吳梓寧,《網路原民—上海星球 Cyber Native – Shanghai Planet》,2016。

吳梓寧,3D 動畫、網路現成物,1920*1080 像素,彩色,有聲,2 分00 秒,2016。
Tzu-Ning Wu, 3D Animation, Internet Readymades, 1920*1080 Pixels, Colour, Sound, 2’00”, 2016.

 

在《網路原民》創作的十年後,受上海歌德學院策展人邀請,延續舊作《網路原民》將網站介面表皮化的創作觀念,以3D 動畫配合網站截圖,呈現「類原住民」形象的小女孩,她身上與臉孔流動如原住民紋面的圖案,其實是來自作者個人網站的螢幕截圖,還可辨認出2006 年當時的IE 網頁瀏覽器(Internet Explorer 7.0)的介面圖示與操作選單貼圖滾動而過。在2016 年的上海星球版本中,動畫場景以上海地標景觀建築為主,星球表面被水波覆蓋的底圖是來自上海市政府網站的螢幕快照,放射聳立的外灘地標建物也以所屬的飯店、銀行等現行機構網站作為貼圖,構成小行星般的上海網路虛擬城市。不同於過往作品版本,本次以星球化的構圖形式呈現上海城市地標,而網路原民小女孩以繞圓的方式在球體上行走。不變的是獨自漫遊於網路世界,穿梭遊走在網路巨型城市中的小女孩,彷彿哥斯拉巨獸(Godzilla)
又如漫遊者(Flâneur)般的網路浪遊者,在星球化構圖所形成的封閉影像迴圈中,不斷變換著的是環境與背景起落的網路城市風景,而漫遊其中的女孩看似哪裡也去不了,在無限輪迴的虛空中徘徊,恰似尚未轉生的孤魂野鬼流連於世。而這個由網站截圖與瀏覽器介面所構成的「後人類皮層」已取代肉身表皮,成為標示網路原生世代在網際網路上建構的新身分與新認同。

 

The artist holds on to the concept of “skin in terms of web interface” from her previous work Cyber Native. There is a little girl with a rough look in 3D Animation: the fluid pattern on her skin and dress is the snapshot screen image of Wu’s own website. The operation interface of the browser
Internet Explorer 7.0 from 2006 is still recognisable. In this 2016 version, an animated planet is made, upon which the landmarks of Shanghai stand. Under the water that covers the surface of the globe is a screenshot of Shanghai Municipal People’s Government’s website. The landmark buildings such as restaurants, banks and identical sites are fully covered with screenshots of their own websites. Different from the previous version of the Cyber Native, Shanghai has been transformed into a small planet based on the elements of the actual cityscape, and the young girl in the VR marches around the globe in circles endlessly. What is consistent throughout
the series is the act of a lonely wanderer: the girl wanders through the city like a cyber Godzilla or Flâneur, unable to go anywhere outside this closed circle of the city landscape. She wanders in the eternal nothingness that resembles a lonely ghost unable to reincarnate. The “post-human skin”, consisting of snapshots of websites and browser interfaces, has replaced the physical human skin to signify a new identity for the new Cyber-native generation.