2016 高雄國際鋼雕藝術節 Kaohsiung International Steel & Iron Art Festival
「嬉型鋼」 Steel Play
日期：2016/12/30-2017/1/12
地點：駁二藝術特區淺三碼頭
主辦單位：高雄市政府文化局、財團法人東和鋼鐵文化基金會
策展人：劉俊蘭
藝術家：
約瑟夫‧契爾契瑞羅（美國）、梁賴昌＋陳建志（臺灣）、大隅秀雄（日本）、孫璐（中國）、林育正（臺灣）、太認真（郭柏俞＋佘文瑛）（臺灣）、亨德拉‧普瑞亞哈尼（印尼）
鋼鐵，為構建現代建築與大型工程機械的重要材料。標準化生產的各式型鋼，如C型鋼、I型鋼、H型鋼、角鋼……等等，物料節省但強度不減，規格統一而易於構造，讓結構性能與經濟效益得以最大化。其中，在台灣鐵皮屋建築中常用的C型鋼，特別具有在地意義。2016年第八屆高雄國際鋼雕藝術節，以「嬉」代「C」，藉「嬉型鋼」為命題，轉化C型鋼所象徵的功利法則與工具理性，探索蘊含「無用之用」的「遊戲」美學。邀請自美國、中國、日本、印尼和台灣等地的藝術家們，將以其訴諸嬉遊、引發探奇、召喚殊異感知的互動性作品，特別是藉助自然風力或物理動能的動態雕塑，開啟獨特的感性體驗場域。
Date: 2016/12/30-2017/1/12
Site: Dock 3 at the Pier-2 Art Center
Organizer: Bureau of Cultural Affairs Kaohsiung City Government, Tung Ho Steel Foundation
Curator: Chun-Lan Liu
Artists:
Joseph Chirchirillo (USA), Lai-Chang Liang + Chien-Chih Chen (Taiwan), Ohsumi Hideo (Japan), Lu Sun (China), Yu-Cheng Lin (Taiwan), Working Hard (Po-Yu Kuo + Wen-Yin She) (Taiwan), Hendra Priyadhani (Indonesia)
Steel is an essential material for the construction of modern buildings, large engineering projects, and machinery. The various types of steel that undergo the normalizing process, such as the C-beam, I-beam, H-beam, and angle bars, economize material costs without weakening the steel, which standardized specifications and easily constructible steel provides the greatest advantages in terms of both structural performance and economic benefit. Among the numerous kinds of steel, the C-beam in particular has local significance as it is used in the construction of steel shacks in Taiwan. For the title of the 8th Kaohsiung International Steel and Iron Art Festival 2016, “Steel Play,” the “C” in C-beams is replaced with “xi” (the Chinese word for play) to transform the meaning of utilitarianism and instrumental functions that the C-beam usually symbolizes and explore the “purposelessness” of “play” in art. The works of participating artists, who have been invited from the U.S., China, Japan, Indonesia, and Taiwan, include interactive art pieces that appeal to a sense of play, inspire exploration, and invoke curious sensory perceptions. The kinetic sculptures in particular use wind power or kinetic energy to create a domain of unique sensory experience.