活動日期：2025-07-03 至 2025-07-06

地標：台北市大同區甘州街25號、 Taipei, Taiwan 103 （25.05891，121.5129）地址：台灣103009台北市大同區甘州街25號7 月 06, 2025 6:48:00 下午左肩，右肩－Nguyen Quoc Thanh 日落後的運動 Left Shoulder, Right Shoulder － Nguyen Quoc Thanh’s After Sunset Exercise

For English, please scroll down ​ 日期｜2025/07/06 時間｜日落時分 地點｜打開−當代藝術工作站 (台北市大同區甘州街25號） 藝術家｜Nguyen Quoc Thanh, Phan Dong Thai, 曼曼, 林沛儀 PEPE & 陳憶玲 ​

＊我們誠摯地邀請各位，攜帶任何你認為適合用水煮沸的物品前來，這些物品將成為本次演出的一部分。 ​ ​ 文｜ Nguyen Quoc Thanh & Phan Dong Thai ​ 上，下，前後來回，然後反過來，由後往前。我轉動著我的左肩，像是在做運動。一隻又大又重的蟬從一個燈泡飛到另一個燈泡，發出很大的聲響。我一邊聽著，一邊嘗試找出左肩的緊繃感，但那感覺似乎消失了。 ​ 在我身後的花園裡，蔬菜在乾燥炎熱的夜裡蔓延生長。 ​ 我的左肩有點下垂了，所以才會疼。為什疼痛現在消失了呢？如果它不要再回來就好了。 ​ Sikawasay 開始用英語和中文談論靈、wifi、米酒、祖先，還有與無形世界的連結。右肩是你的守護者棲身的地方。左肩，則是你的自我。 ​ 有人又帶來了一手啤酒。 ​ ​

  • sikawasay 為阿美族馬太鞍部落的巫師之意

​ 文｜manman ​ 在與 Thanh 通話討論演出的時候，我正在前往某個地方— 車水馬龍，我常常分不清楚左右。 ​ 我們說話時，我想像滾燙的熱水： 煮沸的水蒸發，熱氣是讓衣服變皺還是變直？ 我們說話時，我想像冰涼的溪水： 透明的速度穿過指尖又縫合⋯頭腦清醒了。 ​ 那裡有一個人聳著肩，弧度的改變透露了生活的重量：輕鬆？緊張？ 一個肌肉拉著一個肌肉，上⋯下⋯左⋯右⋯工作與生活的平衡？ 如果我夠專注，也許我做得到。 ​ 雙肩承擔起物質與精神， 雙肩放下的精神與物質— 隨著時間流轉。 ​ ​

​本活動屬於 2025 年《蜿蜒集－台越交流計畫》之一環，由越南藝術家 Nguyen Quoc Thanh 進駐台灣期間發展而成，延續了台越兩地的藝術交流與行動路徑。歡迎你於這個週日，一起參與這段旅程。 ​ ​

— 蜿蜒集−台越交流計畫 「打開−當代藝術工作站」與來自越南河內的藝術單位Nhà Sàn Collective、Á Space、ba-bau AIR，自2023年展開「蜿蜒集－台越交流計畫：河內」，以藝術家的田野調查作為交流計畫的行動主體，並以蜿蜒穿越北越山脊和平原的紅河作為想像－藝術家徘徊於由曲流沖刷出的紅河平原上，開啟於當地人文地理、自然環境、社會政經等面向的田野踏查，形成以個人行動路徑拓樸而成的檔案集。 ​ ​ Nguyen Quoc Thanh 是一位藝術家、策展人，同時也是 Nhà Sàn Collective 的共同創辦人及策展團隊成員。2013 年，他創辦了 Queer Forever! festival，現已成為一個持續進行的計畫，是快閃電影院、書籍與小誌的工作坊、和廚房，以及作為酷兒聚會、聆聽、觀影與關愛的空間。他的作品曾於美國、德國、波蘭、越南等地展出。2022 年，他參與的合作計畫 ưhưh22，是一個提供免費住宿的酷兒之家，並作為 Nhà Sàn Collective 的一部分，於德國卡塞爾的 documentafifteen 展出。這個關於遊牧酷兒／感官居所的構想，之後在河內持續延伸，以讀書會、廚房、編織與縫紉工作坊的形式展現。 ​ Phan Dong Thai 這幾年來，持續與 Thanh 以雙人組合進行演出。 ​ ​ 趙曼君（曼曼） 藝術家，以及是 P.M.S.、打開－當代藝術中心（OCAC）成員。在個人與集體實踐之間移動，時常以行為藝術為主軸，關乎勞動及性別，她以身體的行動介入日常生活的慣性；亦常見以 「食」 與 「物」作為線索，開展另類書寫的方式。 ​ ​ 林沛儀 PEPE（they/them） 林沛儀爲跨領域藝術家。關注性別與親密關係等議題，創作軌跡由視覺藝術延展至行為藝術，近年投入與舞蹈身體相關的跨域實踐。自 2023 年起與不同組織合作開設工作坊，從感官經驗出發，以身體為媒介探索邊界、公共空間，以及記憶作為土地的多重隱喻。 ​ ​ 陳憶玲 自2005年開始發表行為藝術作品後，持續受邀參與台灣各地、日本、韓國、菲律賓、泰國、香港、澳門、北京、深圳、西安、青島、深圳等地之行為藝術活動。 現職為小地方SEAMS 專職服務員。 ​ ​ — 主辦｜打開−當代藝術工作站 共同策劃單位｜Nhà Sàn Collective 合作單位｜Á Space & ba-bau AIR 參與藝術家｜ 台灣- 林安琪、江源祥、廖烜榛&黃奕捷、P.M.S. 越南- Duy Anh Nguyễn, Đinh Nhung, Đinh Thảo Linh, Kieu-Anh Nguyen, Nguyễn Hoàng Thiên Ngân, Phùng Tiến Sơn, Nguyễn Quốc Thành, Vũ Đức Toàn 贊助單位｜國家文化藝術基金會

