提取之脈 The Extraction Veins

【提取之脈：關於影像誤差與土地的異位循環

The Extraction Veins: On Image Error and Metabolic Displacement 】

年份｜Year: 2026.01.23
形式｜行為、錄像、裝置、投影裝置 | Performance Art / Video / Installation Art

葡萄是共享命運的集體。本作品透過行為、錄像與裝置，探討資本結構如何切介入並斷人與土地的原始連結。過往「土地、生產者與果實」之間有機的一體，在當代結構下崩解；土地的自然循環被資本精確地切分為數個「被消費的環節」。

表演於紗隔絕的內外空間展開。在室內，藝術家把桌布鋪陳上，戴上手套開始罐子中拿出葡萄彷彿是精品一班碩大豐美的葡萄，清點並排列，演繹生命如何被規格化為可計價的商品。

透明管線如同延伸的血管，纏繞藝術家的脖頸與肢體，將汁液輸向外部供觀眾吸取。

這是一場關於「提取」的演示：即時錄像投影美化了勞動，製造出優雅的視覺幻覺；然而當觀眾實際飲下液體，影像想像與實體感官間的「誤差」隨即顯現——揭示了當代消費如何建立在「開採他人身體」與土地資源的殘酷基礎之上。

Grapes embody a collective of shared destiny. Through performance, video, and installation, this work explores how capitalist structures intervene and sever the primal link between humans and the land. The organic unity of "land, producer, and fruit" has collapsed under contemporary structures; the natural cycles of the earth are precisely sliced by capital into multiple "consumption segments."

The performance unfolds across spaces separated by mesh. Inside, the artist spreads a tablecloth, puts on gloves, and removes large, luscious grapes from jars—treating them like boutique luxury goods—counting and arranging them to demonstrate how life is standardized into priced commodities. Transparent tubes, acting as extended veins, wrap around the artist’s neck and limbs, channeling juice to the outside for the audience to drink. This is a violent demonstration of "extraction": live video projection beautifies the labor into an elegant visual illusion. However, when the audience actually drinks the liquid, the "error" between the imagined image and physical sensation is revealed—exposing how contemporary consumption is built upon the cruel foundation of "extracting others' bodies" and land resources.

創作靈感源於藝術家在旅行中的觀察：在全球化的外銷市場下，親手耕種者往往無法負擔自己勞動的果實；土地的滋養被異化為抽象的價格，而非身體的經驗。

透過不同空間跟即時投影於外部空間的影像誤差揭示了當代消費的真相：我們在欣賞影像的同時，正參與著對他人身體與土地的開採。

最終，藝術家嚼食果實，試圖奪回與土地的一體性，卻也同時揭示了一個殘酷的現狀——在資本與影像的操弄下，土地、生產者與消費者，皆已成為這場無盡循環中被消費的一環，在這套系統裡，土地、藝術家與觀眾皆已異化為消費鏈上的碎片，共同陷入一場由影像美學所包裝的、對生命的集體開採。

註：《提取之脈》李瓊蝶，此作品創作於2026/1/23 韓國藝術家Yeon jeong與陳孝齊策劃於未命名Ｗeimingming 替代空間，『Resonating We』之邀請展。

The inspiration stems from the artist's observations during travels: in the globalized export market, those who toil on the land are often unable to afford the fruits of their own labor; the earth's nourishment is alienated into abstract prices rather than physical experience. Through spatial division and live projection, the "image error" reveals the truth of modern consumption: while admiring the image, we are simultaneously participating in the extraction of another's body and land.

Finally, the artist consumes the fruit, attempting to reclaim unity with the land. Yet, this act simultaneously reveals a stark reality—under the manipulation of capital and imagery, the land, the producer, and the consumer have all become mere components in an endless cycle of consumption. In this system, the land, the artist, and the audience are all alienated into fragments of a supply chain, caught together in a collective extraction of life essence packaged by digital aesthetics.

Note: The Extraction Veins by Milla Lee. This work was created on January 23, 2026, for the invited exhibition “Resonating We”, curated by Korean artist Yeon Jeong and Chen Hsiao-Chi at Weimingming Alternative Space.