Subbing The Subbing
2016 Made in Bangkok, Thailand
Work format: Video installation (Dimension variable)
Materials: 2 TVs
Introduction:
In Spain, there is a town inhabited by people with the surname Japón, which means Japan in Spanish.
400 years ago a group of Samurai traveled to Europe for some missions.
During their journey, Christianity was prohibited in Japan and some of the Samurais decided to remain to live in Spain to live as Christian. Those named Japón in the Spanish town today are regarded as possible descendants of the Samurai from history.
The work EL JAPONÉS aligns the artist himself as a “Japanese person who just came from Japan” and Mrs. Japón as a “descendant of historically the first migrant from Japan”.
The dialog itself looks like a simple praise of communication but the two juxtaposed "Japanese" people imply and ask different notions such as "nationality", "race" and "immigrant integration".
Special thanks: Mr. and Ms. Japóns whom I met in Coria del Rio
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2022 at Doubutsuen-mae Shopping street, Osaka, Japan / 动物园前商店街（大阪）/ 動物園前商店街（大阪）
Work format: Performance recorded with iphone screen recording / 苹果手机录屏 / iphone画面録画
Materials: tarpaulin / 防水布 / ターポリン(2000 x 3000 mm / 1750 x 1500 mm) , any monitor / 电视监视器 /モニター
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陳家豪的雙親是從中國來到臺灣的難民。因為貧窮，他們最終靠著資源回收拉拔家豪的兄姊長大，也包括家豪。
家豪從小就很聰明，在童年時期，他組合那些回收物就像玩樂高，屢屢玩出些創新而獨特的東西，使父母和兄姊驚豔。
當他長大，成為碩士研究生，他持續熱情地「發明」東西。大約在同時，在大學朋友的建議下，他開始練習跆拳道，並且交了以跆拳道為職業的女友。他們愉快的關係在家豪去見她家人時，變成了問題。她的父親是部落頭目，堅持只有「真正的男人」，也就是獵人暨戰士，才可以娶她。
當她父親告訴他「如果你不能成為獵人，你至少必須證明你是個戰士」，家豪決定參加世界格鬥大賽，用跆拳道和他的「發明物」當作他的武器。
角色名字：陳家豪
年齡：40
性別：男
Jia-Hao Chen's parents came to Taiwan from China as refugees. While living in poverty, they eventually made a living from recycling, and raised Jia-Hao Chen and his siblings.
Smart from an early age, Jia-Hao Chen spent his childhood astonishing his parents and siblings by combining recyclable trash like LEGO to create something new and unique.
As he grew up and became a post-graduate (MA) student, he continued to passionately "invent" things. Around that time he started practicing Taekwondo at the suggestion of a friend in college, and found a girlfriend who was also a Taekwondo practitioner. Their happy relationship turned into a problem when Jia-Hao Chen went to meet her parents. Her father was the chief of the tribe, and he said that only a "real man," that is, a hunter and a warrior, is allowed to marry her.
When her father told him that "If you can't be a hunter, you must at least prove that you are a warrior." Jia-Hao Chen decided to participate in The World Fighting Tournament, taking Taekwondo and "inventions" as his weapons.
Name of the character: Jia-Hao Chen
Age: 40
Gender: Male