Collective Memory──Machine Aesthetic of The Port City

• Main Authors: Su, Chih-Ying, 蘇芷瑩
• Other Authors: 蘇憲法
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/23343832081749886272

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 美術學系 === 100 === Everyone has the uniqueness, which is framed by the personal spirit and social context. With regard to self-positioning and self-value, we should seek the connection between the inner aspiration and the outer environment. Therefore, the author reviewed the relationship between individuals and the land. Keelung is a port city. Through knowing its history, cultural and industrial development, and studying correlative art movements, the author tried to transform the perception of this land into artistic representation via the form of mechanical elements. In the early period, the author portrayed the local scenery from an objective aspect. In the middle period, attempting interfering with a great number of materiality to bring viewers closer by means of medium immediateness was the main way. In the later period, applying the positive form of expression manifested the activity and expectation of civic reconstruction. The author hoped to arouse popular memories by these serial creations, and gradually construct the concern and consciousness to the region. This thesis is divided into six chapters to discuss the topics. The first chapter: to introduce the motive and purpose of the research for comprehending the context of themes. The second chapter: to clarify personal idea and elements of background, facing the development of industrial society and the coming of Machinery Age, then inclined to constructive form of presentation. The third chapter: to explore correlative theories, as sociology o f the arts and machine aesthetic etc., and analyze the artists’ viewpoints, for deepening the thinking and strengthening the preciseness. The fourth chapter: to record the content, frame and methods for realizing the process of painting. The fifth chapter: to explain the serial works severally for conveying the concepts. The sixth chapter: to summarize the research and make a conclusion.