黑與白－熊貓 Black and White - Giant Panda

黑與白－熊貓 Black and White - Giant Panda

五頻道錄像裝置 five-channel video installation，2018
第一章：走私 Chapter 1: It's a Pug / 9'46"
第二章：好可愛啊！Chapter 2: So Cute! / 12'40"
第三章：共產熊貓 Chapter 3: A Communist Panda / 7'11"
第四章：黑白熊 Chapter 4: A Black and White Bear / 11'44"
第五章：團圓 Chapter 5: Family Reunion / 11'27"

In Black and White – Giant Panda, a panda is used as the entry point and acts as a connection between politics, history, animals, people and non-humans to tell the history of panda diplomacy.

Pandas can only be found in the mountains of Sichuan in China. In other words, all pandas in zoos in other countries are from China. Pandas even became an essential diplomatic tool in the 20th century. China's panda diplomacy goes back thousands of years to as early as 685 AD when Empress Wu Ze-Tian sent a pair of white bears and seventy furs of the white bear (white bear here refers to giant pandas) to the Japanese emperor. Pandas were smuggled or traded from China at the beginning of the 20th century. Panda fever started when they appeared in the United States and Europe. They played an important diplomatic role in World War II and the Cold War, and still do to this day. Pandas also linked the complicated relationship between the United States, Europe, Russia, Japan, Taiwan, and China. 

The lecture performance, commissioned by the Arts Commons Tokyo in March 2018, was performed at the Taiwan Culture Center of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan. As a result of cooperation with the Manzaishis, the panda's lovely image is used as material for comedy performance; meanwhile, the historical and political issues of panda diplomacy are described amusingly. In Black and White – Giant Panda, performance, historical materials, and the screen window viewing experience reflect and complement each other.


《黒與白－熊貓》以熊貓做為切入點，貫穿政治、歷史、動物等人與非人之間的連接，講述一段熊貓外交的歷史。

熊貓只生活在中國四川一帶山區，換而言之，目前全世界動物園裡的熊貓都來自中國，特別是在二十世紀，熊貓成為重要的外交工具。中國的「熊貓外交」已有上千年歷史。早在公元685年，武則天就曾送給日本天皇兩隻「白熊」和70張「白熊」毛皮，此處的「白熊」就是大熊貓。二十世紀開始，貓熊曾經被偷渡或買賣交易離開中國，當他們現身美國或歐洲時，曾經席捲一股熊貓熱。他們分別在二戰、冷戰時期以及今日，扮演著重要的外交角色，也連結美國、歐洲、俄羅斯、日本、台灣與中國之間千絲萬縷的錯綜關係。

2018年3月由東京藝術公社委託製作的Lecture Performance於台北駐日經濟文化代表處台灣文化中心演出。透過與日本「漫才師」合作，以熊貓可愛的形象為喜劇演出的材料，用詼諧的言語描述熊貓外交的歷史與政治問題。《黒與白－熊貓》結合當時的表演影像、歷史材料與螢幕視窗的觀看經驗相互映照與補充，透過漫才師的敘事重新在熊貓的移動與交換拓展出歷史、國際政治的樣貌。