洪加東加島 Hunga Tonga
2019
2K彩色寬螢幕電影 2K Cinemascope, stereo sound, color
21’22’’
每個終點都是一個新的起點 Every End Is A New Beginning
2020
攝影 Photography
共3件，每件60x72cm 3 pieces, 60x72cm each
*The work Every End Is A New Beginning IV is courtesy of Nils Stærk Gallery.
《洪加東加島》在有大地、有海洋、有空曠處的幻景中巡歷，探索著人類、微生物、南太平洋上全新形成的火山島洪加東加之間的連結。
十年前一次巨大的火山噴發後，洪加東加島從海底深處浮現了。如此年輕的小島，以一個多孔介面的方式存在陸地與海洋之間，一邊適應著活在水平面上的新生命，一邊疾速進化。此作具現出各種莫名異樣的內化狀態，挑戰人類對時間、敘事和物種界線的認知，並邀請觀者把自己想像成一座火山島、一個古老的微生物、或一片海洋，來體驗時間。就像洪加東加島自己會讓你知道，大自然不是靜態的：時間之外沒有島嶼。
The film work Hunga Tonga navigates dreamscapes of earth, sea, and space by exploring the connections between humans, microscopic organisms, and the newly-formed volcanic island Hunga Tonga in the South Pacific.
Through a huge volcanic eruption ten years ago, Hunga Tonga emerged from the depths of the ocean. Being a young island, it exists as a porous interface between land and sea, rapidly evolving as it adjusts to its new life above water. Challenging human conceptions of time, narrative, and the boundaries between species, the film visualizes various alien states of embodiment. Hunga Tonga invites the viewer to experience time like a volcanic island, an ancient microscopic organism, and the ocean. As the island will tell you itself, nature is not static: there is no island outside of time.
攝影作品〈每個終點都是一個新的起點〉所捕捉到的畫面，看似不毛之地，但事實上，這是從地球南太平洋上最新形成的洪加東加島（Hunga Tonga），所採集來的一顆沙粒的放大影像。這無人的景象宛如是對盤古開天闢地的記憶，或是對未來光景的一瞥。
人類在這個星球上遊遊蕩蕩了三十萬年──卻也還不及地球總生命的0.01 %。然而在這段相對短的時間裡，我們踩在整個生態系上的腳印之大，已經可以和火山噴發、地震、流星撞擊這類大型天災相比擬。
隨著人類世的終點日趨逼近，反托邦的未來眼看就要到來。但地球上的生命也已一次次突破極限，重新定義自身，而且在後人類時代仍會繼續如此，即便絕大部分的地表屆時將會被上升的水平面淹沒。
此作為SUPERFLEX於2018年搭乘「達達奈拉」號（Dardanella）船到洪加東加島進行一場探索之旅所衍生出的創作，該趟旅程屬於「洋流」（The Current）計畫下由TBA21學院委託製作的大型研究案《深海探勘》（Deep Sea Minding）的一部分。
The photographic work Every End Is A New Beginning depicts what appears to be a barren landscape; in fact, it is a magnification of a single grain of sand collected on the world's youngest island, Hunga Tonga, in the South Pacific. Devoid of human presence, the image appears like a memory of the early history of our planet, or a glimpse into a future era beyond us.
Humans have roamed this planet for a mere 300,000 years – less than 0.01 % of the Earth’s history. During our relatively short stay, we have managed to create a footprint on the entire ecosystem comparable to that of major natural disasters such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and meteor impacts.
A dystopian future seems to approach as the end of the human era draws nearer. But life on Earth has transgressed limits and redefined itself again and again, and will most likely do so in a post-human era, even as large areas of land are submerged by rising seas.
The work is one outcome of SUPERFLEX’s expedition to Hunga Tonga aboard the ship “Dardanella” in 2018 as part of a larger research project, ‘Deep Sea Minding’, commissioned by TBA21-Academy under the program “The Current”.
SUPERFLEX
SUPERFLEX是由雅各布．芬格（Jakob Fenger）、伯瓊斯傑尼．克利斯汀森（Bjørnstjerne Christiansen）、拉斯穆斯．羅森格倫．尼爾森（Rasmus Rosengren Nielsen）於1993年成立。作為一個不斷拓展的藝術團體，SUPERFLEX持續與各類型的對象合作，從園丁、工程師、乃至現場的觀眾。作品透過不同的形式如能量系統、飲料、雕塑、複製物、催眠課程、基礎設施、繪畫、植物苗圃、契約、公共空間等，探討建立社會和經濟結構的替代模式。
展覽的內部與外部實體空間都是SUPERFLEX的創作場域，在其得獎計畫《Superkilen》公園於2011年啟用後，更經常參與大型的公共空間計畫。這類計畫通常會有來自在地族群、專家學者及兒童的參與。近期創作則是將合作的概念進一步延伸，從其他物種中徵集合作的對象。他們長期投入都市生活新形態的研究與開發，納入植物和動物的觀點，期許人類社會可以朝跨物種的生活模式演進。在SUPERFLEX的認知裡，最棒的點子有可能會來自一條魚。
SUPERFLEX
SUPERFLEX was founded in 1993 by Jakob Fenger, Bjørnstjerne Christiansen, and Rasmus Rosengren Nielsen. Conceived as an expanded collective, SUPERFLEX has consistently worked with a wide variety of collaborators, from gardeners to engineers to audience members. Engaging with alternative models for the creation of social and economic organization, works have taken the form of energy systems, beverages, sculptures, copies, hypnosis sessions, infrastructure, paintings, plant nurseries, contracts, and public spaces.
Working in and outside the physical location of the exhibition space, SUPERFLEX has been engaged in major public space projects since their award-winning Superkilen opened in 2011. These projects often involve participation, involving the input of local communities, specialists, and children. Taking the idea of collaboration even further, recent works have involved soliciting the participation of other species. SUPERFLEX has been developing a new kind of urbanism that includes the perspectives of plants and animals, aiming to move society towards interspecies living. For SUPERFLEX, the best idea might come from a fish.
作品版權
導演：SUPERFLEX
攝影師：Johan Schneévoigt, Alex Jordan, Markus Reymann, Francesca von Habsburg, Dayne Buddo, Sub Kontanz
剪輯：Rikke Selin
編劇&劇本：SUPERFLEX
編劇顧問：Cristina Casals Soler, Victoria Mingot, Olof Olsson
聲音設計：Rasmus Winther Jensen, Heikki Kossi
擬音混音師：Kari Vähäkuopus
片頭設計：Rasmus Koch
調色師：Dicki Lakha
製作協管：Maria Jose Felix Dias
太陽能3D列印實驗概念化及實現：Barbara Imhof (Liquifer Systems Group)
本作由TBA21學院委託製作
Credits
Director: SUPERFLEX
Camera: Johan Schneévoigt, Alex Jordan, Markus Reymann, Francesca von Habsburg, Dayne Buddo, Sub Kontanz
Editor: Rikke Selin
Script & Screenplay: SUPERFLEX
Script Consultant: Cristina Casals Soler, Victoria Mingot, Olof Olsson
Sound Design: Rasmus Winther Jensen, Heikki Kossi
Foley Mixer: Kari Vähäkuopus
Title Signs: Rasmus Koch
Colorgrading: Dicki Lakha
Coordination: Maria Jose Felix Dias
Solar sintering experiment conceptualised and realised by: Barbara Imhof (Liquifer Systems Group)
Commissioned by TBA21-Academy