《轉手印緣-梧棲社宅人情交易所》 Transcripts of Kindness – The Platform of Mutual Well-being at Wuqi Social Housing |
| 在梧棲社宅，住戶所共用的 Line 群組，不僅是訊息交流的日常場域，更是一個二手物品流轉與贈與的平台。簡短的文字訊息取代了口語交談，構築出一種「喧囂中的寧靜」。然而，這些交換並非出於利益，而是源自一種互惠與共好的心態。交易往往迅速而有效，卻總有一方缺席於現場，只留下那件物品靜靜等待，成為唯一的連結。 在任何時代，物品流轉皆需一個中繼點，只是形式各異。對於梧棲社宅的居民而言，那個中繼點正是管理室裡一張不起眼的塑膠桌。它曾默默承載無數次的互惠交換，卻未曾留下任何紀錄，猶如一道道被忽略卻確實存在的痕跡。 本作品便以居民的交易行為與這張桌子為發想，設計出一座既為「中繼站」亦為「紀錄站」的裝置。居民在交換物品時，透過一冊特製的雙聯收據簿，先後蓋上從裝置中取下的印章。印章的抽象符號既屬於社區的共同語彙，亦因轉動方向而生出多重解讀，讓符號既是個人的、又是公共的。當印記滲透於第二聯紙頁並被社區保留時，居民的善意與分享便化為可見的軌跡，永續留存在這個社群之中。 Within the Wuqi Social Housing community, the residents’ Line group is more than a channel for daily exchanges of information; it has become a platform where second-hand items circulate as acts of gifting. Here, fleeting text messages replace spoken conversations, creating a paradoxical atmosphere—at once noisy and quiet. These transactions, however, are never driven by profit, but by reciprocity and a spirit of mutual care. The exchanges unfold swiftly and efficiently, yet often one party remains absent in the physical space, leaving only the object itself—quietly placed or retrieved—as the sole witness of the encounter. Across time, the transfer of goods has always required an intermediary point, though its form has varied. For the residents of Wuqi, that intermediary is nothing more than the plain plastic table in the management office. This table has silently borne the weight of countless exchanges, though none have ever been recorded—traces that exist, yet remain invisible. This work draws inspiration from both the residents’ acts of sharing and this modest table, transforming them into an installation that is at once a “relay station” and a “recording station.” In each transaction, participants imprint a custom two-part receipt book using stamps drawn from the installation. The abstract motifs inscribed upon these stamps compose a symbolic vocabulary unique to Wuqi Social Housing: while they hold a standard meaning, their interpretation shifts with orientation, allowing for both personal and collective readings. As the ink seeps into the second layer of the receipt, kept within the community archive, the residents’ gestures of generosity are transfigured into tangible marks—preserving the warmth and spirit of sharing as an enduring memory of this place. |