電子流動 Electronic-mobility

電子流動 Electronic-mobility

三頻道錄像裝置 three-channel video installation、真空管收音機 valve radio，2’57”，2022

In Electronic-mobility, Hsu Chia-Wei dives into the technical history of electronic products, starting with the valve radio produced by Panasonic in Taiwan in the 1950s and 60s to the new battery technology of today. This context demonstrates a shift from the analogue to the digital era. In this project, the artist collaborates with XING Mobility to film the production process of the battery and the electric car under the code name “Miss R.” He also invites a rapper to make the technical principles of making valve radio and electric car battery into a rap song. As the speed of the electric F1 race car accelerates, the rapper also switches gears and increases the tempo and pace of speech.

The sound in Electronic-mobility is broadcasted through a vacuum tube radio produced by Panasonic in the 60s, and the video is shown on an LED screen. The overall power required to play the work is from the battery manufactured by XING Mobility. Consequently, the technology of the vacuum tube and the contemporary semiconductor and battery technologies are amalgamated in this installation, whereas the way of electrons flow shows this particular technical history and the sci-fi imagination of the future.


此作品以電子產品背後的技術歷史為主軸，從台灣松下公司在1950、60年代所生產的真空管收音機到今日嶄新的電池科技，這個脈絡也展現了類比到數位時代的轉變。在這個計畫中，藝術家與行競科技合作，拍攝電池製作的生產流程，以及代號MissR的電動車。並邀請饒舌歌手，將真空管收音機以及電動車電池的技術原理編寫成一首饒舌歌曲。隨著電動F1賽車的加速，饒舌也不斷換擋，節奏、語速越來越快。

這件作品的聲音是透過60年代台灣松下所生產的真空管收音機播放，而影像呈現在液晶螢幕上，整體所需的電力則是來自於行競科技的電池。真空管時代的技術與當代半導體及電池技術，兩者在這裝置中交融，其電子流動的方式展現了這段技術的歷史與對未來科幻的想像。