MIGRATION OF IMAGINATION


Migration of Imagination, 2021, double-sides vinyl sticker, demension variable, Art Station Dubulti, Latvia

想像的遷徙,  2021,  雙面乙烯基貼紙,  尺寸依空間而定,  藝術車站「杜布提」  拉脫維亞


This artwork "Migration of Imagination" consisted of three parts. The most eye-catching one located in Art Station Dubulti, Latvia with thousands of black and yellow moths all around the building. Besides to those moths in the train station, the other hundreds of moths keep flying on the ER2 EMU train of the Latvia Railway with passengers. The last 500 stickers are free to take for audiences in Dubulti station. The audience can take these moths to a faraway place.
This moth photo was taken in Taiwan from the other side of the glass. Therefore, the six legs and belly of moth is recognizable in the picture. Double-side stickers were used in this artwork. For audiences, these moths always sit on the other side of the glass. That means they are untouchable and almost indistinguishable from real moths.
Moths migration happens twice every year in spring and autumn, that correspond to human movement in Dubulti station, since Dubulti is a popular seasonal destination. These moths are the symbol of imagination and migration. The train station is a transition space connect two distant places, hence become a gathering spot for the imagination about unfamiliar place. There is no way to figure out the truth on the other side until taking the train and walking out of the station. And with this artwork when people take the train, the imagination always leads their way.

「 想像的遷徙」由三個部分構成。其中最主要的是位在拉脫維亞尤爾瑪拉的藝術車站「杜布提」的部分:數千張黃黑相間的蛾貼紙遍布整座車站建築。除了車站裡的,另外有數百隻蛾在一輛拉脫維亞鐵路的ER2 EMU列車內伴隨著旅客不斷穿行於拉脫維全國。而此作品的最後一部份則是500張貼只在「杜布提」車站內免費發放給參觀民眾,讓他們可以帶著這些蛾飛往遙遠的他方。
此作品使用了雙面貼紙,這使得觀眾永遠只會看到蛾的腹部。對觀眾來說,這些蛾永遠位於玻璃的另一側、無法觸碰,並因此難以確認其真實性 。
蛾在春夏遷徙的特性不但切合列車與乘客的移動,更與作為季節性旅遊地的「杜布提」本身的人潮流動相合。 此作品中的蛾是想像與遷徙的象徵,車站作為連接兩地的中介空間,是想像的匯集地,車站所連接的是陌生的他方,在搭上列車並走出車站之前唯有想像而無從知曉他方的真實。而當人們搭上列車前往遠方,這些蛾與想像將相伴而行。


Migration of Imagination on ER2 EMU Train from Latvia Railway 
「想像的遷徙」在拉脫維亞鐵路所屬之ER2 EMU列車上