Megumi Fukuda

Taipei（の）Poetry is a solo exhibition by Megumi Fukuda of new works made in Taipei.

Within an old house that still stands on Treasure Hill is a pair of Chair People, a sculptural work of chairs and objects that emerges from Fukuda’s Each Day Begins with the Sunrising and Ends with the Sunsetting series. Each Chair People is an assemblage of various daily commodities collected by the artist in the city of Taipei, integrated with electrical appliances that gently influence the other. An electric fan causes bells to tinkle, whilst the light of a lamp illuminates another. A series of mutual workings operated entirely by energy from the light that shines brightly onto Treasure Hill. Alluding to the notion of a couple, the smallest unit of a family, this scenery of cause and effect recalls the dynamics of a duo and the relationship between two individuals.

Inspired by the fantastical imagery of the word for railway platform, 月台 (literally, moon platform) in Taiwan, an installation comprising mainly photographs with drawings and objects, speaks to the wonder, miscomprehension, and bewilderment experienced by Fukuda in Taipei. A visual poetry of impressions, the installation gathers traces of the artist’s interactions with others within the city’s unique cultural landscape.

福田恵在個展「台北(の)詩」中將展出她在台北創作的新作品。

在寶藏巖仍舊挺立的一幢舊房子裡，佇立了一對「Chair People」，這是福田從她的「每日始於日出並終於日落」系列作品中衍生出，結合了椅子與物件的雕塑作品。這對「Chair People」是藝術家在台北收集的各種不同日用品的結集，並將其與電子設備合成一體，輕微地影響彼此。裝置中，電扇使風鈴發出清脆的聲響，同時燈具的光線會照亮它們。而引起一連串相互反應的能量，則全數來自照耀在寶藏巖上的燦爛陽光。作品中也影射「夫妻」的概念，因為夫妻為成立家庭的最小單位，在這因果背景下，令人聯想到二重奏的力度變化，及兩個個體之間的微妙關係。

此靈感源於對台灣鐵道「月台」字體之意象幻想，「月台」（逐字拆開來字義為月亮、平台），作品裝置的組成主要為攝影結合繪畫與物件，訴說著福田在台北體驗的驚奇、誤解與困惑。有如一篇視覺詩作中的種種意象，裝置作品集結了藝術家與他者互動的紀錄，於城市獨特文化風景中的軌跡。