Chingtao 21 Billboard Art Project

Reframing the Gaze

Chingtao 21 Billboard Art Project is a deliberate act of reclamation. In response to an intrusive urban development—a newly built parking lot exit facing Roger’s family home in Pingtung, Taiwan—this project transforms an imposed view into a space for reflection. If passersby must look, then what they see becomes a choice we can make.

This billboard is the first dedicated art billboard in Pingtung, a city where billboards exist to sell. Here, art interrupts the ordinary, shifting a commercial tool into a site for inquiry. What if a billboard didn’t sell but asked? What if it provoked, challenged, or created space for thought?

The inaugural work, Where are you? by Mizzonk, extends this inquiry. More than a question of place, it is a question of being. Composed of countless cut panels resembling doors and windows, it presents an abstracted field of passage and choice.

The repetition of panels suggests both boundlessness and the weight of decision. Each opening asks: Has the path been chosen, or left to chance? The work prompts awareness. To move through life is to shape it.

Unannounced changes to the billboard’s imagery reinforce impermanence, making it a conversation rather than a statement. While it begins with Mizzonk’s work, the project will evolve, inviting other artists into this ongoing dialogue.

Size: 151' x 100' x 7"

Materials: Ink on vinyl

青島21 看板藝術計畫, 屏東 台灣

屏東第一座藝術看板,就在青島街21號,臨中正路。

青島 21看板藝術計畫是一項刻意的行動。為了回應侵擾性的都市發展--面向 Roger 位於台灣屏東的家的新建停車場出口--這個計畫將不想要的凝視轉換成 反思的空間。如果路人必須看,那麼他們所看到的就變成我們可以做的選擇。

這個廣告牌是屏東第一個專門的藝術看板,在這個城市裡,廣告牌是為了銷售而存在。在這裡,藝術打斷了平凡,將商業工具轉變為探究的場所。如果廣告牌不是賣廣告,而是能發問呢?如果它能激發、挑戰或創造思考空間呢?

Mizzonk 的開幕作品Where Are You? 它的英直譯是 "你在哪?" 我們翻譯成中文是 "尋" 尋 不僅是地點的問題,更是存在的問題。這件作品由無數像門和窗的切割面板組成,呈現了一個抽象的通道和選擇領域。

面板的重複暗示了無邊無際和決策的重要性。每個開口都在問:路是選好了?是選擇了道路,還是任由機會?這件作品喚起人們的意識。在生命中前行就是在塑造生命。

看板圖像會作不定期的更換強化了無常性,使其成為一種對話而非陳述。雖然這項計畫以 Mizzonk 的作品為起點,但仍會不斷演進,邀請其他藝術家加入這場持續的對話。

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