作品說明About Artworks (from Artist)

在〈世界級城市〉中，阿布都．哈里克．阿濟茲反思了斯里蘭卡近期分裂政治的案例，包括他曾以記者身分報導過的復活節爆炸案。這些案例發生在斯里蘭卡追求西方資本主義基調發展的背景下，而這種追求發展的渴望形塑了該國的戰後政治脈絡與基礎建設。本作品剪輯自阿濟茲習慣以手機拍攝的日常所見，並搭配運用城市現場錄音創作而成的音樂，探討具體現實處境與新自由主義想望投射之間的分裂與鴻溝。

In World Class City, Abdul Halik Azeez reflects on recent instances of divisive politics in Sri Lanka, including the Easter Bombings on which he reported as a journalist, against the backdrop of aspirations for development in the Western, capitalist tenor which has shaped the post-war political context and infrastructure in the country. Edited together from footage gathered through the artist’s practice of regularly capturing everyday sights and sounds as they unfold on his mobile phone, and using music created using field recordings from the city, the work addresses the schisms and rifts between lived realities and projections of neoliberal desire.

作品說明About Artworks (from Artist)

〈沒圖沒真相／記憶〉重新播放藝術家於2016年2月至7月期間在可倫坡擔任攝影師的生活影像日記。這份個人紀錄記載了可倫坡這座城市充滿張力的戰後都市轉型，並將諸多靜止的瞬間串聯成一部「意識流」影片。這些影像轉瞬即逝，難以捉摸；它們重疊交融，敘事的速度與間斷模糊了時間感和空間感。儘管如此，這片混沌之中仍不乏令人震驚的清晰時刻。本作品是由一位參與並批判性地反思世界再現方式的數位公民所創作，它揭示了人們無時無刻想用手持裝置捕捉生活的衝動，以及新科技如何扭曲並延伸生活。

Pics or It Didn’t Happen / Memory  replays a visual diary of the artist’s life as a photographer in Colombo from February to July 2016. This is a personal record made whilst documenting the charged post-war urban transformation of the city, where still moments strung into a “stream of consciousness” video. The images are fleeting and often hard to grasp, they overlap and merge together and the speed and gaps in the narrative can blur the sense of time and space. Despite this, moments of startling clarity present themselves in the mix. As a product of a digital citizen who participates in and critically reflects on how the world is represented, the work acknowledges the incessant need to capture life on our handheld devices, distorting and extending it through new technologies.

關於藝術家 About Artist

阿布都．哈里克．阿濟茲 

阿布都．哈里克．阿濟茲常駐於斯里蘭卡可倫坡。他是一位跨領域藝術家，具有很強的組織能力。其作品探討殖民主義、晚期資本主義、記憶／歷史建構，以及身分認同政治之間的關係。他擁有格拉納達大學的語言學碩士學位，以及可倫坡大學的金融經濟學碩士學位。在全職投入藝術創作之前，他曾從事多年的記者、經濟學家，以及批判論述分析師等工作。他是2019年成立的藝術團體「The Packet」的共同創辦人。他的作品曾於亞太當代藝術三年展（2024）、巴西聖保羅錄像雙年展（2023）、柏林國際影展（2023），以及第十五屆卡塞爾文件展（2022）中展出，並獲邀參與德爾菲娜基金會（2025）、孤獨城堡學院（2025-2026）、阿薩卡藝術基金會（2025）、克勞斯親王基金（2023），以及沙迦藝術基金會（2022）的駐村與獎助計畫。

Abdul Halik Azeez

Abdul Halik Azeez is based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. A multidisciplinary artist and organizer, his work explores relationships between colonialism, late capitalism, memory/history making, and identity politics. Azeez has a MA in Linguistics from the University of Granada, and an MA in Financial Economics from the University of Colombo. He spent many years practicing as a journalist, economist, and critical discourse analyst before turning to art practice full time. He is co-founder of The Packet, a collective formed in 2019. He has exhibited at the Asia Pacific Triennial (2024), Videobrasil (2023), Berlinale (2023) and documenta fifteen (2022), and received invitations to residencies and fellowships with the Delfina Foundation (2025), Akademie Schloss Solitude (2025-2026), Alserkal Arts Foundation (2025), Prince Claus Fund (2023) and the Sharjah Art Foundation (2022).