彭弘智
Peng Hung-Chih
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Artist Statement

"Beware of God" is generated from the warning signage "Beware of Dog" that can usually found hanging on the outside of residential property. Coincidentally in English, the revised sequence of "dog" is "god".

Very often when I observe the way how my dog looks up to me, I feel that it perceives me as its God. In the eyes of dogs, we appear to be capable of everything. Likewise when we look up, we are not as fortunate as how dogs can see us, we can not see our God. Although for many people seeing God is not as important as believing in God. It is a broad grey zone. When facing to this grey zone, we become insignificant. Can various kinds of people and things mediating between God and human bring us closer to God? How do we believe in these people and things? Does God bring us "peace" or "war"? Does God inhabit in the statue? Or the statue of God is simply an object. This exhibition examines the above issues. Furthermore, these issues reflect the global crisis that we are facing currently.

The second floor gallery of "IT Park" presents "Jesus in Jesus". A lonely statue of "Jesus Sacred Heart" is mounted on the wall. It is not an ordinary Jesus statue; it has been enlightened by Priest Lee You-Kun. According to Priest Lee, through the Taoist ritual he can locate Jesus from heaven and invite him to enter into the Scared Heart statue.

The third floor gallery presents " The Misfortune Deities ". On the floor of the gallery displays six hundred plus "misfortune god" statues from Er-Mei Culture Artifact Museum. Some of the statues were deserted for giving out none winning number when lottery gambling was popular, and some were abandoned for not suitable for domestic worship. On the further wall, a plasma television displays the story of the "misfortune gods" written by a white dog on the wall.

In the small gallery on the third floor, two video works, "Excerpts from The Holy Bible in Arabic Translation" and "Excerpts from the Taoist Protective Talisman", and two photographs of close-up images of the "misfortune gods" are on displayed. The texts of "Excerpts from The Holy Bible in Arabic Translation" are chosen form the Bible for contenting violence connotation. The texts are written by a white dog on a white wall. The work responses to the war engaged in the Middle East and western religion conflict. "Excerpts from the Taoist Protective Talisman" is a collection of protective spells written by Priest Lee You-Kun. Many of the protective spells are related to animal, like "Spell for Rapid Expelling of Dog and Cat Spirits", "Spell for Expelling Celestial Dog", "Spell of Prevention from Hearing Dog Barks at Night" and etcetera. Similarly, the spells are written by a white dog on a white wall.
(Artist Statement, Peng Hugh-Chih 2006)

Footnote:
In the "Dog Writing" video series, all texts are made from dried dog food. The process of dog eating the texts is videotaped. The video is then rewound and edited.

 

 
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