Lunch Break 午休

行為長30分鐘。

三位行為者分布於巷弄小吃街的人行道上，對比坐在小吃攤用餐的人群、路人、商家，行為者披上外套罩著上身，趴歇於座位，呈現午休的外顯狀態。行為者們在外套裡偷偷地嗑食花生與水果，並將廚餘沿著桌面撥棄置地面；同時，不經意地將桌面文具推落至地上。

此行為透過趴與遮的動作，隱射監督機制的運作。挪用辦公室生活、中小學校園生活中的午休時光，以社會人士的身體演練中小學的午休制度，在被他者監視的時空中，努力維持符合常規的姿態，並在外人看不見的外套內，小心翼翼地保有自己的行動意志。既使躡手躡腳的動作一目了然，外套內所建造的房間仍然私密安詳。行為者偷偷地在帳內犯規，帳內若無其事，帳外啼笑皆非，以帳內僥倖的自在突顯帳外無所不在的社會監控。

我們，都需要一個可以躲藏與休息的地方。

The performance is 30 minutes long.

Three performers are distributed on the sidewalks of the alleys and the food court. Compared with the crowds, pedestrians, vendors and customers dining on the chairs, three performers take a break on the seats covering their heads with coats, showing the appearance of a lunch break. Secretly ate peanuts and fruits under their coats, and dumped the leftovers along the tabletop on the ground. At the same time, they pushed the stationeries to the ground unintentionally.

This performance runs through the action of lying and covering, implies the power of supervision mechanism, which is a typical lunch break style in office and school life in Taiwan. The performers practicing the lunch break regulations in schools with the body of office workers, trying hard to keep lying and covered to fit the regulation. Meanwhile, carefully keep their own volition under the coat, which bystanders can’t see exactly. Even the tiptoe movement is so obvious, the space built by the coat is still private and serene.

Inside the tent, they secretly violet the regulation as if nothing happened, outside the tent, bystanders don’t know whether to laugh or cry. Stay comfortable with luck inside, artist trying to highlight the ubiquitous social monitoring outside the tent.

We all need a place to hide and rest.