The Melancholy of Euphoria 快樂裡的悲傷
地點：金典綠園道商場 室內挑空區
創作概念：
There is an image that surfaced in my head when I came back
to Taiwan, like a reflection of how I remember this part of the
world; from the travelling that I did with a collective here in
Taiwan, I always had a picture in mind of the lights and the
clouds - the colorful neon lights that provoke a sense of
euphoria at night with the contrasting summer skies creating a
dreamy atmosphere around the bustling Taiwanese cities at
night.
There is an image that surfaced in my head when I came back
to Taiwan, like a reflection of how I remember this part of the
world; from the travelling that I did with a collective here in
Taiwan, I always had a picture in mind of the lights and the
clouds - the colorful neon lights that provoke a sense of
euphoria at night with the contrasting summer skies creating a
dreamy atmosphere around the bustling Taiwanese cities at
night.
In this work, I would like to show the exuberance of these
lights combined with the summer skies both at the same time
showing the melancholy of it, both at the same time. A
reflection of the nomadic experience I had in Taiwan – joyful
and at times nostalgic.
作品簡述：
創作者曾與竹子湖生態藝術村的駐村夥伴們一起在台灣公路旅行。在白
天，仰望天空的雲朵，欣賞田園風景；在夜晚，城市中充斥著霓虹閃爍
的招牌看板，讓心情隨著風景感到快樂或惆悵的矛盾情緒。而雲朵就像
回憶的載體，成為創作靈感，此次將雲朵放到現代建築內，呈現現代與
自然的對應想像。
創作者：Michael Vincent Manalo
1986年生於菲律賓，擅長數位多媒體創作、音樂表演與攝影結合，並在
特定地點發展裝置藝術、現地創作。創作靈感多來自懷舊和夢幻般的情
境，用想像的回憶做發想，記錄了到後世界末日和噩夢般的創作，並對
社會文化問題、人的自我情感為主要出發。
★ 個人網站：theflickerees.wix.com/mvmanalo
