未來之境 A Possible Environment—
埃及藝術家 Mina Nasr 駐村成果展
　　
▍展覽開幕 Exhibition Open
4/13 (六) 下午 15:00 
駁二藝術特區 The Pier-2 Art Center
大義區 C8-8 倉庫
(Bonnie Sugar 斜對面、 Jeansda 金斯大牛仔褲隔壁)
高雄市鹽埕區大義街2號
MAP： https://goo.gl/maps/op5jrN41k412

　　
▍開放參觀 Gallery Hours
4/13 Sat. - 4/21 Sun.
週一至週四 12:00-17:00 (Mon.-Thu.)
週五六日 12:00-19:00 (Fri.-Sun.)
　　

❒ 藝術家個人網站： www.minanasr.wordpress.com　
　　　　
　　
▍展覽論述 Exhibition Text
受到過去不同宗教信仰與文化的影響，散落在各街區的廟宇是高雄城市街景的特色之一。高雄的城市空間被高樓大廈一天天佔據著，以摩天大樓的形式穿過如同小小立方體的房舍之間，不斷變化的都市景觀，反映出這個城市的貿易發展速度和強度。

我的創作計畫是一幅取材自這個城市地景的平行圖像。在營造如同神話儀式的神祕空間中，透過紙張與手繪的方式，以雕塑裝置作品呈現城市景觀在未來可能的轉變。作品透過複雜的建築元素創造不穩定的環境，希望啟發觀者關注建築特徵的外觀與未來性，重新審視當今我們對科技的依賴程度，進而思考何謂「穩定」。

這個作品恰巧為我過去在世界各城市進行的創作與踏查研究下了一個註解：我一直在思考，大眾對空間的認識與感知，將多大程度影響一個城市的交通流量、雍塞程度與建築地景。
　　
In the city of Kaohsiung, temples abound within its distinctive neighborhoods, being part of its unique architectural composition resulting from the various cultural and religious influences it has experienced. It is a city where the spaces are occupied by high-rise buildings, one day after another, in the form of skyscrapers that make their way through the small cubic houses; all of which reflect a picture of how fast trade is developing strongly in the city.

My project is a parallel image inspired by the landscape of the city. It takes the form of an architectural installation that appears inside a mythical rites, where I use paper and drawing to present futuristic images of possible city transformations. The project uses complex architecture within an unstable environment designed to draw our attention to the shape and future of the architectural identity, the extent of our reliance on technology and our concept of stability.

This work comes as a supplement to several investigations of previous projects that I have carried out around different cities, in which I raise questions about the extent to which the culture of public awareness of space affects the flow of traffic, congestion and architectural formation in each city.
　　
　　
▍關於藝術家 About Artist
1983年出生於埃及開羅，Mina 是一位視覺藝術家，作品主題多半圍繞在對於生活中共存文化的認同調查。善於使用非典型空間感進行繪畫，使畫筆下的黑與白成為空間裝置的一部分。期望在作品中創造動態的互動，將不同關係聯繫在一個空間中，並提出有關他們能夠適應政治和社會事件的程度的問題。本次駁二駐村計畫以高雄城市景觀為觀察對象，透過繪畫與空間裝置，帶領觀眾思考空間在高雄特殊文化脈絡與城市發展中的角色。
　　
Mina Nasr (b. 1983) is an Egyptian visual artist based in Cairo. His work revolves around investigating identity and ideas related to the culture of coexistence in the surrounding environment. Nasr drawings take unconventional dimensions embodied in installations that move between black and white colours. He aims to create dynamic interactions that connect different relationships in one space and raise questions about the extent to which they can adapt to political and social events.
　　

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