Space installation with Sounds, Dehumidifier, Humidifier, Flood-Mud Ceramics, Environmental Sensor and Documentation, 2023
Project Description
“Resonance of Moisture” derives from the artist’s experiences in Xizhi, brought to life through close collaboration with local communities, visiting various water bodies and management facilities to trace the essence of water. Xizhi, formerly known as “Tsui-Tng-Ka,” is named after the tidal reversal of the Keelung River. The exhibition, grounded in the hydrological environment and history of Xizhi, explores how people manage the water around them—river, rain, or moisture—and how such interactions are intricately reflected in daily life.
Is there a sensory connection between routinely minor water-related mishaps and catastrophic large-scale flooding in urban settings? Through crowd participation, field research, and environmental sensing, the artist has assembled numerous water-related elements to explore further how everyday appliances—such as dehumidifiers and humidifiers—and smart home devices mediate and augment our sensory experiences. Stemming from people’s reliance on and concerns about water, the exhibition crafts an embodied spatial experience depicting the cyclical journey of water.
作品介紹
《潮濕的共鳴》源自藝術家在汐止的生活經驗，通過與在地社群密切合作，走訪河畔、湖泊及各種治水設施，尋訪水的痕跡。汐止舊名「水返腳（Tsui-Tng-Ka）」，因基隆河漲潮到此又折返而得名。展覽以汐止的水文環境及歷史為背景，探討人們如何對周遭的水—河流、雨水、濕氣—進行控制，而這樣的控制又如何具體而微地體現在日常生活中。
生活中與水有關的小災難，和城市中災難性的大規模洪水之間，是否存在著感官經驗上的聯繫？透過群眾參與、田野調查與環境感測，藝術家匯集了眾多與水相關的素材，進而探索日常家電——如除濕器和加濕器——以及智能家居等設備，如何介入及擴充我們的感官體驗，由人們對水的依賴以及擔憂為起點，通過具象的空間體驗來描繪水的循環往復。
