Public Art Installtion
Taipei. 2023
Taipei City Museum of Art 2023 X-SITE proposal, Finalist
台北美術館 2023X-SITE提案, 入圍
Taipei. 2023
Taipei City Museum of Art 2023 X-SITE proposal, Finalist
台北美術館 2023X-SITE提案, 入圍
a project in collaboration with OOIS
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.
「赤地」试图表達一個動作：掀起。
通過把美術館廣場的光滑地面劃開、掀起，也就同時完成了豎立和挖掘兩件事。
如果說臺北美術館前的廣場，作為一種人工的表面始終遮蔽著地表之下的自然和地理歷史，那麼「原始」其實一直在「文明」的背面共存著。掀起的動作展露了一個我們不曾觸摸或想象過的大地背面：一個屬於未來時的空間，某處真實地點的反照，這種假設給了場地一種全新的身份，「x-site」。「赤地」一詞，意指空無所有的地面。赤地将廣場空間斜向劃分，面向北美館入口掀開，也對西北方向的圓山遺址有所回應。
原本的大地Ground被切分為Ground+與Ground-兩個部分。Ground+作為廣場階梯的延續，向內彎折形成一個露天劇場, 為民眾創造了一個可以停留和集會的公共空間。繞到它的背後，會看到乳膠拓片掛在掀起的結構骨骼之下，拓片將採樣於臺灣海岸線的巖石地表。Ground-上起伏變化的地形像是洞穴，提供了遮陰，玩耍，探索的可能。
通過把美術館廣場的光滑地面劃開、掀起，也就同時完成了豎立和挖掘兩件事。
如果說臺北美術館前的廣場，作為一種人工的表面始終遮蔽著地表之下的自然和地理歷史，那麼「原始」其實一直在「文明」的背面共存著。掀起的動作展露了一個我們不曾觸摸或想象過的大地背面：一個屬於未來時的空間，某處真實地點的反照，這種假設給了場地一種全新的身份，「x-site」。「赤地」一詞，意指空無所有的地面。赤地将廣場空間斜向劃分，面向北美館入口掀開，也對西北方向的圓山遺址有所回應。
原本的大地Ground被切分為Ground+與Ground-兩個部分。Ground+作為廣場階梯的延續，向內彎折形成一個露天劇場, 為民眾創造了一個可以停留和集會的公共空間。繞到它的背後，會看到乳膠拓片掛在掀起的結構骨骼之下，拓片將採樣於臺灣海岸線的巖石地表。Ground-上起伏變化的地形像是洞穴，提供了遮陰，玩耍，探索的可能。
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。
