Performance, 20min. 21sec
《考場》
Examination![]()
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Digital printed on printer papers, Pencils, Loudspeaker
Digital printed on printer papers, Pencils, Loudspeaker
Deiglan (Kaupvangsstræti 23, 600 Akureyri, Iceland)
13th August, 2016
《考場》 是一場借用香港英文聆聽考試形式展開的行為作品。藝術家邀請現場觀眾與她一同進入一場考試：觀眾需要聆聽一段由藝術家撰寫的英文聆聽劇本，並完成一份試卷。考試結束後，桌上會放置一份標準答案。
聆聽劇本的內容圍繞一位男性對藝術家早期作品 《CV of Vagina》 的評論。這個男性並不是單一真實人物，而是由數位曾經與藝術家有過性接觸的男性，在閱讀 《CV of Vagina》 後給予她的評價與反應混合而成。藝術家將這些聲音撮寫成一個虛構的男性角色，使他成為一種集體化的評論聲音，也是一種親密關係中的觀看者。
作品借用大家熟悉的「英文聆聽考試」模式，將親密的身體經驗、男性評價、語言訓練與考試制度放在同一個場景中。觀眾以為自己正在理解一段英文內容，但同時也被捲入一個關於身體、性別、權力與判斷的測驗。誰有權評論一個身體？誰的理解會被視為正確？而那些來自親密關係中的話語，又如何被制度化成可以被聆聽、作答和評分的內容？
在 《考場》中，試卷成為一個舞台，讓語言、性、藝術詮釋與權力關係彼此交會。作品追問：一件藝術作品、一段身體經驗，或一個被觀看的女性身體，是否真的能被翻譯成一個標準答案？
聆聽劇本的內容圍繞一位男性對藝術家早期作品 《CV of Vagina》 的評論。這個男性並不是單一真實人物，而是由數位曾經與藝術家有過性接觸的男性，在閱讀 《CV of Vagina》 後給予她的評價與反應混合而成。藝術家將這些聲音撮寫成一個虛構的男性角色，使他成為一種集體化的評論聲音，也是一種親密關係中的觀看者。
作品借用大家熟悉的「英文聆聽考試」模式，將親密的身體經驗、男性評價、語言訓練與考試制度放在同一個場景中。觀眾以為自己正在理解一段英文內容，但同時也被捲入一個關於身體、性別、權力與判斷的測驗。誰有權評論一個身體？誰的理解會被視為正確？而那些來自親密關係中的話語，又如何被制度化成可以被聆聽、作答和評分的內容？
在 《考場》中，試卷成為一個舞台，讓語言、性、藝術詮釋與權力關係彼此交會。作品追問：一件藝術作品、一段身體經驗，或一個被觀看的女性身體，是否真的能被翻譯成一個標準答案？
《Examination》 is a performance that borrows the structure of the Hong Kong English listening examination. During the work, the artist invites the audience to sit an exam with her. They are asked to listen to an English listening script written by the artist and complete a test paper. After the exam, a model answer sheet is placed on the desk.
The listening script centres on a male voice commenting on the artist’s earlier work CV of Vagina. This male figure is not a single real person, but a composite character formed from the responses of several men who had previously had sexual contact with the artist and later read CV of Vagina. Their comments, reactions, and interpretations are rewritten into one fictional male voice, turning intimate feedback into a collective form of judgement.
By using the familiar format of an English listening test, the work brings together bodily intimacy, male interpretation, language training, and institutional assessment. The audience may appear to be tested on their comprehension of English, but they are also placed inside a larger examination of gender, sexuality, power, and interpretation. Who has the authority to comment on a body? Whose understanding becomes the correct one? And how can words spoken from intimate encounters be transformed into material that can be listened to, answered, and graded?
In Examination, the test paper becomes a stage where language, sex, artistic interpretation, and power relations meet. The work asks whether an artwork, a bodily experience, or a female body under observation can ever be translated into a model answer.
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The listening script centres on a male voice commenting on the artist’s earlier work CV of Vagina. This male figure is not a single real person, but a composite character formed from the responses of several men who had previously had sexual contact with the artist and later read CV of Vagina. Their comments, reactions, and interpretations are rewritten into one fictional male voice, turning intimate feedback into a collective form of judgement.
By using the familiar format of an English listening test, the work brings together bodily intimacy, male interpretation, language training, and institutional assessment. The audience may appear to be tested on their comprehension of English, but they are also placed inside a larger examination of gender, sexuality, power, and interpretation. Who has the authority to comment on a body? Whose understanding becomes the correct one? And how can words spoken from intimate encounters be transformed into material that can be listened to, answered, and graded?
In Examination, the test paper becomes a stage where language, sex, artistic interpretation, and power relations meet. The work asks whether an artwork, a bodily experience, or a female body under observation can ever be translated into a model answer.
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