KUO I-Chen 郭 奕 臣
橋 GAP
《橋GAP》收錄藝術家郭奕臣20年（2004-2023)創作生涯中不同階段的代表作品，書籍設計以「GAP」對應藝術家創作核心「缺席」，書籍的封面鑲嵌了一個藍色水平儀，將書本翻閱移動所產生的物理性空間作為閱讀過程中的感知測量，測量一道「藍色記憶」的縫隙，這些縫隙的連結點從父親的缺席開啟到置換於空間之外的藝術駐村平台，像是在不可逆的狀態中不斷啟動自我修復機制，既使終究是一場徒勞，那也是生命裏最純粹的本質。
The cover of the "Bridge GAP" collection features a 3.5-centimeter blue level, symbolizing the disoriented state following a physical rupture. The act of flipping through the book creates a physical spatial experience, serving as a sensory measurement of a "blue memory" gap. These gaps originate from the absence of a father, marking the fractures at various stages of life.operates within a realm of irreversible conditions, continuously initiating self-repair mechanisms. Even though such efforts may ultimately prove futile, they epitomize the purest essence of existence.
作者：郭奕臣｜撰文：黃海鳴、陳柏谷、林怡秀
編輯：郭心芯｜設計：吳肇軒
贊助單位｜財團法人天美藝術基金會
2024年8月初版，台灣印刷
ISBN：978-626-01-2850-0
規格：精裝｜182頁｜19 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm｜全彩印刷
版次：350本
宇宙掉了一顆牙 THE UNIVERSE LOST A BABY TOOTH
繪本 | 48頁 |23x23 公分 | 2016
Picture book | 48pages｜ 23x23 cm | 2016｜ISBN：9789869225953
文：郭奕臣 ｜圖：林小杯
1986年那年春天，我7歲，父親帶著全家前往墾丁找尋著每隔75年才造訪地球一次的哈雷彗星。當時正在換乳牙又有蛀牙，小小的我一直忍著牙齒的疼痛，在漆黑的星空下尋找那拖著長長尾巴的哈雷彗星，而這深刻的記憶也開啟了我對宇宙的想像。
多年後我許下了諾言，希望能在2061年再次看到它，也因此醞釀了《宇宙掉了一顆牙》這繪本的想法：希望透過故事，以自己生命中的重要時刻為起點，在身體、記憶、宇宙之間，相互交織出一段關於承諾的故事。宇宙的浩瀚之下人類是如此渺小，但拉近到個人的記憶與想像，你我就像一顆恆星，在屬於自己的宇宙星系裡環繞。
哈雷彗星每隔75年便會環繞到地球的近日點，以現代人類的壽命來說最多能親眼看見它造訪地球兩次，而這兩次的回歸點也與每個人換牙兩次（乳牙、智齒）的生命週期相對應。人體口腔成為身體內太空的隱喻，口中每一句話所許下的承諾，都將成爲一段記憶。也許不是每個承諾最終都能實現，但透過這故事能讓一個承諾不斷延續下去。
2061年那天到來的時刻，也許有人終將能完成它—一段記憶、一顆牙齒、一整個宇宙、一句75年的諾言。
Every child has to lose their baby teeth to move into the next stage of life. The fallen teeth symbolize life changes. When they grow up and take out the baby teeth they saved, they also unleash the memories from their childhood, as if the baby teeth are the places where they store their memories. Coincidentally, a comet, with its big head and long narrow tail, looks very similar to a fallen tooth in their shape. Do you think there's a reason why they look alike? If there is a reason, would it be that a comet is also a place where the universe stores memories?People like to make wishes on shooting stars. Would it be possible, that the stars that carry the wishes from people around the world eventually turn in to the universe's storage of memories? Do you also have memories and promises that you would like to keep? What is your way to make yourself remember?
