〈《Uqaljai．蛾》Uqaljai．Moth〉
影像Video / 4min44sec
2015

排灣族的性別建構，面臨著部落社會的性別文化，以及台灣大社會普 遍的性別認知，形成雙重的壓迫，也強化了性別歧視的現象。社區、 家庭對性別議題的壓抑與忽略，更影響原住民青少年於性別的想像， 阻礙原住民部落對青少年性別的認同與發展。在台灣性別平等運動發 展過程中，原住民社會多元性別的討論並非主流，原住民在爭取多元 性別權益的同時，還必須同時處理種族歧視議題。

《Uqaljai．蛾》運用表演藝術界盛行的舞蹈電影（dance video）手法， 捨棄現場演出的形式而改為以影像來呈現，讓舞蹈透過電影模式來表 現，去除文化語言的修飾，從而建構出獨特的表演美學觀點。

The gender construction in the Paiwan is subject to the double suppression from both the gender consciousness taboos in the big society and gender culture conflicts in Paiwan society. The suppression further reinforces the problems of gender discrimination. Issues of gender identification have been suppressed and ignored by the communities and families, which has consequently impeded the imagination about gender among Paiwan youngsters and their choices of gender identification as well as development. In Taiwan’s gender equity movement, the gender diversity discussion among indigenous peoples is not the mainstream. When indigenous peoples fight for the rights of gender diversity, they also have to tackle the problems of ethnic discrimination at the same time.

Taking the form of a dance video, which is a popular form of performing art nowadays, this work is expressed through images instead of on-site performances. This innovation opens up new possibilities for the art of dance to develop its unique expressional aesthetics without the need for any cultural or linguistic embellishment.