鯤鯓顯影：2018臺南國際攝影節

2018年 第一屆臺南國際攝影節(TiFF) 《鯤鯓顯影》

臺南府城作為臺灣最早開發的城市，自有其重要的歷史文化內涵，自1624年建城初始至2024年，臺南即將迎接建城四百年的新紀元，為呈現臺南府城的發展軌跡，「臺南國際攝影節．TiFF」應運而生，從2018年開始以雙年展的形式舉辦，藉由「攝影」觀點重新梳整臺南的歷史文化紋理。

《鯤鯓顯影》

「北冥有魚，其名為鯤，鯤之大，不知其幾千里也。」《莊子．逍遙遊》

鯤鯓是潟湖或內海中的沙洲，海風吹過的沙洲彷彿大魚露出海面的魚背；臺南在北門區則有南鯤鯓，將軍區有青鯤鯓。而古地名一鯤鯓到七鯤鯓，位於今日臺南市的安平沿海一直到灣裡。

2018 臺南國際攝影節，取「鯤鯓」這個與臺南有深遠淵源的名詞，寓意臺南這海畔的大魚將緩緩浮出海平面，並透過攝影節所架構出來的平臺，逐漸顯現影像的動態過程。

動能的第一屆「臺南國際攝影節」於2018年11月在主展場蕭壠文化園區全面開展，同時串聯臺南市區的藝文替代空間，先以溪北（曾文溪以北）在地的生活與產業為範圍，以攝影創作為主體，呼喚臺南的歷史、地理、人文，橫向連結今日臺南不同空間的現況，藉由交織不同的經緯向度，描繪出更清晰立體的臺南樣貌。

整個攝影節的概念是以八年的時間持續進行探索、挖掘、研究、思考：著重脈絡整理的歷程，以全新的創作呼應歷史照片；真實的臺南場景映照臺灣的攝影創作畫面，藉由影像與影像、影像與文本、影像與實景間、相互的對話，動態地梳理還待書寫的臺南攝影史。

為了重塑市民大眾與影像創作者的關係，攝影節期間舉辦 ：

• 「焦點攝影家－許淵富」肯定經典級大師對臺南與臺灣攝影的貢獻。

• 邀請成熟的影像作者參與「攝影上牆」－靜態展場、「攝影上街」－影像進入街頭公共空間、「攝影上臺」－攝影家動態的影像播放。

• 徵集年輕攝影家一起來「攝影上桌－Tainan photo GO」互動交流。

• 邀請汪正翔與徐詩雨共同策展「懸缺的主體」。

教育推廣方面：

• 李旭彬帶領的「路頭」攝影創作引導工作坊（Photography Workshops） 。

• 法國策展人 Nicolas Havette 帶領的工作坊與策展。

• TiFF系列論壇：邀請不同領域的學者專家、創作者座談研討。

• 攝影上網－無遠弗屆的數位連結。

攝影影像的世界何其寬廣，臺南國際攝影節尊重不同的時空背景下，不同類型的攝影影像，所有不同型態的影像創作都同等重要，並持續推動廣泛的歷史文化研究、攝影書寫與論壇。希冀藉由攝影節所建立的平臺，讓攝影家、藝術家、歷史學者、藝評人、策展人、專業攝影從業人員、攝影同好間能夠相互支援，建構一個共生的生態系。

「鯤鯓顯影」的另一層意涵，希望憑藉影像思辯形塑臺灣文化的主體性，使得原本面目不清的臺灣人、模樣不清的臺灣，與狀態不明的臺灣文化，逐漸顯影成型。讓緊鄰歐亞大陸的臺灣，這條如鯤的大魚面向大洋，航向世界。

Being the first developed city in Taiwan, Tainan is endowed with abundant cultural heritages. Tainan, founded in 1624, is going to celebrate its 400th anniversary in 2024. To usher in a new era, “Tainan International Foto Festival”, launched in 2018 biennially, is organized to present Tainan’s chronicle of development through systematizing its historic and cultural contexts from the perspective of “photography”.

Kun Shen Emerging

“Kun, the legendary fish in North Sea, is so gigantic that it can reach up thousands miles long.” - Carefree Wandering by Chuang Tse

“Kun Shen” is known as a sandbank in a lagoon or an inland sea. When a sea breeze clears away water, the sandbank emerges like a fish back on the sea surface. In Tainan, there are South Kun Shen in Beimen District and Green Kun Shen in Jiang-jyun District. The ancient names of the places from First to Seventh Kun Shen are located in the coastal area of Anping all the way to Wanli in Tainan nowadays.

The name “Kun Shen”, which has been strongly connected to Tainan in history, is used to represent 2018 Tainan International Foto Festival. Through the imagery, Tainan, the legendary giant fish, gradually emerges from the sea and the platform constructed by TiFF creates a stage for Tainan to showcase its images progressively.

The first “TiFF” starts from November this year in Soulangh Cultural Park as the main exhibition. Associating with other alternative art spaces in Tainan City, the Festival aims to employ photography to piece together Tainan’s history, geography, and human culture focusing on life and industries in the areas located at the north of Zengwen River. Interweaving the landscapes across spaces and time, the Festival depicts a vivid and substantial image of Tainan City.

The concept of “TiFF” is to explore, investigate, study, and think in an 8-year timeline. Works are created to pay homage to historic photos while the present Tainan City is reflected by the creations of photography in Taiwan. The dialogues between images, images and texts, images and real scenes dynamically form Tainan’s ongoing photography history.

In order to reconnect the relation between citizens and photographers, various projects will be carried out including:

“Keynote Photographer- Hsu Yuan-fu”- an acknowledgement for the contribution of the honored and prestigious photographer in both Tainan and Taiwan.
inviting established photographers to take part in “Photography Exhibition” to display their works in exhibition halls, “Street Photography” to bring the event into public spaces, and “Photography Show” to broadcast videos.
“Meet Photographers-Tainan photo GO”- calling up young photographers to meet and interact.
“Unfilled Vacancy of Subjectivity”, curated by Wang Cheng-hsiang and Hsu Shih-yu collaboratively.
Photography Education:

Photography Workshops led by Lee Hsu-pin.
Workshops and exhibitions organized by the French curator, Nicolas Havette.
TiFF forums: seminars for academic professionals, experts, and creators.
Photography on Net: ubiquitous digital networks.
Respecting infinite creativity from various fields of photography, TiFF welcomes and values different types of images since all the creations are equally important. We will keep advocating comprehensive research on history and culture as well as promoting publications and forums of photography. Based on this platform, we hope to build a coexisting ecological system to be shared and supported by photographers, artists, historian, critics, curators, professionals in photography business, and all the photography lovers.

The connotation for “Kun Shen Emerging” is an expectation to shape cultural subjectivity of Taiwan based on the dialogues of images. Taiwanese people with vague identity, Taiwan with unclear positioning, and Taiwanese culture with ambiguous status, shall all emerge with determination and strength. Taiwan, geographically next to Eurasia, can thus move forward to the world like the legendary fish, Kun.