Horseman on The Roof 屋頂上的騎兵

一個出身貴族的義大利革命青年，因為企圖暴動失敗，被奧地利秘密警察組織追殺，一路躲避到了普羅旺斯。沒想到，當地爆發了嚴重的霍亂，一個村莊蔓延到另一個村莊，滿目瘡痍、屍橫遍野。封城、隔離、人心惶惶、自生自滅。被懷疑下毒的男主角，在當地居民失去理智的瘋狂追捕下，倉惶狼狽地躲上了建築物的屋頂。然後，他遇見了一隻流浪的貓、也遇見了故事裡的女主角⋯⋯⋯⋯

這是法國作家尚·吉歐諾的小說作品；1995年，曾經改編拍攝成電影；也是我們今年度天台空間的策展主題。

就像翻閱一本小說，必須一個章節一個章節地慢慢閱讀；也像是拼圖遊戲，直到每一塊都出現，畫面才會完整。
這個展覽裡的八組作品，將會在今年裡，一件一件地，出現在這座天台上。

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第一件作品，是藝術家王煜松用保麗龍空箱、水泥、磚塊、野草、廢棄木板，現地搭建出的一座微型城市。
這組作品的前身，是2020年潮藝術節，他在基隆正濱漁港碼頭展出的《一層層－丘陵，集散地，漁網，魚貨，鳥，港口》。拆解、移動、重組、新生。

第二件作品，第二件作品李承亮「月球太空計劃」，藝術家認為我們被大量的生活用品包圍。生活便利，事情變得快速。食物有即食包裝，只要微波加熱。衣服冬天heat-tech夏天cold-tech。住在標準化的水泥方格裡，看電視、上網。

交通工具將時間和距離壓縮扭曲。生活方式十年一巨變，與幾億人一起被動地無感、停滯、不知所措。日復一日的重複或許已將我剝離了所在之地，所處之境，像是生活在漂浮著的單人星系。

歡迎步上天台，用小說中男主角的視角與心情，靜靜地欣賞、感受這一件作品。

‘Horseman on the Roof’ group show is now open!

An idealistic revolutionary and an indomitably fearless soldier of noble character who had to go into exile for some time due to a duel. The journey home took him to Provence, unexpectedly he found the region ravaged by a cholera epidemic, in which one village spread to another, devastated and corpses all over the field. The lockdown, the isolation, the fear and the agonizing deaths of the victims.

The inhabitants of one village are convinced that someone is infecting their water deliberately. To escape the mob, he climbs onto the roof of a nearby building, where he is forced to spend the night, with a street tabby for company, as well as stumbles upon the leading actress of the story……

The Horseman on the Roof is a 1951 French novel by Jean Giono;
In 1995, it was made into a film of the same name.

It is also the curatorial concept for an exhibition being organized in our gallery rooftop-space this year.

Just like flipping through a novel, you must read it chapter by chapter, slowly.

Or, like a jigsaw puzzle. The picture will not be complete until every piece appears in place.

In this exhibition, the eight unique works will be revealed in the rooftop-space one by one.