Conferences
6 September–30 December 2012, Taipei, Taiwan
Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition
「憂鬱的進步」試圖探討現代社會所追求的科技、速度、移動、成長、醫療、衛生等等「進步」概念。人類的「進步」究竟是一幅怎樣的面貌？科技的進步是否等於人類的進步？
「進步」的本身成為現代社會的慾望，它的「無法滿足」成了一種強迫症、一種無以名狀的「憂鬱」狀態。如果所謂的「進步」令我們憂鬱，那是否還有其他進步的可能？或者，憂鬱是否正是我們在面臨困頓時的自我療癒和自我保護、自我檢視的機制？
“Melancholy in Progress” is to examine the pursuit of progress and its various manifestations in modern life, including medicine, sanitation, technology, speed, mobility and growth. Has progress become a desire of modern society that has no destination and no end? What is the truth of progress? The never satisfied pursuit of progress has developed the syndromes of compulsive disorders and resulted in melancholy. If the progress we are pursuing is the cause of our melancholy, is there any other choice for progress? Or, is there a chance we can defend ourselves, look into our plight, even heal ourselves with melancholy?
「進步」的本身成為現代社會的慾望，它的「無法滿足」成了一種強迫症、一種無以名狀的「憂鬱」狀態。如果所謂的「進步」令我們憂鬱，那是否還有其他進步的可能？或者，憂鬱是否正是我們在面臨困頓時的自我療癒和自我保護、自我檢視的機制？
“Melancholy in Progress” is to examine the pursuit of progress and its various manifestations in modern life, including medicine, sanitation, technology, speed, mobility and growth. Has progress become a desire of modern society that has no destination and no end? What is the truth of progress? The never satisfied pursuit of progress has developed the syndromes of compulsive disorders and resulted in melancholy. If the progress we are pursuing is the cause of our melancholy, is there any other choice for progress? Or, is there a chance we can defend ourselves, look into our plight, even heal ourselves with melancholy?
