「滾墨說」作為墨與書寫之行為藝術實驗與叩問

“The Ink Roller”as A Performance Art Experiment in Ink Art

當今水墨暨書寫性藝術的發展進入了更具觀念性與行動性的領域，本文深入探討「滾墨」行為作為創作與策展的實踐，在結合行為藝術、身體性與時間性的概念之下，試圖解析其內在邏輯的叩問與藝術價值。本文列舉過去結合水墨暨書寫性與行為藝術具指標性之案例，如王蓬（1964-）的《84行為》、宋冬（1966-）的《印水》、邱志傑（1969-）的《重複書寫蘭亭序一千遍》等，至近幾年如張羽（1959-）《上墨》或石晉華（1964-2024）《墨行》，歸納出這幾件創作的共同特質，即一種叩問的實踐本身。此議題亦涉及到薛西弗斯（Sisyphus）之神話，尤其是東方文化背景的「吳剛伐木」之境地。本文特舉2022年策展的「滾墨說：行為藝術實驗場」與藝術家賴昱旻（1983-）之創作實踐作為回應，在論證滾墨行為如何藉由不斷翻轉、擴展水墨暨書寫性的藝術表現範疇外，亦使其成為一種具參與式的創作方式。試圖在該案例中延續及回歸某種書寫的動態性，既強調創作者身體的主動參與也突顯民眾參與的主體性位移。最終，本文試圖提出滾墨作為水墨暨書寫藝術於當代性的表現之一，並探討其對於「墨」與「寫」等觀念的重塑。

The development of contemporary ink and script-based art has entered a more conceptual and action-oriented domain. This paper delves into the practice of“ink rolling”as both an artistic and curatorial approach, analyzing its internal logic and artistic value through the lens of performance art, corporeality, and temporality. Key historical cases that integrate ink, handwriting, script-based and performance art—such as Wang Peng’s 84 Performance, Song Dong’s Seal Printing Water, and Qiu Zhi-Jie’s Rewriting the Orchid Pavilion Preface a Thousand Times—are examined alongside more recent works like Zhang Yu’s Ink Fingerprints and Shi Jin-Hua’s Ink Action. These works share a common characteristic: an inquiry into the very nature of artistic practice itself. This discussion also touches upon the myth of Sisyphus, particularly in relation to the Eastern cultural parallel found in the legend of Wu Gang chopping the laurel tree. The 2022 curatorial project The Ink Roller: A Performance Art Experimental Field and the artistic practice of Lai Yu-Min are presented as case studies. These examples demonstrate how rolling ink not only continuously redefines and expands the expressive scope of ink and script-based art but also transforms it into a participatory creative process. This approach seeks to sustain and reintegrate the dynamic nature of handwriting, emphasizing both the active involvement of the artist’s body and the shifting subjectivity of audience participation. Ultimately, this paper proposes ink rolling as a contemporary expression of ink and script-based art while exploring its role in reshaping the concepts of“ink”and“handwriting.”