催眠

催眠是精神分析师在进行治疗的时候, 通过调动人被意识压抑下的无意识，将蕴藏在人体内潜在的能力发挥出来的一种方法。此次展览的主题“催眠”旨在以此种的方法去探讨隐藏在文化符号下的海峡两岸当代艺术中的个体性话语。

 毕竟在今天这种政治意识形态统治力逐渐削弱，个体意识高涨的氛围中，艺术创作总是紧密地维系着艺术家个体在无意识中的心理历程。我们通过“催眠”来对两岸艺术家们近年来在摄影和录像领域的各种创作进行具体分析，通过回避地缘，政治差异等概念，以透析艺术家在面对“文化身份问题”的焦虑时所产生的个体心理差异。并以此来超越艺术家在意识领域中的关于文化身份的想象诉求，而探究艺术家在无意识中潜藏的个体能量。

Hypnosis

Hypnosis is a mental state during the hypnotherapy when the hypnotist unleashed the inner potential of the patient through calling out the repressed unconsciousness by his/her consciousness. Hypnosis, the title also the theme of this exhibition in here is using this method to treat and discuss the individual discourse concealed under the cultural symbol of both Taiwan and Mainland‘s contemporary art.

As today’s atmosphere, domination of political ideology is gradually weakened and individual consciousness keeps expanding; artistic creativity always is the bond of spirit experience of individuality of artists under unconsciousness. We use the concept “hypnosis” to give a close analyze of varies photographs and video installations works by artists from both sides of the straits; we evade concepts such us geographical or political difference in order to emerge and analyze individual psychological disparity of artists when facing “Culture identity” problems. Here by using this concept to break through their pursuing of imagery of culture identity when artists are in their conscious sphere. Then delve into the underlying individual energy in their unconscious level.