《SHOWCASE》難以穿越的迷宮 Impenetrable labyrinths

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雨果·特謝拉 Hugo Teixeira – 難以穿越的迷宮 Impenetrable labyrinths

展期：2021 冬 Winter

難以穿越的迷宮 Impenetrable labyrinths

縱觀美國西部史，一波又一波的征服者、測量師與攝影師都聲稱自己擁有美國西部的風景。而隨後幾代的移民則緊隨他們的腳步，追棒著美國夢承諾的繁榮和自由。但是，通往美國夢的這條道路有時卻非常具挑戰性。穿過美國西部陡峭乾旱難走峽谷的道路就像是移民本身經歷的一樣鏡像與寫照。因此，拍攝這些風景亦代表著聲稱擁有這片土地風景與國家對移民承諾的一種企圖。而透過撕裂與重構所拍攝出來的景觀，就像一個由泥土與石頭造成，讓人無法看透的迷宮，提供一種令外邦移民畏懼的遷徙旅程的第一身觀點，無論遷徙的目的地是美國還是其他地方。

Successive waves of conquistadores, surveyors, and photographers have all laid claim to the landscape of the American West. Many generations of immigrants have followed alongside, courted by the promise of prosperity and freedom. But the path to the American Dream can be challenging. The roads through steep and arid canyons and gorges mirror the immigrant journey. Photographing them represents an attempt to claim the land and the promise of that nation as well. The resulting images tear apart and rebuild the landscape revealing seemingly impenetrable labyrinths of earth and stone. They provide a first-person glimpse of the awestruck outsider embarking on a harrowing migration, whether to the United States or elsewhere.

雨果·特謝拉 Hugo Teixeira

雨果·特謝拉在美國加州聖荷西的葡裔美國社區長大。他曾於國外生活 12 年，當中有 8 年是位於澳門，從澳門回到美國後，他完成了羅徹斯特理工學院的攝影和相關媒體的藝術創作碩士。而作為一位藝術家與教師，特謝拉作品曾展出於美國、葡萄牙和澳門。雨果·特謝拉的藝術作品靈感來自關於移民、外籍人士、位移與身份。他採用混合媒材的方式，結合了日常各種製造技巧和當代及歷史攝影技術，製作的雕塑和拼貼畫突顯出雨果拍攝、收集得來的照片與材料的語義特性，使其表達出移民與其後代複雜的敘事結構。

Hugo Teixeira grew up in the Luso-American community in San Jose, California. After 12 years living abroad, including eight years in Macau, he returned to the United States to complete an MFA in Photography and Related Media at the Rochester Institute of Technology. His artwork is inspired by research about migration, expatriatism, displacement and identity. He adopts a hybrid production approach which combines vernacular fabrication skills alongside various contemporary and historical photographic techniques. The resulting sculptures and collages exploit the semantic properties of his photographs, found images, and materials to best express the complex narratives of migrants and their descendants. As an artist and teacher, Teixeira has exhibited work in the United States, Portugal, and Macau.

《SHOWCASE 計劃》

SHOWCASE 是一個由澳門年輕創作者發起的活動計劃，旨在推動澳門當代視覺藝術文化風氣並給予年輕創作者平台展示作品。SHOWCASE 原則上以季度為單位進行活動，並以特約形式邀請來自不同地方的視覺藝術創作者，以微型個展的形式進駐澳門各個非傳統藝術展場，讓創作能夠更貼地走入生活。我們同時亦期許能透過創作者與觀眾的分享與討論，使當代視覺藝術文化植根澳門，製造一片能探索各種藝術可能性的土壤。