14/08/2021
【Artist Statement: POPCORN】
When we began working on this project, the anxiety and fear of COVID were somewhat distant to me. We had experienced over a year of relative normality and safety here in Taiwan, and I had been able to keep up my drag performances in packed venues largely without interruption. However, the stories from families overseas of sickness, lockdowns, and death created a constant state of fear that we could end up in the same position. Our team had channeled these dualities of freedom and fear into what we had created thus far. It had been cathartic and given us a sense of purpose and connection to one another. We were grateful to be able to keep creating when artist friends the world over were unemployed and suffering.
When we began working on this project, the anxiety and fear of COVID were somewhat distant to me. We had experienced over a year of relative normality and safety here in Taiwan, and I had been able to keep up my drag performances in packed venues largely without interruption. However, the stories from families overseas of sickness, lockdowns, and death created a constant state of fear that we could end up in the same position. Our team had channeled these dualities of freedom and fear into what we had created thus far. It had been cathartic and given us a sense of purpose and connection to one another. We were grateful to be able to keep creating when artist friends the world over were unemployed and suffering.
The recent outbreak in Taiwan has lent this project a whole new layer of meaning. As a drag performer and an artist, the wave of death along with the sudden disappearance of community events and work projects has been tremendously anxiety-inducing. As things begin to improve, we are looking forward to once again using this project as a vessel to pour our creativity into, healing the feelings of anxiety and regaining the sense of freedom and optimism we have been missing so much. The completion of SSS is deeply important to our little crew of creatives, as we work together in these dark times to build something special and meaningful.
當我們開始著手這個項目時，對 COVID 的焦慮和恐懼對我來說有些遙遠。我們在台灣經歷了相對正常和安全的一年，我能夠在各個場地進行變裝表演，基本上沒有中斷。然而，海外的家人對於疫情、封城和死亡的新聞造成了一種慢性的恐懼狀態，即我們可能會陷入同樣的境地。我們的團隊已經將這些自由和恐懼的二元性引入到我們迄今為止創作中。它不但起到了宣洩的作用，也給了我們一種使命感和強化彼此之間的聯繫。當世界各地的藝術家朋友失業和受苦時，我們很慶幸地能夠繼續創作。
最近在台灣爆發的疫情讓這個計劃有了全新的意義。作為一名變裝演員和藝術家，隨著社區活動和表演工作的突然停擺，死亡浪潮引起了極大的焦慮。隨著疫情狀況逐漸好轉，我們期待再次利用這個計劃作為一種容器，將我們的創造力注入其中，治療焦慮感，重獲我們錯失的自由和樂觀。 《安.獨.感》的完成對我們的藝術團隊來說非常重要，因為我們在這些黑暗時期共同努力建立一些特別而有意義的東西。
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