2018 Guandu International Nature Art Festival by Guandu Nature Park

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Special Thanks 谁遯䘋䊨 Festival Volunteers

荈搭谁遯䊨⡲⧺劍 Art Volunteer Program

George

Jason

Chiao

Anne

Eva

Rich

Anda

Chun-Chun

Sophia

Lori

Wan Jung

Sue

Sandy

Sierra

Charlie

Chieh Fang

Fabio

Anna

Yueh

荈搭谁遯ⶾ⡲넓뀿 Single-Day Volunteering

⟱噠䘋䊨 Corporate Volunteer

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〵抓㣔厣䆁 Timberland Taiwan

ꡠ庋荈搭Ⱇ㕨䘋䊨 Guandu Nature Park 伢䕧⼿⸂ Photography Support

ⶾ⡲莅㼬錒⼿⸂ On-Site Production and Interpreter Support

崞⹛⼿⸂ Event Support

缺陼⼿⸂ Translation Support

谁遯㷎㻜绢欰 Interns

Bennie

Hanyu

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Contents

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Special Thanks Forewords About the Festival

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Theme of the Year: Live Happily Ever After? 012

Curatorial Statement

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Event Overview Artist-in-Residence

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Map

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Lua Rivera

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Nobuyuki Sugihara Kaling Diway

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Liao, Bo-Sen Slavek Kwi

Taiwan Czech/Ireland

Artist Field Study Art Volunteer

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Creating Period The Sound of Wetland

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Adventure Time in Shezi

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Opening Highlights

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Extended Activities Highlights

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Feedback

Australia

Bridgehead Art Studio

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Japan

Taiwan

Matt Chun (with Miro Jones)

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Mexico

Taiwan

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Foreword from the Commissioner At the meeting point of the Tamshui and Keelung Rivers, Guandu is a low-lying and flat terrain located in northern Taiwan. It is a typical rivermouth wetland rich in biodiversity, and has long been a major stopover site for migratory birds down the ages. In the old days the reclamation migrants entered the Guandu Wharf and thus pioneered the early development of this region. The Guandu Temple attracts a crowd of people and is always a hive of activity. Facing the increasing pressure of urban development and environmental crisis, Guandu Nature Park was established in a collaborative endeavor of conservationists. This movement demonstrated the awareness and power of our citizens it marked a key milestone for a more sustainable future.

There shouldn t be just one discourse on development. This year, Guandu International Nature Art Festival raised the theme Live Happily Ever After? to critically review the "human-center" philosophy. We need to respect other inhabitants sharing this planet with us, and humbly observe our living world to see how each other s fates are entangled. If we can broaden our vision of the future as well as embrace differences, we can therefore create positive momentum for our times.

This year s artworks were made up of common natural materials such as bamboos, mud, rattans, and seeds. Furthermore, artists explored new materials like clam shells and natural glue composed of rice and incense ashes, allowing us to see the surprising potentials and varieties of nature. On the other hand, the sound data collected these past two years is also a good reminder to rejuvenate our senses and communicate with the environment in the hope of opening up a liberal but also deep access to our local culture.

Nature and environment are the roots of culture, which no society can exist without. Only by keeping our roots and culture alive can we bring

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past into meaningful conversation with the present. We expect this event to serve as a catalyst to deepen the public s awareness of our

Commissioner, Department of Cultural Affairs,

environment, as well as care for local cultures. It is hoped that every

Taipei City Government

single participant of this festival will take the initiative to connect with their surroundings, to get inspired by nature, and to make an effort in finding a way to a sustainable future.

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Foreword from the Commissioner

October is a month of expectation. Guandu International Nature Art Festival is a well-known nature art event in northern Taiwan. This year marked the 13th anniversary of this meaningful art festival.

