文／蕭瓊瑞（國立成功大學歷史系教授兼藝術中心主任）
在個人近年接觸的公共藝術設置案中，林信榮為成大新建社科院大樓所創作的作品──《自轉》，是相當具有藝術品質的一件。所謂「藝術品質」，就在形式的單純、內容的豐富，以及主題的貼切。##ReadMore##
成功大學以工學院起家，繼文、理、管、醫之後，社會科學院的設立，自是成大邁向完整綜合大學的重要指標。
社會科學基本上是研究和「人」有關的科學，尤其是有關人類文明當中的制度和思想。不同的制度和思想，沒有絕對的對錯、良窳，而在於她的適切性。林信榮的《自轉》一作，以球型為基本造型，一如宇宙初成時渾沌旋轉、無邊無際的狀態，這樣的造型，極易讓人聯想起中國古代「太極」的思維與圖像；但包容在這個單純球體當中，可以明顯看到中間錯位、分裂為二的一條界面，那其實隱藏了一個人臉側面的造型。這樣的造型，也正突顯出社會科學以「人」為核心的學術本質。
以人臉為界面劃分開來的世界，是二元辯證的存在。這二元辯證，可能為陰陽、善惡、男女、正反、向背，乃至福禍……等等的思維，但永遠不離實為一體兩面的基本道理。
全作以翻銅鑄成，表面微微凹凸的質感，加上銅綠的處理，讓視覺和觸覺有更豐富的內涵和聯想；錯位的界面，以LED燈賦予微微的亮光，更讓作品充滿神秘的氛圍。
林信榮的這件《自轉》，不以說明性的圖像取勝、不以奪目的色彩取勝，而是在悠悠的微光中，散發一種引人哲思的內蘊魅力。《自轉》錯位的角度，也一如地球軸線的傾斜，因傾斜而有四季的變化、萬物的生長，一如社會科學之既尋真理、又容異端的學術精神。
在較多垂直、平行線條的方形建築體中，《自轉》的球形，沈穩、凝定、圓融、素樸，又富生命動力與智慧之光，應是一件成功的藝術佳構，值得推薦。
The Dialectical Dualism Thinking Behind “Rotation”―Lin Hsin-Jung’s Public Art Installation at NCKU’s College of Social Sciences
Text / Hsiao Chong-Ray （ Art Center Director and History Professor, National Cheng Kung University ）
Of the public art installations that I have had contact with in recent years, Lin Hsin-Jung’s sculpture Rotation that was created for the newly constructed College of Social Sciences at the National Cheng Kung University ( NCKU ) is a quality work of art. This work has artistic quality due to its simple forms, rich content and appropriate subject matter.
NCKU started out as an engineering college. Following the establishment of humanities, science, management and medicine colleges, the founding of the College of Social Sciences represents a major step forward in NCKU’s journey towards becoming a comprehensive university.
The College of Social Sciences is basically the research of human-related science especially systems and thought concerned with human civilization. There is absolutely no right or wrong in different systems and thought just appropriateness. In Lin Hsin-Jung’s work “Rotation”, a sphere is used as the basic shape. Just like the chaotic rotation and boundless space at the beginning of the universe, this type of form easily brings to mind the thinking and image of taichi from ancient China. But contained in this simple globe, we can clearly see a division at its center which is a boundary that separates the sphere into two. The profile of a face is actually concealed within. This type of form underlines the central role of humans in the academic field of social science.
The use of a human face as the boundary line to divide up the world reveals the existence of a dual dialectic. This dual dialectic may be yin/yang, good/evil, male/female, positive/negative, support/opposition and even fortune/misfortune but never leaves the basic truth that everything has two sides.
The entire work is made of turned copper. Its surface has a slight bumpy texture which is treated with verdigris. This makes the visual and tactile effect more deeply intense and connectable. At the staggered edge, LED bulbs give off a faint light that lends a mysterious atmosphere to the work.
Lin Hsin-Jung’s work “Rotation” does not succeed with its declarative symbols or with its eye-catching color but by the intrinsic charm of the entrancing faint light that elicits philosophical thought. The slanting angle of “Rotation” is like the tilt of the Earth’s axis. The changing seasons and all things under the Sun depend on this tilted axis just like the search for truth by the College of Social Sciences and the academic spirit of heterodox thought.
Compared to the vertical and horizontal lines of the rectangular building, “Rotation” is spherical, composed, collected, harmonious, simple and imbued with vitality and wisdom of light. It should become a successful art installation that is worthy of recommendation.
貳零壹零年拾月／感謝蕭瓊瑞老師的評論
更多照片：Rotation
延伸閱讀：「反省系列作品」的初始
【自轉之1】透視創作思維
【自轉之3】自轉之軸．圓之縫隙
【自轉之4】靜謐之力
【自轉之5】超越常變．勁健有容
更多照片：Rotation
延伸閱讀：「反省系列作品」的初始
【自轉之1】透視創作思維
【自轉之3】自轉之軸．圓之縫隙
【自轉之4】靜謐之力
【自轉之5】超越常變．勁健有容
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