Light Up and Down
Pendant lamp, cement sphere, wood, motor, electronic control system
Dimensions variable
2023
Light Up and Down
吊燈、水泥球體、木作、馬達、電控
尺寸依空間而定
2023
︎ Taiwan Lantern Festival in Taipei version
︎ 台灣燈會在台北版本
“Working at sunrise and resting at sunset” describes the stable rhythm of life in agrarian society. With the invention of electric light, however, human routines gradually changed. People were able to work longer hours, and the increase in productivity further drove economic development. Yet, at the same time, the human circadian rhythm was disrupted, contributing to depression and insomnia.
Even in today’s scientific world, the question “Does light have weight?” remains one that cannot be precisely described. In the world of everyday life, however, while light illuminates all things, it also carries a weight that governs human physiology and psychology, and even shapes economic and social structures.
Light up and down consists of a seesaw, a cement sphere, and a pendant lamp. When the lamp gradually lights up, the seesaw tilts toward the side of the light; conversely, when the lamp gradually dims, the seesaw tilts toward the side of the cement sphere. Through the changing brightness of the light and the imagery of the seesaw, the work responds to an imagination of the weight of light.
「日出而作，日落而息」形容農耕社會安定的作息，然而隨著電燈的問世，人類的作息漸漸改變，人類因此可以工作更長的時間，產值的提升也帶動了經濟的發展。然而人類的晝夜節律卻也因此被打亂，因此憂鬱與失眠。
即便是在現今的科學世界裡，「光有重量嗎？」仍是沒有辦法被精確描述的問題。但是在生活世界裡，光在照亮世界萬物的同時，有著支配著人類的生理與心理，甚至是支配著經濟與社會重量。
Light up and down作品由蹺蹺板、水泥球體、吊燈組成，當燈漸漸亮起時，蹺蹺板傾倒於燈的一側，反之當燈漸漸熄滅時，蹺蹺板則傾倒於水泥球體的那一側。藉由光的亮暗與蹺蹺板意象，呼應對於光的重量的想像。
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燈光全亮時，蹺蹺板傾倒於燈的一側。造公園，臺北市立美術館兒藝中心提供
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燈光漸熄滅時，蹺蹺板漸漸傾倒於水泥球體那一側，造公園，臺北市立美術館兒藝中心提供
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燈光熄滅時，蹺蹺板傾倒於水泥球體的一側 ，造公園，臺北市立美術館兒藝中心提供
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造公園，臺北市立美術館兒藝中心提供
Special Thanks
Taipei Fine Arts Museum
Technical Support
Lai Yin-Hsiang
Sphere Surface Texture
Chiu Harvey
特別感謝
台北市立美術館
技術協力
賴英翔
球體質感
邱俊維
Pendant lamp, cement sphere, wood, motor, electronic control system
Dimensions variable
2023
Light Up and Down
吊燈、水泥球體、木作、馬達、電控
尺寸依空間而定
2023
︎ Taiwan Lantern Festival in Taipei version
︎ 台灣燈會在台北版本
“Working at sunrise and resting at sunset” describes the stable rhythm of life in agrarian society. With the invention of electric light, however, human routines gradually changed. People were able to work longer hours, and the increase in productivity further drove economic development. Yet, at the same time, the human circadian rhythm was disrupted, contributing to depression and insomnia.
Even in today’s scientific world, the question “Does light have weight?” remains one that cannot be precisely described. In the world of everyday life, however, while light illuminates all things, it also carries a weight that governs human physiology and psychology, and even shapes economic and social structures.
Light up and down consists of a seesaw, a cement sphere, and a pendant lamp. When the lamp gradually lights up, the seesaw tilts toward the side of the light; conversely, when the lamp gradually dims, the seesaw tilts toward the side of the cement sphere. Through the changing brightness of the light and the imagery of the seesaw, the work responds to an imagination of the weight of light.
「日出而作，日落而息」形容農耕社會安定的作息，然而隨著電燈的問世，人類的作息漸漸改變，人類因此可以工作更長的時間，產值的提升也帶動了經濟的發展。然而人類的晝夜節律卻也因此被打亂，因此憂鬱與失眠。
即便是在現今的科學世界裡，「光有重量嗎？」仍是沒有辦法被精確描述的問題。但是在生活世界裡，光在照亮世界萬物的同時，有著支配著人類的生理與心理，甚至是支配著經濟與社會重量。
Light up and down作品由蹺蹺板、水泥球體、吊燈組成，當燈漸漸亮起時，蹺蹺板傾倒於燈的一側，反之當燈漸漸熄滅時，蹺蹺板則傾倒於水泥球體的那一側。藉由光的亮暗與蹺蹺板意象，呼應對於光的重量的想像。
燈光全亮時，蹺蹺板傾倒於燈的一側。造公園，臺北市立美術館兒藝中心提供
燈光漸熄滅時，蹺蹺板漸漸傾倒於水泥球體那一側，造公園，臺北市立美術館兒藝中心提供
燈光熄滅時，蹺蹺板傾倒於水泥球體的一側 ，造公園，臺北市立美術館兒藝中心提供
造公園，臺北市立美術館兒藝中心提供
Special Thanks
Taipei Fine Arts Museum
Technical Support
Lai Yin-Hsiang
Sphere Surface Texture
Chiu Harvey
特別感謝
台北市立美術館
技術協力
賴英翔
球體質感
邱俊維