Through artworks created by foreign and domestic artists, two special exhibitions, and a series of workshops and activities, we hope to attract more people to this event to enjoy the natural environment. Further, to reflect upon our relationship with nature. In recent years, we invited the artists to spend more days at Guandu before their art creation, so that they could have deeper interaction with local schools, communities, and environment and therefore make more impact. In this project, art goes hand in hand with knowledge of the environment accumulated in the past 13 years. Every effort contributes to the vitalization of this region.

As the theme Live Happily Ever After? pointed out, we human beings share this land with many other lives. Facing challenges posed by nature, we should never cease to look for ways to live in harmony with other creatures. This year s artwork, for instance, The Ship of Shells, Guandu - Weaving Water, brought about the co-existing relationship between the Tamsui River and rice fields in the tangible form of two shell boats, one made up of freshwater shells and the other of peacock ones. Silk Cocoons hoped to generate human s empathy with different species by creating a structure in which the threads can be collected and reused by the birds or insects to build their own shelters as the structure disintegrates. The Hyper Dimension Natural Fortress

attempted to create a space through a non-modern engineering technique in response to traditional building cultures. These unique artworks provide an artistic approach to care for our environment, bringing rich food for thought to all of us.

Thanks to many co-organizers collaboration, Guandu International Nature Art Festival is privileged to celebrate its 13th-year birthday. We

荩⻍䋑佟䏎欴噠涮㾝㽷㽷Ꟁ

Commissioner, Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government

hope more sponsors will join us to make this project and its vision live long and prosper. Blessed with inspirations from art and nature, let s keep moving forward. Be strong. Be humble. Be brave.

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Foreword from the President of WBST Guandu Nature Park, located at the confluence of the Tamsui and Keelung Rivers, is blessed with many precious natural resources and wildlife species. It plays an essential role in ecological conservation and environmental protection. Guandu is the first place many international friends want to visit when they travel to Taiwan. In addition, Guandu Nature Park is a space for people in Taipei metro area to enjoy environmental education and recreation. Compared with other metropolitan cities in the world, Taipei is richly endowed by nature. It

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takes less than one hour to get to Guandu Nature Park from downtown by public transportation. Taipei citizens are very privileged to be able to take a nature tour anytime to explore the natural side of this city.

2006 Entrusted by the Taipei City Government, the Wild Bird Society of Taipei has run Guandu Nature Park for eighteen years. The Nature Art project was organized since 2006. We hope to raise the public s awareness to nature, so that everyone can realize our own responsibility to the environment and how we were devoted to it.

The 13 th Guandu International Nature Art Festival is composed of artworks at Guandu Nature Park by seven groups of artists, educational programs in Shezi Island in collaboration with the Bamboo Curtain Studio and the artists, a soundscape exhibition showing sound data collected as well as a portfolio of promotional activities in the past three years in collaboration with the Soundscape Association of Taiwan; last but not least, a variety of activities for all ages on and after the opening days. By finding what is suitable for them in this festival, people could feel the beauty of art and take action to preserve our environment. I d like to thank the Department of Cultural Affairs, Taipei City Government, the Taipei City Animal Protection Office, and the Asia Pacific Hotel, Soundscape Association of Taiwan, Bamboo Curtain Studio, Fu-an Junior High School, etc. for their lasting support. Let s keep marching hand in

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hand to make a better world for our younger generations.

President, Wild Bird Society of Taipei

2006 2016

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Based on a Ture Story

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With Paths Crisscrossing

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Nature in Touch

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About the Festival

Guandu International Outdoor Sculpture Festival, dating back to 2006, was Taiwan's first largescale natural art event held in a conservation park. The park is located in Guandu wetland, a place with unique estuary culture and diverse ecosystem. The purpose of this event is not only about art and aesthetics but also about delivering messages caring for the environment. With the experience in the past ten years, this art event has come to a new stage by resetting its title into Guandu International Nature Art Festival since 2016. The triangle composed of river culture, wetland conservation, and environmental art is still the solid foundation of the curatorial concepts. It is expected to serve as a catalyst to deepen the public s awareness of our environment, as well as care for local cultures. It is hoped that every single participant of this festival will take the initiative to connect with their surroundings, to get inspired by nature, and to make an effort in finding a way to a sustainable future. Besides inviting artists coming to Guandu to make work on site, the Festival has now expanded into a complex project combines with a variety of art, education, and public engagement programs. In order to deepen the participatory experience to acknowledge the core value of this project, both the artist-in-residence and volunteer programs are changed to involve more explorations of local stories. There are also several educational programs which are codeveloped with our partners: Sound of Wetland (with the Soundscape Association of Taiwan), Adventure Time in Shezi (with the Bamboo Curtain Studio.)

