Heritage and Visual Journalism [Max Hsu]

TRANSCRIPTS

請問你對你生長的地方有什麼印象？

我小時候住在那個陽明山腳下。
所以那邊我們就住那種別墅型的房子，
所以我們前面有一個花園，
裡面還有那個還有鞦韆。
所以我們小時候都很喜歡在花園裡面捉迷藏，
然後還有附近啊，
就是我們家一走出去外面就有一條河，
然後那邊有河濱公園，
所以我們很常去溜冰啊，
然後騎腳踏車啊，
都在河邊公園，
然後那時候過年的時候還可以在那裡放鞭炮。
小時候事實上那裏是蠻好玩的，
我還記得很有印象，
就是會去就是那叫什麼元宵節的時候啊，
晚上提燈籠出去玩。
所以小時候那附近的環境就不像現在城市，
這樣就是很適合給小朋友成長的地方。

那請問你在你小時候有什麼喜歡玩的劇情或喜歡做的事情嗎？

我是在學校的話，通常就是下課就跟女生就是跳那個橡皮筋啊。
或者是玩一些捉迷藏啊，
男生通常比較喜歡玩躲避球啊，
可是我比較怕痛，
所以我就沒有玩，
然後如果回家的話就跟附近的鄰居玩。
就是我們很喜歡小動物啊，
就會去抓一些麻雀啊，
什麼之類的，
然後也曾經想要養牠，
然後結果結果，
因為覺得他很可愛，
然後帶回家之後發現就養不活，後來就死掉了，
所以就以後就知道那種麻雀不適合養在人類家。

大概就是這樣。

What do you remember about the place you were born and raised?

I lived at the foot of Yangming Mountain
when I was a child.
So we lived in a kind of villa-type house.
In the front, we had a garden with a swing in it.

So when we were young,
we liked to play hide and seek in the garden
and then nearby,
right as you walked outside,
there was a river and riverside park.
So we often went skating,
riding bicycles,
all at the riverside park.

And at that time during Chinese New Year,
you could set off firecrackers there.
This was so much fun as a child.
I still remember it,
something that left a clear impression on me
was going to the Lantern Festival,
taking lanterns out in the evening to play.
As a kid, the surrounding environment
wasn’t like cities today.
It was a very suitable place for kids to grow up.

So what did you like to play or do when you were a kid?

When I was in school
I would often shoot rubber bands
with the girls after class.
Or play some hide and seek.
The boys usually prefered playing dodgeball
but I was scared of getting hurt
so I didn’t join.
After returning home,
I would play with the neighbors nearby.
We’d all go…
we liked small animals so much
that we’d go to catch sparrows.
There was one time I wanted to raise it,
but in the end–
because I thought it was so cute—
but when I brought it back home
I found that it could not be raised
and later died
so I learned that wild sparrows weren’t suitable
for humans to raise.
That's about it.

ARTIST STATEMENT

What is the artwork about?
這是關於我母親小時候發生的事情。那一年，那些台灣的孩子在休息時間做了什麼?
It is about what happened when my mother was a child. What those children did that year in Taiwan.

What can you see in the picture?
你可以看到一隻非常可愛的鳥站在女孩的手上，女孩和鳥站在公園裡，公園裡有人在他們身後玩耍，路邊有很多綠樹.
You can see a very cute bird that is standing on a girl’s hand and the girl and the bird are standing in a park that has people playing behind them and lots of green trees beside the road.

Was your goal when making this artwork?
我這次作業的目的是讓其他人知道我母親這個年紀的台灣人在做什麼，這樣他們就可以更容易更快地學習台灣文化
My goal for this assignment was to let other people know what the Taiwanese were doing at my mother’s age so that they can learn Taiwanese culture easier and faster this way.

How do you want the viewer to feel when they look at your interview, transcript, and artwork?
我希望他們能理解當我母親還是個小孩的時候那些孩子在做什麼。另外，我希望地球上的其他人都能更快、更容易地了解我們的台灣文化。或者我們甚至可以傳授我們的文化和古老的環境，並開始考慮搬到台灣！
I hope that they can understand what children were doing when my mother was just a little kid. Also, I hope that other people around earth can all understand our Taiwanese culture faster and easier. Or maybe we can even teach our culture and ancient environment and they can start thinking about moving to Taiwan!

What else do you want viewers to know about your artwork?

我的作品就是關於那些台灣孩子早年在做的事情，也是為了讓他們知道我的母親是如何在這個叫做台北的城市長大的。我仍然希望他們能理解我當時想說的一切，但對我來說，這件藝術品非常好的.
My artwork is just about what those Taiwanese children were doing at an early age, also to let them know how my mother grew up in this city called Taipei. I still hope that they can understand everything that I want to tell them but for me, this artwork is very good and I am happy about it