If artist-in-residence is perceived as the exercise of ideology and capital in this globalised society, then Artists Home Swap hopes to develop an alternative, fluid model by displacing the elements involved.

如果異地創作在全球化的脈絡下被視為資本與意識形態的體現，換屋計畫希望藉由不同元素的錯置，發展出另類，流動的駐地交換方法。

Artists Home Swap (AHS) is a transcultural, interdisciplinary arts exchange program initiated by performance artist Howl Yuan. It currently operates between Taiwan and the UK. AHS facilitates the exchange program by coordinating and matching resources, people, institutions and places. It often works with a host to develop residency and showcase packages based on the context of the place and the host’s need, then invites artists to participate. For a round AHS works with the host in Taiwan to bring UK artists over, and then the next one will be vice versa. 

換屋計畫 (AHS) 是一項跨文化、跨域的台英藝術交流計劃。 它透過協調和匹配資源、人員、機構和場所來促進交流計劃。 每一次AHS根據合作機構所在的地域的背景、機構的的需求發展駐地創作框架，並邀請藝術家參與。 換屋計畫是以一輪邀領英國藝術家來台駐地，下一輪邀請台灣藝術家前往英國駐地的方式，操練跨文化的藝術交換。

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Inspired by “The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life" by American sociologist Erving Goffman, the Artists Home Swap Project 2025 explores the presentation of self within communal living contexts, The Presentation of Self in the Common Life. Dance artist Chuang Kai-Wen has been invited to join Interval, an artist community in Bristol, UK, for a month-long residency research.

Goffman’s perspective is distinctive: although beginning from the individual, the self in communal life inevitably reflects the collective image of humanity. Amidst today’s chaotic global environment, the familiar orders and rules established since the end of the Cold War are fragmenting and being reshaped. This compels us to reconsider the relationship between individuals and groups. How do artists converse with society through their practices, and what roles do they assume within communities? How can creativity flourish through interdependence, flowing continuously like a river?

The Artists Home Swap Project anticipates deep reflection, dialogue, and creative exchange between Chuang Kai-Wen and the Interval artistic community.

2025年換屋計劃以美國社會學家厄文·高夫曼（Erving Goffman）的經典著作《日常生活中的自我呈現》作為靈感，然而與高夫曼以個人主義視角出發不同，本計劃更強調共生與群體性的實踐。透過共同生活中的自我呈現為主題，邀請舞蹈藝術家莊凱雯前往英國布里斯托的藝術家社群「中場休息」，進行為期一個月的駐地研究。

在當前動盪且不確定的社會氛圍下，冷戰後建立的既有秩序與規則正逐步解構與重塑，這促使我們重新審視個體與群體之間更深層次的互動與共生關係：藝術創作者如何在群體共處的脈絡中自我呈現？群體性的藝術實踐又如何形塑個人的創作表現？這種共生的動態互動如何激發藝術創作持續地生長與發展，綿延成河？

換屋計劃期望莊凱雯與中場休息藝術家社群透過駐村期間的共同生活經驗，彼此深入交流、反思與共創，激發嶄新且富有啟發性的藝術視野與實踐。