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A Micro View of Nature

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「我們可以度過我們魯莽的嬰兒時代，成長為負責而關懷世界的成人——而不喪失我們的天真爛漫、遊戲嬉鬧，或是神奇感受。但首先我們得以不同的角度來看我們自己，用許多鏡子來審視我們這非常年輕的物種，因為我們非凡的能力，而既受祝福，也遭詛咒。我們不該再忽視或掠奪大自然，而必須要改進我們在其中的自然地位。」 —— 黛安．艾克曼 (Diane Ackerman)《人類時代》

2018

Live Happily Ever After?

Theme of the Year

We can survive our rude infancy and grow into responsible, caring adults without losing our innocence, playfulness, or sense of wonder. But first we need to see ourselves from different angles, in many mirrors, as a very young species, both blessed and cursed by our prowess. Instead of ignoring or plundering nature, we need to refine our natural place in it. Diane Ackerman, The Human Age: The World Shape by Us

Each day, we are writing our own story of life. What

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sort of plots do you wish to compose to reach your

happily ever after," the stock phrase used in fairy tales,

ideal ending? What characters do you plan to include

to critically review the "human-center" philosophy.

in this bright future? However, in co-writing the epic

We aim to explore the ethics with the care of others

work "The History of Nature," we human beings often

and to ignite dialogues. In this way, it is possible to

fail to remember there are other inhabitants share

facilitate a sustainable future which all inhabitants can

this planet with us. It is impossible to exclude these

coexistence and mutual prosperity.

characters from the big story. Their fates can even reverse the denouement we set. "Habitat" is the word we use to refer to the living environment of an animal, plant, or other organisms. A habitat is, in fact, the home of wildlife. Nowadays, humans keep expanding our territories to fulfill our own need, whereas other inhabitants keep losing their home. Is this win-lose situation the only scenario we can imagine? Can we assure the ending of the story if we still think the future based on our own demand?

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2018 Anodonta woodiana

well-being

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Matt Chun 2017

2016 Miro Jones

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2017 Catherine Grout

festival empowerment

Catherine Grout

Keeping Nature in Our Future

Curatorial Statement

Yi-Fen Jan

After reaching an important ten-year milestone (2006-2015),

natural world these are valuable references for living in harmony

Guandu International Nature Art Festival has turned over a new

with nature.

leaf and transformed its objective between 2016 and 2018. We aimed to build capacity in the civil society through widening and

This year, seven (groups of) artists took part in the residency, which

deepening the public s understanding of local places, together

joined forces with the three-year education program The Sound of

we realized our shared vision of a sustainable homeland. The

the Wetland and community-based project Adventure Time in Shezi

curatorial team determined to adopt Listening, Connection and

to contribute to the annual theme. Lua Rivera from Mexico created

Symbiosis as the main concepts of the triennial transformation

Silk Cocoon in the woods. The installation mimicked the shape of

program. The first two years focused on Comprehending the

a moth cocoon. The main material she used was silk, a millenary

current status , we invited the artists and public to come to

material made of fibers produced by insects. Through this space,

Guandu and reflect upon their respective concept of nature

Lua hoped to remind people to share everything with nature and

through a series of experiential learning and knowledge

be thankful to even small living beings like insects. As the work

exchange programmes, aiming to illuminate the connection

crumbled, it was also expected that the materials could be reused

between the self and the external world .

