2014年3月15日

taqetaq


相紙輸出 15x20cm,燈箱 90x65cm2014

「嘿!別那麼匆忙朋友,把你的屁股借放在這裡一回兒」

上面的字句,是排灣族語 taqetaq 的意思,也是指家門前的涼亭或涼台。涼亭/台這種簡單結構的建築,在台灣原住民族的不同族群裡,都有其空間作用與傳統意涵;這樣的非長駐空間,卻有著邀請、分享與交流的功能性。而在現代化的部落社會裡,所延續的建築樣式,呈現了人們的心靈空間。


taqetaq, digital print with lightbox, 15x20cm, 90x65cm, 2014.

"Hey friend, don’t be so rush! Please put your button down, having a seat for a while here!"

The sentence above is the meaning of taqetaq in Payuan, language of Paiwan. Taqetaq is also an arbor made in very simple structure. This kind of architecture for a short time docking contains traditional meaning and functions in different Taiwan indigenous culture. For example, functions of invitation, sharing, or communication. Since in the tribal society, which has been modernized, the form of architecture last now reflects the mental space of people.

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Translated by :Yi-Cheng Sun
攝影 Photographer: (L) Varanuvan Mavaliw, (S) Kalesekes Ljakadjaljavan.