Reason why I like something

有人問起我喜歡某件事情的原因，我一時之間答不上來。
洗澡後，卻忍不住馬上列明喜歡生活身邊事物的種種原因。

我喜歡磁力，是因為它的同性相斥脫離一般認知的地心吸力；
我喜歡地磁錄像，是因為人能無意激發磁的引力，令過去被磁記錄及重播；
我喜歡可攜式掃描器，是因為它只能呈現真正接觸到的物件，與肉眼見的多層影像不同；
我喜歡二手記憶卡，是因為它只能儲存陌生人在有限容量裏最珍視的影像；

所有我喜歡的媒材，都要主動越過界線、例如人類聆聽的界線、人類肉眼的界線或人類私隱的界線，才能走近發現。


我喜歡 Micheal Snow，是因為他掌控鏡頭視角轉移到觀眾的視角，直接影響人的感官；
我喜歡 李傑，是因為他很早就將繪畫從二維搬到三維空間，所有圖層立體起來；
我喜歡 Felix Hess，是因為他作為科學家和藝術家追求真理的執念，和積極聆聽的主張；
我喜歡 Uta Barth，是她拍攝過後才注意到失焦的部分同樣可貴，但再放大時已經格外遙遠和抽象；

所有我這幾年喜歡的藝術作品，都能達到感官上的同理和觸碰。

梳理到這裏，有點明白為什麼那個人會問我喜歡一件事物的原因。


| English Translation by AI |
Someone asked me why I liked certain things, and I couldn’t answer immediately. After taking a shower, I couldn’t help but immediately list why I like the things around me in life.

I like magnetism because its repulsion between like poles defies the common understanding of gravity;
I like geomagnetic recordings because humans can unintentionally trigger magnetic attraction, allowing the past to be recorded and replayed by magnets;
I like portable scanners because they can only present objects they touch, unlike the multi-layered images seen by the naked eye;
I like second-hand memory cards because they can only store the most cherished photos of strangers within their limited capacity.

All the media I like must actively cross boundaries, such as the boundaries of human hearing, human vision, or human privacy, to get closer to discovery.


I like Michael Snow because he controls the camera’s perspective to shift to the audience’s perspective, directly affecting human senses;
I like Felix Hess because he is obsessed with pursuing truth as both a scientist and an artist, and his advocacy for active listening;
I like Uta Barth because she noticed the value of out-of-focus parts only after shooting, but when magnified, they become extraordinarily distant and abstract.

All the artworks I have liked in recent years can achieve sensory empathy and touch.

Reflecting on this, I somewhat understand why that person asked me why I like certain things.