飢餓藝術家/The Hunger Artist

「只有飢餓藝術家不滿意，總是他一個人不滿意」
「創作者始終在追求只有自己知道的意義」

"Only the hunger artist is not satisfied, he is always dissatisfied."
"The artist is always in the pursuit of meaning which he only knows."




飢餓藝術家堅持飢餓到了一種常人所無法理解的地步，
這正是卡夫卡所拿手的「異化」，
將主角變形為別人眼中的怪人，
但藝術家並不以此為苦，
而是以此為一種榮譽與快樂。
而也象徵了一種創作者心中的本質，
在「非如此不可」的規則下，
終究將自己層層推展到極限。

The hunger artist insists to a point which ordinary people can never understand,
this is the so-called "alienation" what Franz Kafka means ,
The director turns the protagonist to be the  eccentric in front of others,
but the artist is happy with this
He takes it as one kind of honor and happiness.
Which also serves as a symbol of the essence in the creator's mind
He has no other choices
What he can do is to push himself to the endless limit on the path



他的籠子被放在出入口，
為的是遊客去看野獸時能順便看到他，
到此飢餓藝術家彷彿已經變形為動物了，
也壓縮了他的生存空間。
但即使沒有觀眾，
飢餓藝術家仍然堅持的飢餓下去，
而他所嚮往的那個「目標」，是否還是存在的呢？
飢餓藝術家反而不要管理員讚賞他的表演了，
正是因為他不要那種「無法理解」的敷衍讚賞。
當他說出：「因為我找不到適合自己口味的食物。
假如我找到這樣的食物，請相信，
我不會這樣驚動視聽，
並像你和大家一樣，吃得飽飽的。」
「創作者非如此不可， 因為找不到其他的生存方式了」，
所以飢餓藝術家必須飢餓，
一方面也有一種與眾不同的堅定信念，
點出「平常的人生存方式，是不適合創作者的。」

His cage was put in the entrance
All the tourists will be able to see him
He deformed himself to be one kind of animal
He also reduced his living space.
Even without audiences,
He still insists on keeping hungry
But he is not sure if the "target" in his mind still exist or not
He does not really need any audiences who can appreciate his performance
Because he doesn't want the perfunctory appreciation from people who cannot understand his performance
When he say: "Why I remain hungry still, its because I can not find the food of my taste
And if I can find this food, please believe me, I will not disturb my audiences,
I will not be like you and anyone else, get myself fully full."
"The creator has shaped me in this way, I have no other way to keep alive" he said
"Therefore I must remain hungry, I must keep my belief
The hunger artist points out some idea which is
"The usual way how people live, is not suitable for me in the hands of the creator"




單純做一隻關在籠子裡的動物，可能還快樂許多。

If I am only a simple caged animal, I may feel happy easier




理解歡樂比理解飢餓（即創作）要容易得多。

It must be easier to understand the joy than to understand the hunger (the creation)