2021
多頻道錄像 Multi-Channeled Video Installation
在〈但水始終沒有來〉中，藝術家鄭亭亭收集並爬梳了自90年代後期至今，與寶藏巖相關的文獻資料，其中包括新聞報導、紀錄影片、出版書籍、論文、會議記錄、訪談等，並從中擷取出那些曾經參與寶藏巖從日治時期以來發展過程中不同角色的發言，像是不同立場的居民、不同時期的文化局長、協助寶藏巖原地保存的台大城鄉所及專業者都市改革組織、扮演抗爭者角色的寶藏巖公社、駐村藝術家、歷屆藝術村總監等，在不同時空下，對於寶藏巖和自身經歷的闡述，接著，他再將這些文字重新組成為一個「劇本」，邀請四位與寶藏巖有著不同連結的演員，模仿在紀錄片中受訪者說話的口氣，揣摩不同角色當下的心境，將寶藏巖的歷史重新主觀詮釋。
For the project “But the Water Never Came”, Cheng went through news articles, documentaries, interviews, books, essays…etc. about Treasure Hill, dated between the late 90s and today. She then selected quotations from people who participated in the development of Treasure Hill since Japanese Colonization. The quotations might be from residents who had different opinions, the directors of Department of Cultural Affairs, The Organization of Urban Re-s who helped with the preservation of Treasure Hill, Treasure Hill Commune, a local activist group formed to stop the development, resident artists, directors of the art village…etc. Cheng collaged those quotations from different perspectives and periods of time into a script, and invited four actors who have different relationships with Treasure Hill to mimic the original speakers in the documentaries, impersonating the lines to retell the history of Treasure Hill.
