Reading in bed -- according to #ChiTsaiNi whose #TopologyInBed was a recent pick for #LoveBooksByArtists at #TaiKwunContemporary #ArtistsBookLibrary #HongKong #Repost @taikwuncontemporary • • • • • • #心水藝術家書籍：第五回⠀ #LoveBooksByArtists №5⠀ ⠀ 台灣藝術家倪其才的作品《床上拓撲學》（挪石社，2015），是一本掌中攝影集，收錄了一系列空床上奇怪佈置的枕頭和羽絨被的照片。倪其才與攝影師陳藝堂聯手，從記憶中重塑這些無意偶得的臨時雕塑。⠀ ⠀ 倪其才的女兒倪和孜說從1989年到1999年左右，經常放學回家時，都會發現父母床上有點異樣，捲起的羽絨被和枕頭親密纏結，難解難分，構成不同的幾何或有機圖形，個個生動，又無重複。倪在女兒的驅使下，憶述自己年輕時曾與朋友旅行，不小心住進一間「愛情旅館」，發現床上放了一個由被子毛氊堆起來的山丘，充滿性暗示，他從中獲得靈感，回來後悉心為妻子如法炮製。這些立體作品洋溢著閨房樂趣，令人會心微笑，不僅可以藉此想像當年父母臥室中發生過的禁忌遊戲。兩口子躲在家中，對疫情愛莫能助，又沒甚麽好做的時候，也可拿來參考參考，潤滑一下枯燥的生活。⠀ ⠀ 《床上拓撲學》印了500冊，由台北的挪石社（nos:books）出版。藝術家倪和孜於2008年創辦了這家獨立出版社，後來香港漫畫家智海也加入。他們主要和概念藝術家合作，努力開拓書本的實體形式，使每本限量版成為一件獨立的藝術品。本書是倪氏父女合力的跨代溝之作，現已絕版。⠀ ⠀ 'Topology in Bed' (nos:books, 2015), a palm-sized book by the Taiwanese artist Chi Tsai Ni, presents a photographic series of peculiarly arranged pillows and duvets on an otherwise empty bed. Together with the photographer Etang Chen, Chi Tsai Ni documented these unintentional temporary sculptures recreated from memory.⠀ ⠀ The story goes like this: from around 1989 to 1999, Ni's daughter would, after returning home from school, find her parents' bed strangely arranged—duvets rolled up, intertwining and overlapping with pillows in geometric or organic forms, never repeating themselves. Prodded by his daughter, Ni recalled his younger days of travelling with friends and lodging by mistake in a 'love motel'. There they found a pile of 'blanket-mountains' intended as naughty innuendos, and that would later become Ni's inspiration to recreate this for his wife. Ni's recreations of these tongue-in-cheek sculptures, presented matter-of-factly in the book, result in an awkward, humorous, yet loving peek into the ultimate taboo—your parents' bedroom.⠀ ⠀ 'Topology in Bed' was printed in 500 copies by nos:books, an independent publisher founded in Taipei in 2008 by artist Son Ni, who was later joined by Hong Kong artist Chihoi. Focusing on close collaborations with conceptual artists, they produce publications that push the physical form of the book, making each limited edition a work of art in its own right. https://www.instagram.com/p/CHo8F8bF8zQ/?igshid=15tfu38bsd1nz
