KUO I-Chen 郭 奕 臣
半 影 Penumbra
媒材：燈箱、水彩
尺寸：800 x 400 x 50 cm｜年份：2021-2022｜設置地點：台南、台灣
邁入第拾年的月津港燈節，透過月津港河面的倒影，將半影倒映在河面上如同記憶因空缺而顯得更完整，光因黑暗而顯得閃耀，記憶因時光而顯得深刻。
此次在月津港燈節展出作品《半影》裝置結合夜間寫生活動「拾光記憶一夜間寫生」，以月光為畫布，記憶為畫筆，保留住每個無法被取代的時光記憶。
Entering the tenth year of the Yuejin Lantern Festival, he penumbra is visible on the river through the reflection off the Yuejin river as if the memory is more complete because of the vacancy, the light is shining because of the darkness, and the memory is deep because of time. This time, the work "Penumbra" on display at the Yuejin Hong Kong Lantern Festival is combined with the night sketching activity "Light Picking Memory-Night Sketching", using moonlight as the canvas and memory as the brush to retain every memory of time that cannot be replaced.
Vangard1 先鋒計劃
複合媒材裝置 | Mixed media installation | 2021
L260 x W180 x H160 cm
農耕車、收音機、電子琴鍵盤、14吋單體喇叭、綠藻發電裝置、人造衛星模型
Agricultural tractor, radio, electronic keyboard,14-inch single speaker, algae power generator,artificial satellite model
1958年第一顆使用太陽能電力的人造衛星先鋒1號(Vanguard1)，在1965年後失去訊號報廢後成為漂浮在地球軌道上現存歷史最久的太空垃圾，隨著太空科技不斷地探索，太空垃圾的數量逐年遞增，各國也開始注重隨之而來的威脅，可能造成人類無法預見的太空災難。《先鋒計劃》將先鋒1號人造衛星透過生質燃料的綠藻發電裝置重新驅動，讀取並播放來自漂浮於外太空的聲音，裝置更結合各類型廢棄電器與農耕車，將能源循環與地球記憶產生連結，成為新一代大空能源放送站。
Vanguard 1, the world's first solar-powered satellite, was launched in 1958. Communications with the satellite were lost in 1965, and it has since become
the oldest surviving space debris still in orbit around Earth. As space exploration continues, the number of space debris continues to rise year after year. Nations around the world have also begun to pay attention to the threats that this may bring, which could lead to possible unforeseen space disasters.
This project, Vanguard 1, reactivates the Vanguard 1 satellite through the use of an algal biofuel power generator, and it plays sounds that are drifting in
outer space. The installation also combines various discarded appliances and an agricultural tractor, resulting in a new type of space energy transmission station by linking together resource cycling and memories of Earth.
