李奎壁|Li Kuei-Pi

李奎壁(b.1991)出生於台灣,現工作與生活在台北。她的作品長期以來關注於在全球化底下為人所忽略的地景以及交換網絡,透過挪用自不同學科的田野調查方法、檔案閱讀以及重新演繹(reenachment)歷史,她以影像、物件及書寫作為呈現藝術計畫的主要方式。她將藝術計畫視為搭建溝通渠道與誘發討論的方式。
《乙酸異戊酯》是一部短片,片中虛構了一名來自未來的少女,在她的跨時空旅行當中,沿著台灣過去香蕉種植、檢驗分類、運送至港口的歷史場景中移動,試圖向過去也向未來探問。片中穿插了一首有如歌劇般的樂曲,由人聲資料庫裡的聲音重新編輯而成,實際上則是一首無法辨識、沒有語言的歌曲。
LI Kuei-Pi (b. 1991, Tainan, Taiwan) currently lives and works in Taipei, Taiwan. Over the years, her work has been focusing on the neglected landscapes and exchange network in the context of globalization. Through fieldwork methods adopted from different disciplines, archival reading, and reenactments of history, she uses videos, objects, performances, workshops, and writings as the main forms for her art projects. For her, art projects are means of creating platforms for idea exchange and inspiring discussion that bridges different communities and ideologies.
In the short film Isoamyl acetate, the artist creates a young female character from the future who travels through various historical scenes, such as past banana plantations in Taiwan, banana inspection and grading, as well as the transportation of bananas to ports, inquiring into both the past and the future. A song sounding like an operatic aria is used throughout the film. It is composed by re-editing sounds from a human voice database. The melody composed of unidentifiable, meaningless syllables instead of understandable, real words.