簡而言之 堅果貝殼 我也不確定 In a Nutshell In a Nut Shell I’m Not Sure
在日常生活裡，我們時常在對話與閱讀中誤聽、誤解或錯讀某些詞語，卻因此產生一種別出心裁的幽默與共鳴。這種現象在台灣諧音梗文化中特別蓬勃發展——看似無厘頭的語言轉換，其實承載著深厚的語感、語境與創造力。這些無處不在的諧音梗，好似總在日常生活中提醒我們：語言不是封閉的傳遞管道，而是一個充滿裂縫與變化的生成現場。
本次展覽「簡而言之，堅果貝殼，我也不確定」源自對英文諺語 in a nutshell 的幽默誤讀與語意轉換。原意為「簡而言之」，卻常被誤拆為 in a nut shell，字面上解釋為「在堅果與貝殼中」，從抽象的概括轉為具象的畫面；「我也不確定」則取自語音上的延伸聯想，構成一場錯置與多重解讀的語言遊戲。
展覽以「錯置」與「轉化」的角度出發，邀請五位藝術家從語言、身體、日常經驗與符號出發，透過繪畫、雕塑、陶藝與影像裝置等多樣媒材，探索語意如何在錯讀與再詮釋中浮現。顏妤庭以水墨書寫數位語境中的干擾與痕跡，描繪資訊過載下荒謬而孤立的精神風景。
參展藝術家｜李傑 Lee Kit、鄭丞媛 Jung Seungwon、張文菀 Chang Wenwoan、顏妤庭 Yen Yuting、廖進祥 Liao Chinhsiang 策展執行｜吳依宣、曾彥翔
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In everyday life, we often mishear, misread, or misconstrue words in conversation and reading — yet such moments frequently give rise to unexpected humour and resonance. This phenomenon is particularly vibrant in Taiwanese pun culture: what may appear as nonsensical linguistic play is, in fact, rich with texture, context, and creativity. These ubiquitous wordplays serve as quiet reminders that language is not a sealed conduit for communication, but rather a generative site of fissures, shifts, and transformation.
The exhibition draws its title from a playful misreading of the English idiom "in a nutshell". While the phrase typically signifies "to put it simply", it is often miswritten as "in a nut shell", a more literal rendering that evokes the concrete imagery of nuts and shells. The addition of "I'm not sure" arises from a phonetic slippage that extends the pun, setting the tone for a linguistic game of dislocation and multiplicity.
Framed by the notions of "misplacement" and "transformation", the exhibition invites five artists to approach language, the body, everyday experience, and symbols through painting, sculpture, ceramics, and moving image. Yen Yuting employs ink to render traces and glitches of the digital environment, evoking a psychological landscape of absurdity and isolation amidst information overload.
Artists | Lee Kit, Jung Seungwon, Chang Wenwoan, Yen Yuting, Liao Chinhsiang Curatorial execution | Wu Yi-Hsuan, Tseng Yen-Hsiang
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