旅．神經
Shane Aspegren 與陳沁昕 、麥影彤二
歷驗於真實之間
IMAGINAL PATHWAYS is a guided, interactive experience that takes the form of a self-reflective, query-filled maze. By navigating a series of prompts (through language, video, soundscape, algorithm, and other cues) each participant explores questions that examine the personal responses and desires that arise within their journey—virtually, physically, mentally, and otherwise.
《旅．神經》是一趟探索自我的互動/導航歷程。透過搜索彷如問題迷宮內的連串提示（形式包括語言文字、影像、聲景、數據、及其他媒介)，讓參加者從自選的回應中觀照自己，發掘/發現在不同選項背後的個人渴求。旅程看似虛擬，卻同時觸及思想與物理空間的維度。
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Artist Statement 藝術家自述
Shane Aspegren
The thing in your hand is binary in its construction but the pathway is fluid; a stream of references rather than an answer. Like a tarot deck or any other ritual device, it is primarily used to provoke inner sensations of perceived choice, fear, longing, lust, narcissism, illusion, schadenfreude, submission, and the whole spectrum of brainwave states and animal impulses. Kindly submit to the user preferences and consider each step closely.
你手上的東西是用二元概念製造出來的，但它所顯示的路徑卻如水流動。沒有單一答案，只有一串串的明示暗示。就像塔羅牌如何挑起內在既有的，關於選擇、恐懼、渴求、慾望、自戀、幻覺、幸災樂禍、服從，以及腦波狀態與原始衝動。請接受你的選擇並留心每一步。
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Shane Aspegren
Shane Aspegren's work juxtaposes improvisational languages within carefully-crafted frameworks, frequently exploring a cross-discipline and non-dualistic perspective on such topics as consciousness, ritual, group dynamics, societal customs, and human response to natural phenomena. He is largely known for his practices related to music and sound, which often play an integral part in his installations, images, videos, objects, and performances. Interested in the relational aesthetics of every form, he often uses interactive and collaborative methods of creation, as well as the practical application of those methods, such as his ongoing work with meditative practices—specifically the effects of sound waves and its effects on the human mind and physical matter of the body. As a musician/composer, he has performed hundreds of concerts worldwide, in addition to an extensive recorded discography. His artworks have been presented, commissioned, collected, and performed at institutions, museums, and galleries throughout Asia, Europe and North America.
Shane Aspegren 的創作強調在精心設計的框架內，保持即興性的運作。他持續探索跨域及非二元性的議題，包括有關意識、儀式、群體動力、社會習俗、人類對自然現象的回應等等。他為人熟悉的創作形式以音樂及聲景作為核心，扣連到裝置、圖像、影像、物件及演出。尤其熱衷於探索不同形態的「關係美學」，經常以互動及協作方式創作，同時運用冥想練習（它對聲波、人類心靈及身體感應的影響）於其中。作為樂手及作曲家，他曾於世界巡演合共過百場，亦發行錄製唱片。他的作品獲委約、收藏、展/演出於亞洲、歐洲及北美不同機構、美術館及畫廊。
紀錄的形式從螢幕延伸至舞台，結合古典與前衛、旋律與噪音、程式與即興的樂章。三位藝術家進出於個人經歷與經典故事，從現實與虛構的角色之間發現自己與表演藝術的交織關係。他/她們在鏡頭之下和觀眾面前一同跨越歌劇與紀錄劇場的形式，創造出跨文化舞台傳統的混種演出。
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Tap Chan 陳沁昕
Tap Chan was born in Hong Kong, and currently lives and works in Hong Kong. She obtained a B.A. in Fine Art from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 2011 and an M.A. in Visual Arts from the Hong Kong Baptist University in 2014. Her works mostly appear in the form of installations, videos and sculptures. She is interested in exploring the idea of liminality that is embedded in daily life, where the boundaries between fiction and reality are often blurred, like the undefined psychic and emotional ruptures experienced during bouts of insomnia. To construct a narrative of the subterranean mind that rumbles beneath the facade of modern existence.
陳沁昕出生於香港，現工作並居於香港。2011年獲得墨爾本皇家理工大學藝術文學士，並於2014年在香港浸會大學視覺藝術學院視覺藝術碩士科畢業。作品多以裝置，錄像及雕塑的形式出現。她愛好探索日常生活中處於意識邊緣的狀態，彷如在失眠發作後經歷了的不確定空間以及無止境的現實和虛擬的交錯。以潛意識為載體，呈現當代社會的焦慮與不安。
Mak Ying-tung 2 麥影彤二
Mak Ying-tung 2 was born in Hong Kong in 1989. She graduated from City University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor's degree in Critical Intermedia Art in 2013. Mak 2 currently lives and works in Hong Kong. Mak 2 is a conceptual artist and her work is not defined by any medium. Her recent works contemplate contemporary issues through the study of Humanities. The aesthetic experience she crafts is bound by the dualism of humor and intense, often dark inquisitiveness. For instance, through incorporating QR codes within a playground-like setting, her artwork You Better Watch Out (2017) illustrates the wide spread surveillance implications of an open internet. She does not prompt audiences to merely laugh, but also to explore spaces and direct the viewer's attention to the forces that lie underneath the surface of their surroundings.
麥影彤二於1989年香港出生，並於2013年取得香港城市大學的 Critical Intermedia Art 學士畢業。她現於香港定居及工作。麥影彤二是一位以多媒介來進行創作的概念藝術家。她近期的作品多以人文科學的視野思考當代議題。她的作品往往呈現出幽默的表達方式與出其不意的手法，例如，她在作品《你最好注意》(2017) 裡，在一個充氣水晶球裡加入電子二維碼來暗喻互聯網上無處不在的監察。她的作品不僅充滿了玩味的元素，還通過探索空間引導觀眾思考隱藏在我們周圍事物表面之下的力量。
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Creative / Production Team 創作／製作團隊
Lead Artist 主創
Shane Aspegren
Collaborating Artists 共同創作
Tap Chan 陳沁昕
Mak Ying-tung 2 麥影彤二
App Production Team 程式製作
yucolab
Ken Chan 陳嘉俊
Winky Lam 林頴琪
Kenny Luk 陸建毅
Alice Tsang 曾曉童
Zinan Zhang 張子南
Graphic Design 平面設計
Mildred Cheng 鄭凱甄
English Narrator 英語旁白
Andrew Chworowsky
Cantonese Narrator 廣東話旁白
Lau Hiu-wa 劉曉樺
The Lover 愛人
Jordan Leung 梁穎聰
Production Assistant & Additional Video Editing 製作助理及額外影像剪輯
Natasha Cheung 張穎曦
Additional Animation 額外動畫
Erkka Nissinen
Additional Sound Mixing 額外混音
Damian Boylan
Curated and organised by 策劃及籌辦
orleanlaiproject
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This project is supported by Hong Kong Arts Development Council "Arts Go Digital Platform Scheme"
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