天選之人－2023寶藏巖光節 The Chosen One: Treasure Hill Light Festival

2023寶藏巖光節以編劇公式「英雄旅程」的十二階段為架構，邀請十二組藝術家對應旅程中的十二個階段與關鍵字，在寶藏巖聚落的十二個展演空間，以接龍的邏輯共同發展一則故事，邀觀眾擔任各式英雄，踏上挑戰自我的旅途。藝術總監李曉雯，策展人莊知恆。

顏妤庭於本展的作品〈圍籬〉，對應「英雄旅程」第七階段「逼近洞穴最深處」—— 主角即將進入故事核心、面對艱困門檻與試煉的時刻。她依據寶藏巖的空間，以近九十件陶俑堆疊組合出一道約 180 × 300 × 7 公分的陶瓷圍牆。不同於以往受窯爐尺寸限制的陶瓷雕塑，此作透過模組化的元件搭建突破量體限制，同時刻意保留「隨時會倒」的緊張感：陶瓷「既堅強又脆弱」的特質在此不只是成型方式，而是作品的基礎，回應她對人在壓迫之下狀態的思考。這道人牆可以是一道偏見、一道制約、一種盲從，也可以是信念與抵擋。

The 2023 Treasure Hill Light Festival took the twelve stages of the Hero’s Journey as its structure, inviting twelve artists to each respond to one stage across twelve spaces in the Treasure Hill settlement, building a single story in relay. Artistic director: Catherine Lee. Curator: Chuang Chih-Heng.

Yen Yu-Ting's work for the festival, The Fence, responds to the seventh stage of the Hero's Journey — "approach to the inmost cave", the threshold before the heart of the story. Built from nearly ninety stacked ceramic figures into a wall of roughly 180 × 300 × 7 cm, the piece uses modular assembly to exceed the size limits of the kiln while deliberately retaining the tension of imminent collapse. Here the "strong yet fragile" nature of ceramic is not merely a method of making but the basis of the work, responding to the artist's thinking on the human condition under coercion. The wall of figures may read as prejudice, as conditioning, as blind compliance — or as conviction and resistance.