你的名字 What’s in a name?

一張偽 Visa 卡,印有史高比耶「馬上戰士」雕像圖*

由於與希臘的爭端,這座讓人想起亞歷山大大帝的雕像被如此稱之。作品關注名字背後的力量——Visa 是所有語言中聽起來相同的名稱,而「馬上戰士」屬於那無法命名之人——以及民族主義和資本主義之間隱含的緊張,例如預算分配或對排他性和普遍性的追求。其標題呼應紀念碑、馬其頓、台灣的共享情感。

展於馬其頓國家美術館(史高比耶,北馬其頓),面朝河對岸的雕像。

*改自 Raso mk 的 CC BY-SA 3.0 照片(Wikimedia Commons 上 Aleksandar Makedonski vo Skopje 055.JPG)


A pseudo-Visa card featured the “Warrior on a Horse” statue* in Skopje.

Due to the dispute with Greece, this statue reminiscent of Alexander the Great is called as such. The work explores the power behind name—Visa is a name that sounds the same in all languages while Warrior on a Horse is a name for what cannot be named—and the implicit tension between nationalism and capitalism, as in budget allocation or in the pursuit of exclusivity and universality. Its title echoes the sentimentalism shared by monument, Macedonia, Taiwan.

It was shown in National Gallery of Macedonia (Skopje, North Macedonia), right facing the statue across the river.

*which is adapted from CC BY-SA 3.0 photo (Aleksandar Makedonski vo Skopje 055.JPG on Wikimedia Commons) by Raso mk



雕像和美術館俯瞰圖;Image courtesy of Google Earth