符語編碼 ─ 觸動感官的視野
創作者：蔡志榮
數位化與圖像化一直是創作的重要元素，而此二者皆具備標誌記號或符號象徵的特質，在今日運算儲存功能的擴增，微晶片讓訊息以二進位形式快速程序化，雷射使訊息迅速被閱讀，光纖則意味著訊息能從一個處理器快速傳遞至另一端處理器，亦即從運算、讀取到通訊的時代革命，此時空組織已對生命有機體產生本質的變化，而生長在此新思維、科技跳躍前進的我們，對符號與數位的認知和接受已是迫在眉睫的事實。此次創作延續符語編碼的主題，抽絲剝繭、搜索探究，藉由藝術可被定義為象徵性符號的特質，透過審美形式的媒介，以符號形式融合藝術觀點表現人類情感，這無疑是二十一世紀當代美學與當代藝術著重的一塊新思維空間，更是切 入時代動脈的途徑。
當人一出生即被賦予各式各樣的數據編碼，無論是人類個體有意識的自我賦予，或電腦給予的物流水號，都被有秩序的編成一組組數碼，形式或非形式的條碼、ID、晶片、磁碟等，所紀錄的是人在時間與空間進行過程的記號。於是，多元訊息被編整統一化了，複雜世界被數碼制度化、系統化。在這充斥著符號象徵世界裡，自身更面臨固有經驗被重新安排，與再次建構的棘手問題，因而選擇以藝術方式正面參與符語的創作性，直接揭示編碼符號化背後隱藏的生命隱憂。於是，企圖透過自我的編碼，編制個人的環境、生活、關係，此時這些符語透過藝術形式而塑造編制整個生命系統，因而，符語編碼化了每件作 品，而每幅創作借符語陳述一事件、一段關係或一次行為。人的個別性似隱沒於數字、符號中，而畫面所建構的條碼、圖像與數字是對現象世界的提問，亦是對稍縱即逝的事物之記載，更是個人內心的欲望與無法改變外在世界的呈現。
面對科技化、規律化、商品化的新時代，選擇以簡化色彩、精簡結構的藝術手法，並透過符語編號記錄事件的方式來記錄人類情感思緒之掙扎。作品裡線條與數字總扮演著重要的角色，畫面中常出現的數據暗喻著；條碼若不經光學的刷讀，則無法解讀隱藏於符語背後的真實涵義。科技文明逐漸掌控人日常生活已是無所遁形的事實，於是希冀藉符語條碼發出凜冽的抗議。而編碼與編碼、符號與符號間之相似性更造成迷亂混淆，之間些微的差異已超出正常視覺範圍，唯透過數位技術始能識辨，才能搜索不同編碼所賦予的故事內涵。這正意味著原所依賴天賦感官的生存模式已遭受嚴厲的挑戰，人類已日漸迷失在數位化的都市叢林裡，企圖以簡單的符語編碼撐起人文精神的旗桿，為數位文明揭示警訊的旗幟，並透過各種不同視覺表現刺激一般的思考模式，由藝術角度重新審視自我存在的價值觀，再次認識個人與文明發展的關係。
此次作品延伸符語編碼的主軸而牽引出《觸動感官的視野》的主題，自90年代即開始《符語編碼》系列創作，在多年經營的條碼之下，在這次展覽中，於原有條碼的架構內潛藏著歷史事件、哲學符碼，尋常的數字與代號簡化成純粹的符碼，卻包裹著複雜人類發展的軌跡，這是對當代科技資訊的反動，也是對人文社會的堅持。編碼是一種去個性化的極端理性行為，而藝術創作時複雜的個別事件，因此，將理性/感性（單純/繁複）以歸納法則將個體做系統性的分類，並將個人經驗、記憶、關係、行為等紛雜性徹底化約為數學演算的管理系統予以封存，封合在極端理性且冷靜的條碼之下，然而在冰冷的符碼下鑲嵌著是隱然燥動的主觀情緒，在形式之外形塑出既明確又曖昧的遐想空間，與內斂的精神領域。
Bar Code Language
Dino
Digitizing and picturizing have been two main elements in Tsai’s creation, both of which characterize symbols and signs. In a time when the functions of operation and storage are rapidly progressing, symbols and signs are now seen almost everywhere. The innovations in the computer age extend far beyond this. There are microchips that accelerate data processing on an exponential scale, lasers that allow data to be read without delay, and optical fibers that speed up data transmission from one processor to another. These inventions made possible a revolution of operation, access and communication, causing a fundamental influence on bio-organisms that live in this upto-date but capricious technology epoch. Therefore, it is crucial for us to recognize and accept the signs and digitization that surround us. In Tsai’s coming exhibition, he continues to use “bar codes” as his subject matter. With his investigation and exploration beforehand, Tsai manipulates one characteristic of art—symbolic sign, selects principles of aesthetic appreciation to be the medium, and then displays human emotion through his artwork loaded with symbolic forms. Tsai’s work is no doubt one of the best representations in the twenty-first century aesthetics as well as modern art, not to mention the artist’s unique insight into contemporary social movements.