by birds or other animals. Japanese artist Nobuyuki Sugihara s The Ship of Shells, Guandu - Weaving Water applied freshwater mussels8

The annual theme of 2018 Live Happily Ever After? was a summary

collected in Guandu Nature Park, and the peacock shells9 collected

of the three-year transformation. This art festival proposed a

from seafood restaurants to make two ships, which respectively

question of our future and invited everyone to contemplate the

symbolizes the freshwater and seawater that flow and mix at

roles of human beings. There might be different interpretations

the rivermouth where Guandu is located at and meanwhile the

and understanding of well-being. There might be different

intersection of our city and nature. He also tried to paste the

definition of a good future. Environmental disruption and

freshwater mussels with natural glue made of rice as a respect

development disputes in modern society more or less result

to the rice fields still preserved in the Guandu Plain. The artists

from anthropocentrism exploiting nature and other species for

expressed their wishes to live in harmony with nature by applying

humans sake. Is there a way to achieve the vision of prospering

environmental-friendly skills and local materials to visualize their

together instead of sacrificing anyone for the benefit of

interpretations about Guandu through art.

humankind? For example, the Satoyama Initiative advocates to enhance resilience in socio-ecological production landscapes,

Matt Chun from Australia was invited again after his residency at

which is derived from the wisdom of indigenous worldviews, it

Guandu two years ago. Developed from his study of the Guandu clay

can also be exemplified in simple practices such as the mutual

in 2016 as well as the research on the mountain area around the

caring between people and between the human life and the

Bamboo Curtain Studio in 2017, this year he created Shrine with his

7-year-old son Miro Jones. This mysterious ritual space was

surroundings either. Against the landscape and activities around,

established with in situ natural materials by this father and

this work induced the viewers to reflect on the roles and choices of

son while playing and storytelling. Many abstract clay objects

humans. Kaling Diway s (Chinese name: Chen, Yong-Chang) Support

in the natural color were arranged on the altars, allowing the

expressed the shining light of humanity with mutual support. Before

viewers to freely construct their own narratives with the icons,

the residency, Kaling was invited to join an event of the community

to share and pass down from generations to generations.

project Adventure Time in Shezi. He was impressed by the strong

In addition, sound artist Slavek Kwi from Ireland disguised

neighborhood of the Shezi Island. In such a fast-paced modern

himself as an alien who could see sounds. He was only able

society, a cordial relationship between people was very precious.

to explore and communicate with the environment through

Perhaps to care for others (whether humans or other living beings)

sounds. Report No.1_ Guandu Listening Sites: Residues, Remnants

is ultimately the key to a harmonious future.

and Debris of Memories, Slavek s sound report of the Guandu field, recorded his interactions with the surroundings. He

The community project Adventure Time in Shezi, in collaboration with

believed everything was equal. What we needed to do was to

the Bamboo Curtain Studio for three consecutive years, involved an

find the equilibrium in the whole environment.

artist group Walking Grass Agriculture (Chen, Han-Sheng and Liou, Sing-You) to participate in the whole process. They started off by

The other three groups were Taiwanese artists. The

looking for tastes. By organizing several gatherings and having

Bridgehead Art Studio (Chou, Hsueh-Han, and Chiang, Ming-

meals with the community members, the work team recorded

Chun) created The Hyper Dimension Natural Fortress to discuss

the neighborhood mothers memories, which were transformed

the concept of construction how humans build a shelter in

into the materials for The Special Exhibition: One Step at a Time is

an environment. They studied the structures of watchtowers

the Best Way to Remember Happiness. In this exhibition, the daily

by the aboriginals, and reflected upon the ways humans

life and joyful stories of the Shezi Island were presented by some

communicated with the environment if they were provided

Taiwanese artists through ceramics, printing, and multimedia. The

with very simple tools and basic conditions. Would there be

other education program The Sound of the Wetland, cooperated with

potentials for different viewpoints? The two artists worked

Soundscape Association of Taiwan, also collected the three-year

in this way to embody what they perceived throughout the

data and organized The Sound of Wetland: A Special Exhibition on

process in their work. The audience were able to climb

Soundscape. Its extensive activities covered not only soundscape but

up their work to experience Guandu Nature Park from an

also life and production of wetlands. Through listening, people were

elevated level.

able to learn about the environment from different aspects.

