歷史網站｜Historical Website：
Owen Redmond（澳大利亞｜AU）
十方青年駐留藝術家｜DAC Emerging Resident Artist
駐留週期｜Residence Period：
2024.10.15 - 2024.11.25
駐留週期｜Residence Period：
2024.10.15 - 2024.11.25
藝術家簡介｜CV of the Artist：
歐文·雷德蒙德是一位多學科藝術家。他主要在動態影像、聲音和文本的交匯點上進行創作，並將這些媒介根據最適合的效果以不同的組合形式呈現，通常展現在裝置或表演環境中。
Owen Redmond is a multi-disciplinary artist. Mainly working within the junction of moving image, sound and text, these mediums manifesting themselves in various combinations depending on the outcome best suited, often times existing in an installation or performance environment.
他花了很多時間在互聯網上，這是他工作的概念框架的起點。每當他想到互聯網時，通常會感到一種對世界的存在主義情感。屏幕如何越來越多地作為個體與世界之間的媒介，並且導致人們生活在越來越孤立的狀態中，這一點讓他著迷。
He spends a lot of time on the internet, a place where the conceptual framing for his work begins. When he think about the internet, he is generally left with existential feelings towards the world. How screens increasingly acts as an intermediary between individuals and the world, and leads to people living in more and more atomised states, fascinates him.
你可能可以想像得到，他認為世界上已經有太多的媒體了。考慮到這一點，他經常使用再利用的媒體作為創作的素材來源，在內部進行採樣和拼貼。這使他能夠更直接地審視自己想要觀察的主題，這是一種參與度較高的循環過程，或者螺旋上升的過程。
As you could probably imagine, he thinks there is already too much media in the world. Considering this, he often uses reappropriated media as the source material to create, sampling and collaging it within. This allows for a more direct critical lens towards the subjects he would like to view, a somewhat cyclic process of engagement, or a spiral.
關於本次駐留｜About Residency：
我對互聯網非常感興趣，這也是我藝術創作的起點。在我之前在重慶的駐留經歷中，我曾在阿裏巴巴上訂購了一些項目所需的材料，並對中國的物流配送效率感到驚訝。我想探索這一資源，並使用它來獲取項目所需的材料。我經常探索我所謂的「臥室美學」，使用我臥室中常見的材料進行創作，通常是在臥室裏上網時進行創作。對我來說，這些材料的作用是將互聯網與我的潛意識聯繫起來。
在上次去重慶的旅行中，我被那些只賣拖鞋的商店所吸引，這種商店在澳大利亞是沒有的。我有興趣用我收集到的拖鞋製作一件雕塑，並在雕塑內部設置屏幕。
上一次來重慶時，我對這裏的一個方面特別感興趣，那就是它位於長江邊的位置。我在那次旅行中沿著長江漫步，記錄下河水的聲音，並用它創作了一首音樂作品。我想瞭解更多關於重慶與長江的關係，以及生活在長江沿岸的當地人。我也對與重慶當地藝術家見面，參觀一些小型畫廊感興趣。
I am very interested by the internet, and this is the place where my art generally begins. On my previous residency experience in Chongqing, I had ordered some materials for my project from Alibaba and was intrigued by the efficiency of delivery methods in China. I would like to explore this resource, and use it for materials to lead my project. I often explore what I call a ‘bedroom aesthetic’, working with materials that are typical of my bedroom, where I usually explore the internet. To me, these materials act to join the internet with my subconscious mind.
On my previous trip to Chongqing, I was fascinated by shops selling only slippers, shops we do not specifically have in Australia. I would be interested in creating a sculpture from slippers that I acquire, potentially having screens within the sculpture.
One aspect of Chongqing that I was extremely interested by in my previous trip was its location on the Yangtze River. I had wandered along the river during that trip, recording the surrounding sounds of the river, which I used to make a musical composition from. I would like to learn more about the relationship that Chongqing has to the Yangtze, and about the local people who live on the shores of it. I am also interested in meeting local artists from Chongqing, and going to some small art galleries.