冥想一類的心靈活動來救濟,結果也都將失敗。

Door to Eternal Happiness
2.15-2.21,1986 Sunny Art Gallery
By the entry there was a heap of envelopes with printings on the cover:
“ I tell you what they said: A world of eternal happiness is behind the door.
I tell you what they said: This door is the only access for entry.
I tell you what they said: The key is the only tool to unlock.
I tell you what they said: If you have the key that unlock the door then you own this world.
I tell you what they said: You may try all your keys………… “
Participants were asked to try all their keys and then open the envelope with lines printed as follows:
“ I tell you the truth: One can be cheated only once if the key does not unlock the door.
I tell you the truth: If the key does work then you are twice cheated. “

If one fail to open the door with his keys,he is cheated the first time .If one can open the door, he would face the wall and still find no way out of it. So, he is cheated the second time. The heap of discarded keys is self-explanatory. Since this door is a nihility, all the efforts such as the practice of moral teachings (symbolized by the ladder); or spiritual activities of meditation (symbolized by the black strap) should end in futileness.“

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極樂門草圖

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河囚–時間之死
The Tragedy of Peon Fish—Death of Time
7.23-8-21,1994 台北市立美術館

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