Earth Unearthed
a project in collaboration with OOIS
Public Art Installtion
Taipei, Taiwan
Taipei City Museum of Art 2023 X-SITE proposal, Finalist
Taipei, Taiwan
Taipei City Museum of Art 2023 X-SITE proposal, Finalist
The Earth Unearthed proposes an action - lifting.
By slicing, and lifting the smooth surface of the museum plaza, this project is establishing both an erection and an excavation.
If the plaza in front of the Taipei City Museum of Art is understood as a thin surface of civilization, concealing the natural and geographical history beneath, then the "primitive" has always coexisted on the back side of the "civilized". The uplifting gesture reveals a space that we have not touched nor visualized before - a space in fictional time, a reflection of a real place elsewhere, which gives the site a new identity - “x-site”. It divides the plaza diagonally, peeling one corner facing the entrance of the Museum, meanwhile responding to a landmark afar - the ruins of Yuanshan Mountain.
The original Ground is now split into Ground+ and Ground-. Ground+, as a continuation of the stairs towards the plaza, curves inward to form an amphitheater, a public ground where peoplecould linger and gather. Towards its back, latex rubbings sampled from the rocky surfaces of Taiwan's coastline, hang under the lifted structure. The undulating topography of Ground- offers a cave-like landscape, with the possibilities of shade, play and explore.
By slicing, and lifting the smooth surface of the museum plaza, this project is establishing both an erection and an excavation.
If the plaza in front of the Taipei City Museum of Art is understood as a thin surface of civilization, concealing the natural and geographical history beneath, then the "primitive" has always coexisted on the back side of the "civilized". The uplifting gesture reveals a space that we have not touched nor visualized before - a space in fictional time, a reflection of a real place elsewhere, which gives the site a new identity - “x-site”. It divides the plaza diagonally, peeling one corner facing the entrance of the Museum, meanwhile responding to a landmark afar - the ruins of Yuanshan Mountain.
The original Ground is now split into Ground+ and Ground-. Ground+, as a continuation of the stairs towards the plaza, curves inward to form an amphitheater, a public ground where peoplecould linger and gather. Towards its back, latex rubbings sampled from the rocky surfaces of Taiwan's coastline, hang under the lifted structure. The undulating topography of Ground- offers a cave-like landscape, with the possibilities of shade, play and explore.
這些是乳膠拓印石塊得到的面。我們的團隊在臺灣海岸線，測試了材料在不同石面、地面的拓印結果。我們認為海岸線是海島地理身份的標記，同時記錄了地層的變化。拓印的過程直白的復刻了大地起伏的形態、痕跡和記憶
乳膠拓面在白天呈現一種斑駁，混濁，半透明的皮膚感。
而夜晚，當燈光從背後穿透，褶皺和溝壑強調了厚重的幕布感。因為乳膠如同人體皮膚一般的質感，人們可以真切地撫摸大地的肌理。這種感官觸發與自然的共情，也引發人對地理身份的凝視和反思。
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乳膠拓面在白天呈現一種斑駁，混濁，半透明的皮膚感。
而夜晚，當燈光從背後穿透，褶皺和溝壑強調了厚重的幕布感。因為乳膠如同人體皮膚一般的質感，人們可以真切地撫摸大地的肌理。這種感官觸發與自然的共情，也引發人對地理身份的凝視和反思。
