What You don't Need is Exactly What I need
"What You don't Need is Exactly What I need" started in 2021 with Phebea's exhibition "On The Other Hand" at the Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei. Phebea aimed to challenge conventional thinking by inviting the use of everyday human experiences in their work, creating a low barrier for entry. Visitors were encouraged to experience a shift in perspective and reflect on the question, "Can we think differently about what we overlook?"
「你的不需要正是我的需要」始於2021年，菲比於台北當代藝術館藝術商店策畫之微型展「On The Other Hand」，當時，菲比試著用這個展覽去鬆動你我習以為常的慣行思維。
為此，菲比邀請參展的藝術家在創作材質、思惟上均來自人類日常，以幾乎沒有智識 / 制式 的入門門檻，邀請每位來訪者從觀點產生深層質變，並且問問自己「我們不以為的以為是不是可以有另一種以為」呢？
Meet What You don't Need is Exactly What I need
In 2021, as a curator, Phebea also hoped to loosen conventional practices through deeper practice—curators asking questions, artists answering with their works. Thus began the "What You don't Need is Exactly What I need" project, in which she also participated as an artist in the exhibition. There is a need called "Your needlessness is my need," which, on the other hand, means "My needlessness may be your need." What I take for granted might be a different narrative for you.
Over the years, Phebea has collected idle yarn from people's homes, from websites, and created art pieces using double half-hitch knot techniques to explore the "needs" and "unnecessaries" in life.
有一種需要叫做「你的不需要正是我的需要」，On the other hand 亦即「我的不需要有可能正是你的需要」。我眼中的理所當然，在你讀來或許是另一則敘事。
這些年，菲比持續募集同心人，一同探詢生活中的「需要」與「不需要」，這項陪伴菲比走過那些難以外陳狀態的手部動作，因其恆常地生長，正好成為一份不高調的定頻陪伴。