Everyone is labeled with various codes and numbers from the moment they are born. These codes and numbers, intentionally given by human beings or randomly generated by computers, are arranged in order, as shown in formal and informal bar codes, ID, chips, and disks. They serve as marks of human passage across certain times and spaces. As a result, multifarious information is woven uniformly and the complicated world is institutionalized and systematized by digitization. Living in a modern world full of bar codes, Artist Dino Tsai confronts the reality that his experiences are constantly rearranged and reconstructed. Instead of being overpowered by popular trends, he chooses to brave them by trying to reveal the life lessons hidden behind each bar code. In such an attempt, he intentionally creates sets of codes to represent one’s life, surroundings, or relationship. In Tsai’s creation, bar codes are used as an artistic form to construct an entire biosystem. At the same time, they encode all artworks. In other words, Tsai employs bar codes in his work to portray an event, a relationship, and an action. At first glance of Tsai’s works, it seems that human individuality is nonexistent among massive numbers and symbols. However, the artist’s abundant life experiences are chronicled by the combination of images, numbers, and bar codes in his works. As Tsai focuses on recording every occurring yet transient image in his work, the artist’s desire and secret inner world are incidentally revealed.
創作者：蔡志榮
數位化與圖像化一直是創作的重要元素，而此二者皆具備標誌記號或符號象徵的特質，在今日運算儲存功能的擴增，微晶片讓訊息以二進位形式快速程序化，雷射使訊息迅速被閱讀，光纖則意味著訊息能從一個處理器快速傳遞至另一端處理器，亦即從運算、讀取到通訊的時代革命，此時空組織已對生命有機體產生本質的變化，而生長在此新思維、科技跳躍前進的我們，對符號與數位的認知和接受已是迫在眉睫的事實。此次創作延續符語編碼的主題，抽絲剝繭、搜索探究，藉由藝術可被定義為象徵性符號的特質，透過審美形式的媒介，以符號形式融合藝術觀點表現人類情感，這無疑是二十一世紀當代美學與當代藝術著重的一塊新思維空間，更是切 入時代動脈的途徑。
當人一出生即被賦予各式各樣的數據編碼，無論是人類個體有意識的自我賦予，或電腦給予的物流水號，都被有秩序的編成一組組數碼，形式或非形式的條碼、ID、晶片、磁碟等，所紀錄的是人在時間與空間進行過程的記號。於是，多元訊息被編整統一化了，複雜世界被數碼制度化、系統化。在這充斥著符號象徵世界裡，自身更面臨固有經驗被重新安排，與再次建構的棘手問題，因而選擇以藝術方式正面參與符語的創作性，直接揭示編碼符號化背後隱藏的生命隱憂。於是，企圖透過自我的編碼，編制個人的環境、生活、關係，此時這些符語透過藝術形式而塑造編制整個生命系統，因而，符語編碼化了每件作 品，而每幅創作借符語陳述一事件、一段關係或一次行為。人的個別性似隱沒於數字、符號中，而畫面所建構的條碼、圖像與數字是對現象世界的提問，亦是對稍縱即逝的事物之記載，更是個人內心的欲望與無法改變外在世界的呈現。
面對科技化、規律化、商品化的新時代，選擇以簡化色彩、精簡結構的藝術手法，並透過符語編號記錄事件的方式來記錄人類情感思緒之掙扎。作品裡線條與數字總扮演著重要的角色，畫面中常出現的數據暗喻著；條碼若不經光學的刷讀，則無法解讀隱藏於符語背後的真實涵義。科技文明逐漸掌控人日常生活已是無所遁形的事實，於是希冀藉符語條碼發出凜冽的抗議。而編碼與編碼、符號與符號間之相似性更造成迷亂混淆，之間些微的差異已超出正常視覺範圍，唯透過數位技術始能識辨，才能搜索不同編碼所賦予的故事內涵。這正意味著原所依賴天賦感官的生存模式已遭受嚴厲的挑戰，人類已日漸迷失在數位化的都市叢林裡，企圖以簡單的符語編碼撐起人文精神的旗桿，為數位文明揭示警訊的旗幟，並透過各種不同視覺表現刺激一般的思考模式，由藝術角度重新審視自我存在的價值觀，再次認識個人與文明發展的關係。
此次作品延伸符語編碼的主軸而牽引出《觸動感官的視野》的主題，自90年代即開始《符語編碼》系列創作，在多年經營的條碼之下，在這次展覽中，於原有條碼的架構內潛藏著歷史事件、哲學符碼，尋常的數字與代號簡化成純粹的符碼，卻包裹著複雜人類發展的軌跡，這是對當代科技資訊的反動，也是對人文社會的堅持。編碼是一種去個性化的極端理性行為，而藝術創作時複雜的個別事件，因此，將理性/感性（單純/繁複）以歸納法則將個體做系統性的分類，並將個人經驗、記憶、關係、行為等紛雜性徹底化約為數學演算的管理系統予以封存，封合在極端理性且冷靜的條碼之下，然而在冰冷的符碼下鑲嵌著是隱然燥動的主觀情緒，在形式之外形塑出既明確又曖昧的遐想空間，與內斂的精神領域。
