Chinese Room

中文房间 — In Development / 开发中

Tan Chui Mui / 陈翠梅 · Proposed interactive installation / 互动装置提案

A response is not yet an understanding / 回应与理解之间

A question enters a room. A response comes back. What has happened inside?

Chinese Room takes John Searle’s thought experiment as a starting point: a person can follow rules for arranging symbols without understanding the language. The proposed installation turns this question into an encounter between a visitor, a room and a system of responses.

一个问题进入房间，一个回答从里面传来。房间里究竟发生了什么？

《中文房间》从约翰·塞尔的思想实验出发：一个人可以按照规则排列符号，却并不理解那种语言。这件互动装置提案，把这个疑问变成观众、房间与回应系统之间的一次相遇。

Questions, symbols, decisions / 问题、符号与决定

The development proposal brings the I Ching into conversation with input and output, rules and interpretation. A question as ordinary as “What should I eat?” becomes a way to consider how we seek meaning in an answer—and how much of that meaning we bring ourselves.

提案将《易经》与输入、输出、规则和诠释放在一起思考。一个再日常不过的问题——“我该吃什么？”——也可以让我们观察：我们如何从答案中寻找意义，又有多少意义，是由自己带进去的。

Development studies / 创作研究

The images below are concept studies for a work in development. They explore possible spaces and exchanges; they do not document a completed installation or exhibition. The form, interaction and technical system are still being developed.

以下图像为开发阶段的概念研究，探索空间与交流的可能性，并非已完成装置或展览的现场照片。作品形式、互动方式与技术系统仍在发展之中。