愛の別れ
間に合わなかった思い出、
夢の中で完成させるしかない。
君の顔がぶれているけれど、
夢の中で一緒に居たのは確かだった。
君は一言さえ言わなかった。
私が目を開けても君の声が聞こえなかった。
それでも、夢の中で君に会えた。
—ハッピー卒業、小野愛。
愛的告別式
Goodbye my Love
那些來不及顯影的記憶,
我只能任它在夢裡過曝。
儘管妳的模樣已不再清晰,
我還記得我們曾經就這樣待著。
你一句話也沒說,
直到我睜開眼睛,
你一句話也沒說,
但我還記得我們曾在夢裡相遇。
——畢業快樂,小野愛同學。
For the memories that have yet to be formed, I can only leave them to overexpose in my dream.
Your face may be blurred, but I can still remember how we were.
Though you remained silent till the moment I open my eyes; but I know we met, in dream.
Ono Ai, Happy Graduation!
展覽敘述
兩盞紅色微光和幾張浮在水中的負片,《愛的告別式》是郭于珂於2017年1月在政大舉辦的一個藝術治療攝影展,作品為一系列的虛擬畢業照,旨在緬懷一位兩年前意外過世的朋友。郭于珂希望觀者能走進她的恐懼並感受她如夢一般的遺憾,而展覽正是以故友的名字——小野愛裡的「愛」命名。
小野愛是郭于珂的同學兼室友,生前勵志當一名記者,2015年3月6日不幸因一氧化碳中毒身亡,而那天正是她擔任系上攝影記者第一天。此後近兩年,郭于珂每晚都從死亡的惡夢中驚醒,一直到大四拍畢業照當晚夢見缺席的她後,才意識到自己仍未從悲傷裡甦醒,而決定透過重現夢境,彌補遺憾並與她好好告別。
為此,郭于珂找了一個身形與小愛差不多的女生與系上同學一同合照,再藉換臉技術完成這組不可能發生的照片。為了強調這不非現實中的畫面,郭于珂特意把展場打造成一個暗房,並讓照片以顯影失敗的負片在水中呈現,而牆上則掛滿了小愛生前的照片。
「小愛和我說的最後一句話是『我今天的午餐是甜甜圈。』」天生多夢的郭于珂認為人的潛意識和記憶是構成夢境很主要的元素,因此她在創作時特意讓「小愛」手握一個粉紅色甜甜圈,好讓自己和觀者辨識。
在展覽期間,有很多觀者在場內的畢業冊上留言給小愛,有些人在看完展後主動要求擁抱郭于珂,更有人忍不住落淚,讓她非常意外,並發現原來悲傷被接納後,能夠換來一個繼續生活下去的勇氣和力量。
Exhibition Description
'Goodbye my Love' was a photography exhibition held by Kuik at National Cheng Chi University in January 2017 as a part of her art therapy. The exhibition was named after Kuik's late friend Ono Ai (as 'Ai’ means 'love' in Mandarin Chinese).
Ai had always dreamt of becoming a journalist in Taiwan. However, tragedy struck when she passed away on the 6th of March 2015 – on her first day as a photojournalist at the Department of Journalism.
For two years, Kuik had been haunted by nightmares of Ai’s death. She also had a dream in which she was handing a graduation robe to Ai’s parents. Realizing that she hadn’t been able to move on, Kuik decided to recreate her graduation photos— including Ai in all of them, to get over her regrets.
To emphasize that the photos are not real, Kuik transformed the exhibition room into a darkroom and exhibited photos that she intentionally overexposed as negatives in the water.
The concept was based on the fact that most photographers would deem an overexposed photo as an unusable and ‘dead’ photo. Other than that, the red lights in the darkroom reflected her fear of death.
Kuik wished to bid farewell to Ai in a meaningful way by weaving a memory that would not happen in real life. The project was also an attempt to embrace her sorrows and to heal the pain of losing a friend that she loved.