Liao, Bo-Sen s work From Where to Where? was a bamboo

Looking back over the past three years, the field research period

ladder in water, which discussed the interplay between

provided the artists with more chances to explore the place prior to

civilization and nature. The ascending staircase symbolized

their art creation, so there were more art forms and varieties than

the unceasing pursuit of an ideal future. It looked advancing

before. The volunteer program was adjusted towards establishing a

yet away from nature, it was not harmonious with its

better understanding of Guandu by means of participation in more

stages of the festival. Events for the public were designed

Driven by the strong missions of conservation, whatever roles art

for cultivating keener senses and deeper thoughts instead of

played, to be present, to intervene, or to disturb, make Guandu

solely creating a carnival experience. All the attempts were

Nature Park a place for dialogue. Those who have been involved

derived from the expectation that this art project could probe

become part of each other, weaving the past, present, and future

into the possibility of empowerment and differentiate itself

together. The art project itself keeps evolving as well. When it

from a simple display of landscape installations or festival

comes to organizing events, forms are no more important than

events. The participants were guided by art to raise the

the core mission of Guandu Nature Park. Other than using art as

awareness and be active in their roles in their community,

propaganda, we should develop its potential of gathering the crowd,

society, or in a broader sense, the environment and nature.

making people the actors in the network, then they share, reflect, and practice.

Guandu International Nature Art Festival has provided a space for one to critically think about how art related with nature.

Hereafter, the art project will work on enhancing interdisciplinary

This festival is shaped not only by art expressions, but also

understanding. We hope that art can be woven into the daily routine

by the challenges its venue has faced as a conservatory. If

of Guandu Nature Park. As artists immerse themselves in the

we consider Guandu Nature Park a stage, what has been

Park, they are able to recall their feelings among ever-changing

performed on it was the biosphere of Guandu, and its

experiences through creation. By working with professionals in

inseparable ties with the global ecosystem. The role of art

other domains, artists open up an engaging narrative space for

is nothing but to stimulate more concern, conversation, and

conservation in response to the plentiful surroundings nurtured by

reflection. In other words, art is deployed to draw the contours

the motherland here at Guandu.

of human situations, thus, it allows us to face up to them directly.

As Dr. Catherine Grout mentioned in her book Art. Intervention. Public space (Original: Pour de l art dans notre quotidien (French) ), Art experience is very personal. I am not sure if it is strong

2016 Guandu International Nature Art Festival, Based on a True Story.

2017 Guandu International Nature Art Festival, With Paths Crisscrossing.

Freshwater mussels, Anodonta woodiana, breeding in freshwater bodies

enough to make a connection between the external world and

such as rivers, lakes, ponds or rice fields, used to be common in water areas

personal situations. Besides, that is not the function of art. But

around Guandu. Its recent declines resulted from existing habitats following

when art becomes the goal of a plan, actions of other kinds

urban development and pollution. Fortunately, there were still some mussels in the constructed wetlands of Guandu Nature Park. The mussel

will emerge along. What to expect in art and participation

shells used for this art piece were collected by the artist and volunteers from

in a certain way will be shared and passed around by those who join the project together. Hence, our experience of art,

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viridis, has greatly reduced in the Tamsui River. The type they ve used for

surroundings, and ourselves are all connected to nurture the general intention of art creations about a common (human) world.

According to the restaurant, the amount of the native peacock shells, Perna cooking was mussels imported from New Zealand.

Catherine Grout(2000). Pour de l art dans notre quotidien: Des oeuvres en milieu urbain. L'Harmattan.

