[纖動-生態作為動詞]展覽系列講座1~ AES+F創作觀念與影像美學/主講：Evgeny Svyatsky( AES+F藝術成員) [Fibering-Eco As A Verb] Exhibition Lecture Series 1~The Creative Concepts and Visual Aesthetics of AES+F/Evgeny Svyatsky( “AES+F”Art Group Member)

[纖動-生態作為動詞]

展覽系列講座第一場

時間：2017年9月16日   

地點：臺藝大教研大樓國際會議廳

AES+F創作觀念與影像美學

主講：Evgeny Svyatsky( AES+F藝術成員)

主持/翻譯：楊衍畇([纖動-生態作為動詞]策展人)

Evgeny Svyatsky( AES+F藝術成員)
攝影/劉薳粲

策展人楊衍畇(Yunnia Yang) & AES+F藝術家Evgeny Svyatsky

AES+F創團之初由Tatiana Arzamasova,Lev Evzovich與Evgeny Svyatsky三位藝術家於1987年創立,團名取自藝術家姓氏縮寫，前兩位是概念建築師，專長於動畫與空間設計，本人則是平面設計，1995年俄國時尚攝影師Vladimir Fridkes加入，由四人組成「AES+F」後，創作美學漸趨純熟，而在草創時期為一莫斯科劇院創作舞台設計贏得大獎後一路順遂，直到2007年受邀參與威尼斯雙年展而打開國際知名度，屢獲各大國際展覽與博物館邀請，在國際藝術市場上更為錄像藝術收藏創下佳績。

AES+F最初以傳統媒材如繪畫, 雕塑,版畫創作，逐漸嘗試現成物與裝置，1990年初則以攝影錄像為主。僅管我們是四位創作者，但一個共有藝術身分- AES+F，成員尊重彼此的特質與創意，即使想法不同卻合作無間，一開始有人丟想法，他人回應，團體創作方式醞釀最後的想法。我們不與傳統藝術斷裂，但也敏銳察覺當代生活現象，古代繪畫是我們的靈感滋養，與當代繪畫對話後會自成一格, 自己說話。AES+F常年一直在作俄羅斯當代問題觀察，我們的根在俄羅斯，觀察的也是俄羅斯當代文化現象。我們是藝術創作團體，AES+F的錄像是要說大眾可懂得語言，過於抽象觀念性的並不是我們想要表現的。蘇聯解體後接受資本主義，跟全球化問題對話，討論的都是相同議題，全球觀眾都可領受到他們所關心的困境。作品有歷史,文化, 社會的，個人的等層次，不常接觸當代藝術的觀眾，各種程度的觀眾都可以有自己看法，對於特別專業研究視覺藝術，可以找到細節與豐富層次。常有觀眾流連在作品前一整天，重複觀看，就是有這樣的魅力。創作過程中要自我滿足，其次再滿足觀眾。

2007年威尼斯雙年展展出2000年所作「最後叛亂」得到很大迴響， 以動畫方式讓數位攝影動起來，接下來花費資金更大，場面更複雜，視覺更強烈，完成「煉獄三部曲」- 「最後叛亂」, 「Trimalchio盛宴」, 「神聖寓言」, 反映地獄,天堂,煉獄等基督教教義，使用性, 暴力, 科技等語言，巴洛克式風格有力量,暴力是用轉喻呈現，生命中充斥暴力，如電玩遊戲，新聞報導中戰爭, 社會衝突。三部曲之後即是2015 年威尼斯雙年展呈現的「顛倒世界」，也是此次「纖動」展出作品。「最後叛亂」看似彼此在對抗，並不知彼此身分，如電玩不知誰是敵是友，這現象已從虛擬世界延伸至現實生活。「Trimalchio盛宴」以羅馬皇帝最愛臣子Petronius所寫的Satyricon文本，此名為知名義大利導演費里尼拍成「愛情神話」，那時代羅馬帝國人民荒淫，縱情享樂，可視為人間天堂，旅館第三世界的僕人服務西方，奴隸解放後成暴發戶，不知如何善用金錢，如我們享樂世界，相當脆弱，呈現災難，毀壞，像是羅馬時代,龐貝城最後一天, 一次去埃及奢華飯店觀察奢華現象，享樂儀式都是相似的。「神聖寓言」場景大雪紛飛，不同文化種族的人在中介性的機場只能等待，無法區分某一特定國家地區，它就是中介，其名取自Giovani Bellini同名畫作，像煉獄不知那裡是何處的特質。這些作品中有藝術史圖像學的影涉，慢動作是一種美學，如芭蕾優雅，是技術上必要作法。大場面的影像，並非一時集結許多人拍攝，而是這場景需要哪些人安排拍攝，再數位輸入到電腦中，使之動起來。這慢速有種儀式性的緩慢，在許多文化中可見，使之有可視性，反差很大，動態是很暴力，暴力很慢，動態也有愛，也可被看到。

