創作這件事【宜德思・盧信的回家路】

The Creative Path: Idas’s Way Home

藝術家宜德思・盧信多年來一直隨身帶著一張四代同堂的老照片，相片中有他的母親、外婆、外曾祖母和他自己，外曾祖母的臉上有著紋面的圖騰，那是泛泰雅族的傳統文化，女生要學會織布才能夠擁有紋面的資格。這對接受現代美術教育長大、一心想要紋面的宜德思來說，是個遙遠的夢想，二十幾歲時他就要想紋面了，但在學習織布的過程中十分受挫，因為傳統織布比起畫畫實在困難許多，她決定在畫布上進行編織。

十多年來，畫布上的創作從極具原民性的豐富圖騰，轉向大量留白，只留下一個可閱讀的符號或語言的風格，宜德思說這些改變是源自於2013年，她開始進行南島語族、跨島創作的影響，在追尋不同島嶼的原住民文化時，他也逐漸找到了自我身分認同的起點，他和太魯閣族的母親一起合作，創作刺繡、軟雕塑等作品，這些創作根源都是來自於母親的織布和種植的苧麻，雖然宜德思不斷地以不同形式的編織進行創作，但他越來越確定自像畫中那個把心臟捧高高的自己，所遙望的東西是什麼了，有一天，他要完成那個夢想。

For the last decade, Losin has transitioned from creating paintings imbued with the richness of aboriginal totems to a style characterized by negative space marked with a linguistic signifier or phrase. Idas attributes these changes to 2013 when she was exposed to Austronesian culture during artistic residencies across several islands in the Pacific. Idas explored aboriginal culture on different islands while starting to come to terms with her identity. She now works with her Truku mother to create embroidery and soft figurines. Inspiration for these creative pursuits comes from her mother’s weaving and growing Ramie. Idas continues to create through different forms of weaving; however, even as she assures herself about the future aspirations of the woman seeking to uplift the heartbeat in her paintings, the young artist hopes that one day she can realize her greatest dream.

Artist Idas LOSIN has carried the same family photo for years. The picture shows four generations of Atayal women: her mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and herself. Her great grandmother’s face is tattooed with totems in accordance with Atayal tradition. An Atayal woman must learn to weave before she can have face tattoos. Idas has always wanted face tattoos; but as someone who grew up studying contemporary art, this seemed like a distant dream. She’s wanted face tattoos since she was 20 even though studying weaving is quite difficult. As traditional weaving proved to be much more challenging than painting, Losin decided to mimic weaving in her work.