節錄自《第四十九屆威尼斯雙年展：人類的舞台 台灣館 活性因子》
文/高千惠
<鍊>，以台灣民間宗教單位「龍發堂」經營的精神病患生活管理事件為記錄對象，這起區域性社會新聞曾涉及台灣社會福利管理、民間精神自治管理、政治與宗教權力、人權與人道問題、私人精神與公共衛生、科學化醫療與信仰自治醫療等社會深層面。這些爭議點，同樣是存在於世界其他角落的問題。藝術家的龍發堂內群像，最後是以二人一組，面對鏡頭，如身份鑑定、人口普查、社會檔案式的立像姿態呈現，無任何時空背景，就是鏡頭內外，兩種人類精神空間的凝視。其間的空茫地帶，是人類文明舞台上，永遠存在的微明與幽暗交會處。
The Chain records event surrounding the management of Lung Fa Tang, a mental institution run by a private religious organization in Taiwan. Lung Fa Tang has been involved in issues concerning social welfare management, mentaln institution management in the private sector,political and religious tugs-of-war, human rights, and matters of humanistic cincern, public sanitation, healing through scientific methods, and faith healing. These issues, however,are common in other corners of the world. In Chang's work, members of the mental institution directly face the camera in chained pairs in a standard posture as though having a photo taken for a mug shot, where regaedless of the time and space, only the camera lens separates the spirits of the subjects and the photographer. The emoty space between is the intersection of the forever-dim glow and darkness in the stage of man's civility.

張乾琦

1961 生於台灣台中，旅居紐約

學歷
1984 東吳大學英文學士
1990 印第安那大學教育碩士

經歷
1991-93 西雅圖時報攝影記者
1994-95 巴爾的摩太陽報攝影記者
1995迄今 加入馬格蘭攝影通訊社，准會員

個展
2001 鍊，張乾琦攝影展，台北市立美術館
1994 中國製，南街海港博物館，紐約

聯展
2000 馬格蘭-我們轉變中的世界，巴比肯中心，倫敦;紐約歷史學會，紐約
田野調查，Kladaradatsh Palace，布魯塞爾;Meklweg，阿姆斯特丹
1999 幸福的追求，國際人權視覺記錄展，紐約另類博物館
1992 美國小鎮，國際攝影中心，紐約

Chang Xhien Chi

1961 Born in Taichung, Taiwan
Lives and works in New York, USA
Education

1984 BA in English, Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan
1994-95 MA in Education, Indiana University, IN, USA

Expriences

1991-93 Staff photography, the Seattle Times, WA, USA
1994-95 Staff photography, the Baltimore Sun, MD, USA
1995- Joined Magnum Photos, Associate member

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2001 The Chain: Ohotography by Chien-Chi Chang, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan
1994 Made in China, Southstreet Seaport Museum, New York

Selected Group Exhibitions

2000 Magnum-Our turning World, Barbican Center, London; New York Historical Society, New York
Fieldwork, Kladaradatsch Palace, Brussels; Meklweg, Amsterdam
1999 The Pursuit of Happiness: A Global Visual Documentary on Human Rights, Alternative Museum, New York
1992 Small Town America, International Center of Photography, New York