Name
Arron Hsiao
How do you name CLOUD after MIST, or MIST after WATER. Or How do you name HUMAN BEINGS, After NATURE?
Volcanoes are dangerous, yet powerful forces for human development. Japan and Taiwan are both countries on the volcanic belt, and both were founded on the islands created by volcanoes. People built gondolas, boats, hot springs and museums as tourist spots around the volcano, and it even became a symbol of Japan. The eruption of the volcano not only distroys, but also fertilizes the soil that made the mountainside a rich and prosperous place. It seems that if we can predict the disaster, co-existence becomes an option for survival. In this project, I intended to capture the impact of nature on human's landscape, and the eternal issues that nature brings to mankind. People meditate in the temples on hilltops, facing the uncertain future in the mist of the snow, and praying that the prosperous dream will wake up later. Just as man has given names to all things in nature, such as CLOUD, MIST, MOUNTAIN, ICE, and WATER, so nature has carved a unique name for each of us, even though we do not always understand the way nature calls humans, just as nature does not always understand the way we treat it.
©Arron Hsiao, 2022
Name
Arron Hsiao