Bar Code Language
Dino
Digitizing and picturizing have been two main elements in Tsai’s creation, both of which characterize symbols and signs. In a time when the functions of operation and storage are rapidly progressing, symbols and signs are now seen almost everywhere. The innovations in the computer age extend far beyond this. There are microchips that accelerate data processing on an exponential scale, lasers that allow data to be read without delay, and optical fibers that speed up data transmission from one processor to another. These inventions made possible a revolution of operation, access and communication, causing a fundamental influence on bio-organisms that live in this upto-date but capricious technology epoch. Therefore, it is crucial for us to recognize and accept the signs and digitization that surround us. In Tsai’s coming exhibition, he continues to use “bar codes” as his subject matter. With his investigation and exploration beforehand, Tsai manipulates one characteristic of art—symbolic sign, selects principles of aesthetic appreciation to be the medium, and then displays human emotion through his artwork loaded with symbolic forms. Tsai’s work is no doubt one of the best representations in the twenty-first century aesthetics as well as modern art, not to mention the artist’s unique insight into contemporary social movements.
Everyone is labeled with various codes and numbers from the moment they are born. These codes and numbers, intentionally given by human beings or randomly generated by computers, are arranged in order, as shown in formal and informal bar codes, ID, chips, and disks. They serve as marks of human passage across certain times and spaces. As a result, multifarious information is woven uniformly and the complicated world is institutionalized and systematized by digitization. Living in a modern world full of bar codes, Artist Dino Tsai confronts the reality that his experiences are constantly rearranged and reconstructed. Instead of being overpowered by popular trends, he chooses to brave them by trying to reveal the life lessons hidden behind each bar code. In such an attempt, he intentionally creates sets of codes to represent one’s life, surroundings, or relationship. In Tsai’s creation, bar codes are used as an artistic form to construct an entire biosystem. At the same time, they encode all artworks. In other words, Tsai employs bar codes in his work to portray an event, a relationship, and an action. At first glance of Tsai’s works, it seems that human individuality is nonexistent among massive numbers and symbols. However, the artist’s abundant life experiences are chronicled by the combination of images, numbers, and bar codes in his works. As Tsai focuses on recording every occurring yet transient image in his work, the artist’s desire and secret inner world are incidentally revealed.