- 研究生: 黃孟雯
- 論文名稱: 藝術作為社會行動實踐的模型︰以鄭淑麗的派樂西王國為例
- 指導教授: 趙彥寧
- 關鍵字: 新自由主義、禮物經濟、新媒體藝術、盜版、共享
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在新自由主義主導下的現代世界，全球化資本主義所帶來的負面效應漸漸浮上檯面。全球公民開始注意這些負面效應對人類社會的影響，集體動員產生了反全球化運動抵制／抗衡全球資本主義的霸權。當代藝術家也開始將這股全球公民社會的行動力量注入及反映在作品中。
本文以鄭淑麗的網路藝術「派樂西王國」2001～2006一系列的作品，探討鄭如何結合運動理念將藝術做為社會行動實踐的模型。鄭企圖以｢盜版｣這項議題作為批判／諷刺／抵抗新自由主義的戰略，以藝術的手法專研及體現｢盜版｣這個議題背後所蘊含的經濟政治利益因素。在新自由主義資本全球化下，網際網路成為壟斷資本控制全球的技術經濟與知識的另一個資源空間。然而，在網際網路的社群中，社群間是依據禮物經濟而非資本主義模式彼此交換財產。在高科技禮物經濟下這個共享的社交模式，運用平台形成了所謂的自發性組織。「派樂西王國」將焦點放在試驗自發性組織的規則系統，運用藝術的手法試驗了這個架構，展現如何以集體的表達為其共同目的。因為自由與民主是全球公民社會實踐的重要議題，藉由藝術將全球公民社會的理想性傳達出，這是全球化脈絡下生成的藝術作品。
倘若藝術家結合藝術與公民社會行動，並透過藝術體制實踐為藝術家的作品，就必須通過藝術體制這個入口的標準，進入到藝術殿堂。藝術體制這道門檻是藝術家在實踐這類型藝術時需要思考的焦點之一，因為藝術體制的特殊性如展出的形式、訴求的對象、資源的取得等，將是影響理念與藝術作品如何實踐及能不能實踐的關鍵因素。這也是藝術社會學研究所關心的焦點之一。
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The negative effects of neo-liberalist globalized capitalism on the modern world are gradually emerging. Globally minded citizens have begun to pay attention to these effects on human society and have mobilized collectively and organized the anti-globalization movement to resist the hegemony of global capitalism. Contemporary artists have also begun to participate in and empower this global civil society and this has been reflected in their works.
This paper analyses the net-art of Shu Lea Cheang entitled "Kingdom of Piracy", a series of works from 2001-2006 and discusses how Cheang combined the concepts of movement and art to make art a model for social action. Cheang attempted to critique / satirize / resist neo-liberalism using the strategic topic of “piracy” and through the art research and reflect upon the piracy that lies inherently behind economic and political interests. Under the globalized capitalism of neo-liberalism, the internet has become yet another resource for capital to monopolize and therewith gain control over new global technologies and knowledge. In resistance to this, an internet community has emerged, which exchanges goods according to a gift economy. In the hi-tech gift economy, the commons of social interaction are platforms of self-organization. "Kingdom of Piracy" focused on testing the rules for creating such self-organization, using art as the means to test its structure and thereby determine how to implement collective expression as its common purpose. This art expressed the ideals of a global civil society within the context of globalization because the practice of freedom and democracy is critical to the attainment of such ideals.
When the ideals of such artists align with the actions of the civil society, an organized movement can only form if this art is brought into standard forms of expression and particularly into art galleries. The artist needs to think deeply about this existing art system while practicing this type of art, because the specifics of the art form such as the type of exhibition, the target audience, and the resources obtained, for example, will be key factors determining how the concept and the art works fare in practice. These concerns are one of the focuses of research in the sociology of art.
