In May 2021, I curated a mini exhibition at MoCA Taipei titled "On The Other Hand". The original intention of the project was to use the intriguing phrase "On The Other Hand". This phrase means "the other hand" and is a very physical state. Its purpose is to loosen habitual thinking and to produce a deep qualitative change from a different perspective. It encourages us to ask ourselves, "Can there be another way of thinking that we haven't considered?"

 

To bring this plan to life, I invited five creators to participate in the exhibition. Although the exhibition location was set in an art museum, the actual exhibition did not take place in the museum's exhibition room. I also asked myself the same question I asked the artists, "Who said that exhibitions can only be about curators asking questions and artists answering them?" I wanted the audience to solve the problem. Therefore, I put myself into the ranks of creation, and under the name " What You Don't Need Is Exactly What I Need  ", I collected idle yarn from people's homes, from website's and created art pieces using double half-hitch knot techniques.

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「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？

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2021年，菲比作為策展人，也期許能以更深的實踐來鬆動慣行──策展人問問題，藝術家用作品答題。因此便開啟了「你的不需要正是我的需要」創作計劃，並同時以藝術家身份參與該展。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無以名狀狀態的手部動作，因其恆常地與行為正相關，正好成為一份不高調的定頻陪伴。