每當一個設備技術發展成熟，即會開始經歷摺疊。像是大腿和平放的筆記型電腦、掌心和貼身攜帶的摺疊手機，這些設計試圖建立一種更親密的設備使用情境，但為什麼我們不斷地摺疊數位設備？作品透過摺疊數位產品的出現與發展，討論人類對於「摺疊」的慾望，關節與轉軸、肢體的彎曲與螢幕的開合，皆成為人機邊界逐漸模糊的象徵。
Whenever a technological device reaches a certain level of maturity, it begins to fold. Laptops resting flat on thighs, foldable phones held in the palm or close to the body—these designs aim to create more intimate modes of interaction. But why do we keep folding our digital devices? This work explores the emergence and evolution of foldable technologies to reflect on the human desire for folding. Hinges and joints, the bending of limbs and the opening and closing of screens—all become symbols of the increasingly blurred boundary between humans and machines.
陳琛 CHEN Chen
1997年出生於臺灣高雄，畢業於臺北藝術大學美術學系碩士班。是一位武俠電影的發燒友、數位技術的考古人員，以及各種網路垃圾的拾荒和製造者。目前主要以新媒體與錄像裝置作為藝術創作形式，以武俠電影作為研究對象，透過數位時代之不同數位介面、技術、設備與經驗，將武俠電影重新解構與重製，並於重製過程中展開對於虛擬身體感的問題意識。也擅長使用散文電影（Essay Film）與桌面電影（Desktop Film）的構成手法處理影像敘事，回應不同的當代數位問題。2021年參與花蓮志哈克藝術實驗場「海岸山脈的大蟲洞」影展駐村計畫，2022年入圍關渡美術館的「北藝當代創作獎」，2023年參與臺北數位藝術節「智能廢驅：DAFT x ARKO錄像放映計畫」。2024年於福利社藝術空間舉辦個展「斷臂The Severed Arm」。
Born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1997. Chen graduated from the Master's program in the Department of Fine Arts at TNUA. Currently, his creative mediums include new media and video installation, with martial arts films as his research subject, which he re-deconstructs and reproduces using various digital interfaces, techniques, equipment, and experiences in the digital era. Through the process of reproduction, he unfolds the problematic of corporeality in virtuality. He also excels at crafting visual narratives through approaches of essay films and desktop films to respond to different contemporary digital issues.
In 2021, he participated in the “Great Wormhole in the Coastal Mountains Range Film Festival Artist-in-Residence Program” at Gihak Artlab in Hualien. In 2022, he was shortlisted for “The 2022 TNUA Contemporary Art Prize” at the Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts. In 2023, he participated in the “Digital Art Festival Taipei” (DAFT x ARKO Video Art Screening Project: The Ruined Intelligence). In 2024, he presented his solo exhibition "The Severed Arm" in the FreeS Art Space.