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Mireya Samper

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Event Overview The Sound of Wetland 27 MAY 09 JUN 22 JUL 19 AUG 21 OCT 03 NOV 13 OCT-13 DEC

Soundscape Activity 1: Daytime in Guandu Soundscape Activity 2: Nighttime in Guandu Soundscape Activity 3: Above the

Artist-in-Residency 14 SEP

Welcome Party

15 SEP-10 OCT

On-Site Production

22 SEP, 25 SEP

Artist Talk

13 OCT-31 DEC

Artwork Exhibition

Tamsui River Soundscape Activity 4: Cicada Summer Soundscape Activity 5: Guandu

Opening Events 13-14 OCT

Interactive Sessions with Artists, Artist Talk, Experience Activities, Market, Performances etc.

13-14 OCT

Dance Performance Debut Toward Heavens - A Dance Piece about Birds and Humans (Choreographer and Producer: Chang, Wen-Hsin)

Temple Soundscape Activity 6: The Initial Birdwatching Route Special Exhibition on Soundscape

Volunteer Program 18-19 AUG

2-day Training

18 SEP-10 OCT

On-site Support

13-14 OCT

Opening Event Support

20-21 OCT

Artwork Interpretation Training

27 OCT-16 DEC 23 DEC

5, 19 OCT

Art Workshop for Kids with Disabilities.

Artwork Interpretation Support

19 OCT

Curatorial Roundtable Meeting

Volunteer Sharing & Gathering

20 OCT

Public Speech by Mireya Samper (International Curator and Artist from Iceland)

27 OCT-15 DEC

Artwork Interpretation

4, 11 NOV

Art Workshop for Adults

10 NOV-30 DEC

Self-guided Bag

1, 5 DEC

Art Workshop for Families

15 DEC

One-day Trip

Adventure Time in Shezi 26 MAY 09 JUL

Community Interview: Fruit and Vegetable Plating Community Interview: Silk-wrapped Flowers (Spring Flowers)

07 JUL, 24 JUL, 2 Connect to the Taste of Place: AUG, and 5 AUG

Practicing

05 JUL, 31 JUL, 7 Connect to the Taste of Place: AUG, and 11 AUG Presenting 4 AUG, 12 AUG,

Public Event: Let Us Treat You to a

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Feast Special Exhibition One Step at a

13 OCT-31 DEC

Time is the Best Way to Remember Happiness

12 NOV

Extended Events

Community Interview: Facial Threading-Shine with Happiness

Artistin-Residence Artwork Exhibition

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Mexico

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The Hyper Dimension Natural Fortress Bridgehead Art Studio

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From Where to Where? Liao, Bo-Sen

Taiwan

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The Sound of Wetland: A Special Exhibition on Soundscape

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The Ship of Shells, Guandu - Weaving Water Nobuyuki Sugihara

շ䪜䭰ոSupport Kaling Diway

Taiwan

Japan

շ牟翱⛓䨾ոShrine Matt Chun (with Miro Jones) Australia

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Alien Report No.1_ Guandu Listening Sites: Residues, Remnants and Debris of Memories Slavek Kwi

Ireland

Czech

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Silk Cocoon 勞俲

Materials Bamboo, sisal rope, silk, stone, natural-dyed cotton thread

Silk Cocoons is a nature-inspired installation that provides a temporary shelter for humans and plants while mimicking the shape of a moth cocoon. This piece is comprised of mix media biodegradable structures made of layers of silk, bamboo, and jute. The structures change their shape as they disintegrate with time while interacting with the environment. This disintegration sequence allows animals and insects of the park to collect and reuse the threads of the silk scraps for their own shelters. I hope that this installation will generate empathy with different bugs that have been cohabiting with humans for centuries dressing us with their precious fibers.

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Lua Rivera

Bio

Mexico

Lua Rivera Lua

Lua Rivera experiments to know, and produces to survive. For her, art can erase the boundaries between disciplines, promoting free interaction between them and allowing the exhibition to transcend the walls of the gallery. Lua based her artwork in processes such as nesting, growth, and adaptation of organisms. As a visual artist, she is distinguished for her continuous search and use of multidisciplinary resources such as intervention, collage, photography, and textiles.

