李勇志 Lee Yung-Chih

台灣和新加坡藝術家交流的機緣，從2016「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」；與台灣人對於新加坡「禁止吃口香糖」的兒時傳聞。如同青箭口香糖的廣告slogan：交個朋友吧，像是一句雙關語，在台星兩國軍事與藝術合作的分享與交流的善意下， 利用展覽之名夾帶仿製戰車入境觀光，並同時從事一連串「軍事遊行」的行動。

「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. The artist further smuggled tank replicas in the name of artistic exhibition and launched a series of “military parade.”- 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.

Collaboration with Jacqueline Sim
2019 複合媒材:口香糖、包裝禮盒、行為影片、動畫。
Mixed Medium : Chewing Gum, Gift Package, Performance Documentary, Animation.