李勇志 Lee Yung-Chih : 交個朋友吧 Square Relationship

交個朋友吧 Square Relationship

Collaboration with Jacqueline Sim
2018 複合媒材:郵件包裹、口香糖、水果，動畫影片等等
Mixed Medium : Postages, Chewing Gum, Fruits, Animation..etc

初認識台灣和新加坡藝術家交流的機緣，從「星光計畫」戰車在香港被扣留事件，思考台灣與新加坡幾十年的外交「友誼」。

如同青箭口香糖的廣告slogan：交個朋友吧，像是在台星兩國軍事與藝術合作的分享與交流的善意下，利用物件的傳遞與交換，試探允許與限制的國家邊界。

「星光計畫」：1975年新加坡總理李光耀與台灣當時行政院長蔣經國簽署了一項秘密的軍事交流與合作計畫。計畫內容就是讓新加坡部隊在「星光演習」的代號下到台灣進行軍事訓練。

Inspired by the ‘Project Starlight’ between Singapore and Taiwan, the work reflects the present that ceased to a point of transition from the past to the future. A relationship between two countries becoming swayed by a third party, evidently portray in the incident where Singapore nine armored troop carriers were intercepted in Hong Kong.

Akin to the chewing gum slogan: Let’s make a friend, this project is a friendly exchange where Singapore artist (Jacqueline Sim) and Taiwan artist (Yung-Chih Lee) send items through legal postages to each other - slipping through the seepage between permitted and restricted, constraint and possibilities.

‘Project Starlight’ is a military agreement made in 1975 between Singapore’s late prime minister Lee Kuan Yew and Taiwan’s then premier Chiang Ching-Kuo. In the recent years the project has been under close scrutiny from China.