蔡咅璟

相傳挪吒割肉還母、剔骨還父，太乙真人以藕為骨、荷葉為衣使其復活，而逝去的動物在納入現代主義掌握自然的過程中，亦會去除容易腐敗的部分僅存外皮使其成為標本，本件作品蘊含三條支線－臺灣博物館收藏標本的歷史、藉由動物溝通的方式還其魂魄、以3D掃描與建模的方式建其骨肉，使祂們在一個尚未有靈的數位空間中復活。以這樣循序漸進地讓標本們擁有話語權，最終共創一場演出，讓祂們得以訴說祂們自己的故事。

According to legend, Nezha returned his flesh and blood to his mother and his bones to his father, then the Taoist immortal T’ai I Chen-Jen resurrected him using lotus roots for bones and lotus leaves for clothing. In the modernist process of man over nature, the perishable parts of deceased animals are removed, leaving only the outer skin to create specimens. This project includes three threads: the history of the National Taiwan Museum’s specimen collection, the communication process to reinstate their spirits, and the use of 3D scanning and modeling to reconstruct their flesh and bones, reviving them in a “not yet numinous” digital space. Through this gradual process, the specimens gain voice, culminating in a collaborative performance where they share their own stories.