[Fibering-Eco As A Verb]

Exhibition Lecture Series~1st Session

Time：Septembr 16, 2017 

Venue：International Conference Hall, Taiwan National University of Arts

The Creative Concepts and Visual Aesthetics of AES+F

Speaker :Evgeny Svyatsky( “AES+F”Art Group Member)

Host/Translator: Yunnia Yang ( "Eco As A Verb" Curator)

AES+F was founded by three artists Tatiana Arzamasova,Lev Evzovich and Evgeny Svyatsky in 1987. The name is formed by the abbreviation of three artists' surnames. Tatiana and Lev are conceptual architects , specialized in animation and spatial design, and I myself in graphic design. In 1995, Russian fashion photographer Vladimir Fridkes joined in the group, and it finally completed the formation of “AES+F”. Since then our creation aesthetics become mature gradually. AES+F develops well after winning the great award with the stage design for a theatre in Moscow during the debut period. Till 2007, we have been invited by Venice Biennale to acquire international reputations and get invitations from international exhibitions and museums. In the art markets, AES+F sets great records for the collections of video art.

At the beginning, AES+F used traditional mediums, like paintings, sculptures, and graphics, then experimented readymades and installations, and were based on photography and videos in the early 1990s . Although we are four artists, we have one common artistic identity – AES+F. We all respect each other's features and creations, even if we have different ideas but we work in perfect harmony. One gives out an idea, the others respond to it. This is the final concept formed in collective creation approach. We don't break with traditional art, and are strongly aware of contemporary life phenomena. Ancient paintings are our inspirations, which have their own philosophy after having dialogues with contemporary paintings. All these years AES+F is always working on the observation of russian contemporary problems. Our roots are from Russia, our concerns are also about Russian contemporary cultural phenomena. As an artistic creation collective, AES+F's videos are presented in the popular language that the public can understand , rather than in more abstract, conceptual language. After the collapse of USSA regime, Russia accepts capitalism and has dialogue with globalization. All we discuss about are the same issues, global audience can perceive the dilemma that they concern about. Art works have different levels – historical, cultural, social, individual, etc. No matter whether the public who is familiar with contemporary art or not, all kinds of viewers can have their own interpretations, especially for the professionals of visual arts, who can find details and rich layers. Some viewers often stay in front of our videos for a whole day long, looking at it repeatedly. Our video works just have this charm. In creation process there must be self- achievement , then to satisfy the audience.

“Last Riot”(2000) receives great acclamations in 2007 Venice Biennale. This work employs the animation to make digital photography move. Afterwords AES+F spent more budgets on more complicate scenes, more strong visual impacts, completing “ Liminal Space Trilogy” , “Last Riot”,”The Feast of Trimalchio” and “Allegoria Sacra” with Christian symbols of Hell, Paradise and Limbo, in the language of sex, violence and technology . This video presents baroque style, rather powerful visual effects. Violence is presented with metonymy. Life is full of violence, like video games, the war in news reportage, and social conflicts. After the trilogy, AES+F presented “Inverso Mundus” in 2015 Venice Biennale, which is also presented in “ Fibering – Eco As A Verb”. “Last Riot” seems to fight each other, and not to know each other's identity. It is like playing video game, and we don't know who is enemy or friend. This phenomenon has been expanded from virtual world to real life. ”The Feast of Trimalchio”is based on the text “Satyricon” written by Petronius, a Roman courtier , the same name with the film which Fellini made. At that time, Roman empire's people lived licentiously and indulged in pleasure like paradise in human world. The hotel servants from the third world serve the westerners. The slaves became upstarts after liberation. They didn't know how to use money properly. It is very fragile and just like our entertaining world, in a state of disaster or collapse, or like Roman times, the last day of Pompeii. Once I went to a luxurious hotel to observe the phenomenon that the ritual pleasure is similar. “Allegoria Sacra”has the scenery of heavy snow, so that people from different cultures must wait in a liminal space of airport. Here you can't define what belongs to a specific country region, then this is liminal. The video title is from the same painting of Giovani Bellini. It looks like a limbo that we don't know where it is. These works have connection with the art history's iconography. Slow motion is a kind of aesthetics , similar to the elegance of ballet, a must approach in our technology. The imageries in a big scene are not shot with the gathering of many actors, but it depends on the actors necessary for this scene, then digitalized into computer to make it move. This slow motion has a ritualistic slowness, and it can be seen in many cultures. The slowness makes violence visible, creates strong contrast. The motions are very violent. Violence is very slow, and motions hide love to be seen.