— Left Shoulder, Right Shoulder－Nguyen Quoc Thanh’s After Sunset Exercise ​ Date｜2025/07/06 Time｜At sunset Location｜OCAC (Open Contemporary Art Center, No. 25, Ganzhou St., Datong Dist., Taipei) Artists｜Nguyen Quoc Thanh, Phan Dong Thai, manman, PEPE & Yiling Chen ​

＊We’d like to ask you to bring anything that you think can be boiled in water. we’d use it for the performance. ​ ​ Text｜ Nguyen Quoc Thanh & Phan Dong Thai ​ Up, down, front to back then reversely, back to front. I moved my left shoulder in a circle as if it was an exercise. A big, heavy cicada flew from one light bulb to another, making a lot of noise. As I listened, I also tried to locate the tightness in my left shoulder as it seemed to disappear. ​ In the garden behind my back, sprawling vegetables submerged in dry, hot, night air. ​ My left shoulder has sagged down a little. That’s why the pain. What can be the reason that now it is gone? Would be nice if it doesn’t come back. ​ The sikawasay started speaking in both English and Mandarin about spirits, wifi, rice wine, ancestors, about connection with the invisible world. The right shoulder is where your guardians sit. On the left shoulder, your ego. ​ Someone brought another pack of beer. ​

  • sikawasay refers to a spiritual healer in Fata’an community of the Amis people ​

Text｜manman

While I was on the phone with Thanh, discussing the performance, I was on my way somewhere— amid the traffic and the chaos, I often couldn’t tell left from right.

As we spoke, I imagined boiling water: when water evaporates, does the steam wrinkle clothes or smooth them out? As we spoke, I imagined a cold mountain stream: its clear current slips through my fingers, then mends itself—my mind feels clear again.

Over there, someone stood with their shoulders slightly hunched. The shift in that curve seemed to speak of the weight of life: is it ease? is it tension?

One muscle pulls another: up… down… left… right… a search for balance between work and life? If I stay focused, maybe I can manage it too.

Shoulders that carry the material and the spiritual, shoulders that let go of the spiritual and the material— as time flows on.

This event is part of the 2025 “Meander Maps.” Developed during Vietnamese artist Nguyen Quoc Thanh’s residency in Taiwan, it continues the creative exchanges and collaborative journeys between Taiwan and Vietnam. We warmly welcome you to join us and be a part of this ongoing exchange.

— Meander Maps Since 2023, Open-Contemporary Art Center has collaborated with Hanoi-based art groups Nhà Sàn Collective, Á Space, and ba-bau AIR on the “Meander Maps” project. This project centers on artists’ field research as the main form of exchange, drawing inspiration from the winding Red River as it traverses the ridges and plains of northern Vietnam. Artists wander through the Red River, shaped by the river’s curves, and conduct fieldwork that explores the region’s human geography, natural environment, and socio-political context. Through their personal journeys, they create a collective archive.

Nguyen Quoc Thanh Nguyễn Quốc Thành works as an artist and curator. He is co-founding member of Nhà Sàn Collective and its curator board member. In 2013, he founded Queer Forever! festival which has become an on-going project, a pop-up cinema, book and zine workshop, kitchen, space of queer gathering, listening, watching, and loving. In 2022, his collaborated project titled ưhưh22, a queer house offering free accommodation was part of Nhà Sàn Collective’s works for documentafifteen in Kassel, Germany. The idea of a nomad queer house has been continuing in Hanoi, in the forms of reading sessions, kitchen, weaving and sewing workshops.

Phan Dong Thai has been doing performances with Thanh as a duo for several years.

manman manman is an artist and a member of both “P.M.S.” and OCAC (Open Contemporary Art Center). Moving between individual and collective practices, she often works with performance as a primary mode—particularly around themes of labor and gender—using bodily gestures to disrupt the inertia of everyday life. Her practice also frequently incorporates “food” and “objects” as entry points into alternative forms of writing.

PEPE（they/them） PEPE (they/them) is an interdisciplinary artist exploring themes of gender and intimacy. Their practice spans visual art, performance, body and movement based work. Since 2023, they’ve led workshops with various organizations, using sensory experience and the body to explore boundaries, public space, and memory as layered metaphors for the land.

Yiling Chen Yiling Chen has been presenting performance art since 2005 and has been invited to participate in events and festivals across Taiwan, as well as in Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Thailand, Hong Kong, Macau, Beijing, Shenzhen, Xi’an, and Qingdao. She is currently a full-time staff member at SEAMS.

— Organizer｜Open Contemporary Art Center Co-Organizer｜Nhà Sàn Collective Partners｜Á Space & ba-bau AIR Participating Artists｜ Taiwan: Ciwas Tahos, I-Chieh Huang & Xuan-Zhen Liao, P.M.S. & Yuan-Hsiang Chiang Vietname: Duy Anh Nguyễn, Đinh Nhung, Đinh Thảo Linh, Kieu-Anh Nguyen, Nguyễn Hoàng Thiên Ngân, Phùng Tiến Sơn, Nguyễn Quốc Thành, Vũ Đức Toàn Sponsor｜National Culture and Arts Foundation