25/03/2026
【活動宣傳】林芮廷個展「二分之一的呼吸」
「二分之一的呼吸」指的是一種無法完整呼吸的狀態，像是被壓抑、被中斷、被迫縮減的存在感。
本展覽試圖指向在感知與經驗的過程中，那些被忽略、遺漏或難以被言說的部分，並透過物件與身體記憶之間的連結，重新開啟一場關於家庭、身體與自我修復的對話。
展覽動機源於一次返家休息的經驗。原先期待的溫情，在現實的摩擦中逐漸破裂，使「家」從應當安穩的場所，轉變為令人壓迫與窒息的場域。對於家的情感，也因此呈現出一種「既渴望靠近，卻又想逃離」的矛盾狀態。這段經驗最初透過「為自己鋪一張床」的行為展開，作為一種空間的介入，同時也是自我療癒。
在家庭關係之中，疏離與依附始終交織共存。創作過程中，我收集童年的記憶、當下的衝突，以及那些被視為無用或被丟棄的情緒，並將其轉化為物件與身體經驗的延伸，使這些片段得以被重新組構與承載。
This exhibition seeks to address those aspects of perception and lived experience that are often overlooked, omitted, or difficult to articulate. Through the connection between objects and bodily memory, it attempts to reopen a dialogue surrounding family, the body, and processes of self-repair.
The exhibition originates from an experience of returning home to rest. The warmth once anticipated gradually fractured through everyday frictions, transforming “home” from a place of comfort into a space of pressure and suffocation. As a result, my relationship to home became marked by a contradiction—an ongoing tension between the desire to draw close and the impulse to withdraw. This exploration began with the act of “making a bed for myself,” functioning both as a spatial intervention and as the starting point of a process of self-healing.
Within familial relationships, distance and attachment are constantly intertwined. The bed symbolizes one of the few spaces within my family where I was able to retain a sense of self. In my practice, I collect fragments of childhood memories, present conflicts, and emotions that have been discarded or deemed insignificant, transforming them into extensions of objects and bodily experience. Through this process, these fragments are reassembled and given a space to be held.
