A few more measuring projects were executed while my artist residency at Taipei Artists Village in 2008. One of them being the measurement of the length of Civic Boulevard 2nd section, the road adjacent to the Artist Village. I chose black label Johnnie Walker as my tool for measurement, while the way in which I conducted the project was to take a sip of whiskey and spit it out. The distance of each spit was defined as a “Spitting Johnnie.” I started spitting from the intersection of Zhongshan North Road and Civic Boulevard 2nd section while moving eastward to the end of Xinsheng North Road. A total of 12 bottles of whiskey were consumed while the length of section 2 of Civic Boulevard was 334 Spitting Johnnies.

I often feel that the most vibrant moments in Taipei is in the morning, during rush hours. In front of the red traffic lights were parked cars and motorcycles awaiting for the light to change. Meanwhile, with the countdown of the traffic lights, sounds made by turning of the clutch became more intense. As the green light came on, cars and motorcycles rushed forward, giving me the sense that they were brimming with vigor and energy. I used the slogan and trademark of Johnnie Walker “keep walking” as an analogy for the atmosphere in Taipei. However, a string of ridiculousness and surrealism abounds in this part of the city, where police officers often perform alcohol tests. What stands out as a stark contrast against the police officers is that a man is actually performing a different type of “alcohol test” (using alcohol as a means of measurement) while fleets of cars and motorcycles forging ahead, moving in the same direction.

2008年我駐村在台北國際藝術村，我在那裡又做了幾件測量類的作品，其中一件就是測量緊鄰台北國際藝術村的市民大道二段的長度。我選用黑標約翰走路威士忌做為測量的工具，方法是從瓶口含一口威士忌，向前噴射出去。每一個噴射的距離定義為：一個「噴射強尼 」。我自市民大道二段的中山北路路口開始噴射，向東前進測量，直到新生北路口的終點。結果我用掉12瓶威士忌，測得市民大道二段的長度為334個「噴射強尼」。
我常常覺得早晨上班的時間，是台北市最具生命力的時刻。紅燈攔下一批越聚越多的汽機車，隨著紅燈倒數的秒數越來越接近，催油的引擎聲越來越緊湊，就在綠燈亮起的那一剎那，一批車輛向前狂奔，我覺得那一刻是充滿朝氣與能量的。約翰走路，它標榜勇往直前（keep walking）的精神，我借用它的商標與口號，類比上述台北的氛圍。然而，在這一段晚間經常有警察做酒測的路段，一個用威士忌做「酒測」的人，在路邊一口一口地喝酒前行，與綠燈時千軍萬馬般衝出去的汽機車，方向一致地勇往直前，這是極端的荒謬與超現實。