動物祭壇－嘉155縣道
Animal Altar - Chiayi County Route 155

2006 複合媒材（超亮麗照片25張、神轎椅、紅漆）大小依場地而定
Mixed Media (25 ultra-dazzling photos, god's sedan chair, red enamel), depends on the place of exhibition

九月底的某個星期天走在嘉義縣阿里山鄉來吉的嘉155縣道，發現整條路像是盤古蟾蜍的祭壇。產業道路的開發像是勒住脖子的繩索，動物的生命之血像似我們代贖的祭品，在現代化的體系裡，演出一場場悲劇的祭禮。 作品裡使用中西宗教的兩種符號（物件），一是在壓扁蟾蜍身上的十字架，那隱隱的紅色像似擦不掉的血跡，而置放在地上看似椅子的物件，則是在台灣廟宇裡用來置放神轎的椅子。

註：盤古蟾蜍（Bufo bankorensis）是台灣特有種蟾蜍，廣泛地分佈於台灣全島各地，從平地到三千公尺的高山，都有牠們的蹤跡。平時棲身陸地，繁殖期遷到水池或溪流。常於雨後潮濕之夜晚大量出現，通常較活躍於山道，春季容易於山區見到小蟾蜍，成蛙夜間常在產業道路遭車輛輾斃。

When I took Chiayi County Route 155 to Laichi in Alishan Township one Sunday in late September, I found that the whole road was like a sacrificial altar to the toad Bufo bankorensis. The construction of this farm road put a noose around the neck of living things. The lifeblood of animals is like an offering for our redemption, played out in an endless series of tragic rituals in our modern world. This works uses two respectively Chinese and Western religious objects. One is a cross on a squashed toad's body; the dull red is like a bloodstain that can’t be wiped away. The object on the floor that looks like a chair is a sedan chair of the kind used in Taiwanese temples to carry divine images.

Note: The toad Bufo bankorensis is native to Taiwan. It can be found throughout the island, from the lowlands to mountainous areas 3,000 meters above sea level. Although it spends most of its time on dry land, it returns to ponds and streams during the breeding season. Large numbers of the toads are often seen on damp evenings after a rain, especially along mountain roads. Small toads are common in mountain areas in the springtime. Cars traveling farm roads frequently squish many of the adult toads.

參展紀錄 Recording of display

2006 「以恐懼之名」，新濱碼頭藝術空間，高雄，台灣

2006 泰國Womenifesto 2006，「無人之境」國際網路聯展，網址: www.womanifesto.com

2006 「帶著作品去旅行五部曲- 台東、澎湖、越南、金門、嘉義」，南海藝廊，台北，台灣

2007 「濱刺麥計畫--回程：越南、台南北門和安南、嘉義布袋」，台南市鹽田生態文化村，台灣

2014「許淑真紀念展」，高雄市立美術館，高雄，台灣

2006 Terrifying, Sin Pin Port Art Space, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

2006 Womenifesto 2006: No Man’s Land, International Online Exhibition, website: www.womanifesto.com, Thailand

2006 Bringing Your Art Work to go Travel—Taitung, Penghu, Vietnam, Kinmen, Chiayi, Naihai Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

2007 T Littoral Spinegrass Project-- Return Trip: Vietnam, Beimen & Annan Tainan, Budai Chiayi, Tainan Salt Pan Eco-village, Taiwan

2014 Commemorative Exhibition of Hsu Su-chen, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

典藏紀錄 Works in Collections

高雄市立美術館，台灣

Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan

動物祭壇－嘉155縣道-作品裝置說明