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myBirthday=myPhilipGlass

C. J. Yeh
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《Equal》系列的軸心概念，是希望透過電腦軟體程式的撰寫，在觀者與現代主義藝術作品之間，搭建出一種自動化的換算機制和溝通平台。這個創作理念的主要關鍵，在於利用數位科技所蘊含的運算及資訊處理功能，來完成具有創造力及藝術性的轉化或再造。讓所有的觀眾，都能夠搖身一變，個個都成為現代藝術巨將。只要以簡單的鍵盤或滑鼠輸入，就能夠完成和享受當代藝術創作的興奮和喜悅。
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《E q u a l 》系列中已經完成的有： 《myDa t a =myMo n d r i a n 》、《my Tu n e =my P o l l o c k 》以及《myBrithday=myPilipGlass》等三件作品。透過這些「藝術介面」（Art Interface），我希望完成一種雙向性的repurposing。這些作品的共通點，包括以下兩個階段：
．1）Repurpose現代藝術主義大師的創作概念
．意即是分析現代藝術主義大師的創作模式、習慣以及特質，並且將之簡化成為可供程式語言
運用的邏輯，並且發展出能夠獨立運作的軟體程式。
．2）Repurpose觀者所輸入或提供的資訊
．透過容易操作的軟體介面，讓觀者能夠主動地去參與，並且將觀者所輸入的資訊與現代藝術
主義大師的創作邏輯結合，創造出全新的藝術作品。
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本次參與展出的，是在2006年完成的《myBrithday=myPilipGlass》。在觀者輸入出生年、月、日之後，利用所取得的數字，排列組合出二十八個變數以及四個不變數；再把年紀以及出生季節列入考量，選擇出頑固低音以及演奏的速度。把這些資訊放入極限音樂的所慣用的簡要、連續性、反覆性及規律性結構，就完成了一個具有Philip Glass風格的曲譜。透過這個藝術介面，觀者除了可以聆聽這首用生日密碼譜成的極限樂曲之外，也可以選擇把曲譜印出來帶回家，為自己與當代藝術的交集留下一紙見證。
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The gripe many skeptics have with computer-based art is that the medium often takes precedence over the message.“Equal” series is my attempt to focus on the creative process of art and, at the same time, address data input as a metaphorfor the Modernist thought process.
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Through out this series, what I have been trying to do is using programming language to connect everyday activities withacclaimed Modernist masters. By analyzing the formal elements of these masters’ signature style and then turn them intoalgorithms, I have been able to create art interfaces that enable users to make art in unexpected ways.
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“myData=myMondrian” has an interface which is a replicated sign-up form for an online dating site. Rather than fishingfor friends, the result upon hitting “enter” is a quick cyber-mastication of one’s personal stats and their subsequentregurgitation in the form of a Piet Mondrian-like composition.
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“myTune=myPollock” converts computer keyboard into an electric piano, on which visitors are encouraged to play music.Each note corresponds to a simulated Jackson Pollock paint drip.
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“myBirthday = myPhilipGlass” requires participants to enter their name and birthday, at which point an algorithmtranscribes the information into a Minimalist musical score, then the generated score is played by the computer.
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There have been many attempts by artists trying to blur the boundary between life and art. I am not trying to do the same.I would like to think that I am creating channels where simple activities that everyone can perform and “high art” cancollide and merged into a unique being that belongs to the digital age.