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The Ship of Shells, Guandu ─ Weaving Water Materials

Freshwater shell, peacock shell, urushi lacquer, rice flour, sticky rice flour, ash, shell powder, epoxy resin

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Bio

Nobuyuki Sugihara

Japan

Nobuyuki Sugihara was born in Nagano, Japan in 1980 and has graduated from the Master Course in Oil Painting of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. His creation connects with natural environments and primitive cultures and is expert in using natural materials (such as shell, stone, soil, grass, rope, net, fabric) to make installation with a mysterious primitive power which brings an impression of the ancient relic. He is the art director of the SHINANO Primitive Sense Art Festival since 2010.

When I appreciated the setting sun on the roof of the center in Guandu Nature Park, the landscape of the boundary between city and nature extending along the Tamsui River, and the shimmering ponds were engraved on my heart. This art piece is the ships made of freshwater shells collected in Guandu Nature Park, and the peacock shells which were commonly found in the Tamsui River in the past. The freshwater shells collected by the volunteers from the mud in the pond were like shining treasures, these well-protected shells in Guandu Nature Park are a symbol of water purification. The peacock shells, which used to be abundant at Tamsui s river mouth, are currently imported from New Zealand, which evokes the memories of a clean Tamsui River. I strived for the best to use natural material according to the theme that reminds me of the sustainability and the continuation of the story. I connected shells with sticky rice glue made with the traditional technique in Taiwan. The Guandu Nature Park is surrounded by the vast rice paddies. I was surprised by the contrast between the city and the rice paddies. This well-protected nature park connected to rice paddies inspired me to use sticky rice glue. Initially, epoxy resin was used in building certain part of one ship. However, since epoxy is bad for the body, I had to wear rubber gloves. It was a pleasant surprise when I used rice glue, as it can be touched with bare hands freely. I felt like weaving the shells with water. The ship shines like a pearl is mimicking the glittering river lay between the city and nature I saw that day. It is a ship dedicated to Guandu Nature Park and the people conserving the boundary between nature and human activities. The effort of protecting a city that co-exists with nature is like a modern fairy tale.

2.3.

ⶾ⡲鎹ꏗ

Behind the Scenes

4.6.

5.7.

䪜䭰

勞俲

Support

Shezi suffers from constant floods for years.

Materials

structure transmits the life in Shezi which impressed

Bamboo, wire, sisal rope

the artist. It symbolizes a shining light of humanity with

Meanwhile, it shapes the highly resilient community and makes the villagers share weal. The lighthouse

mutual support.

谁遯㹻矦➝

Bio

꤫⹅僅

Kaling Diway

Taiwan

Kaling Diway is an artist from Hualien s Fengbin Township, which is home to the Makotaay community of Pangcah (Amis) Aborigines. He is active in the art community in East Taiwan and is expert in reconstructing, deconstructing, recomposing and sculpting of the natural materials. He also has a wide array of skills such as stage props design and production, public art space design. His works manifest a great affection for his community and a sense of mission to aboriginal cultural inheritance.

ⶾ⡲鎹ꏗ

Behind the Scenes

1.6.

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3.4.

2016 2017

勞俲

Shrine

During this residency, I will continue to explore the materials and processes that I developed at Guandu International Nature Art Festival in 2016, combined with the conceptual bases that I developed in 2017 while working from Bamboo Curtain Studio.

Materials

The installation will suggest the form of an abstracted shrine or votive space, a

Clay, bamboo, natural materials

repository for an aggregation of small objects. These will be made exclusively from

collected on-site

materials gathered from the immediate natural environment of the installation site. I m interested in the function of a shrine as a piece of liminal public space, frequently sited between built and natural environments, and, ostensibly, between human and metaphysical realms; a fragile medium connecting the tangible to the abstract. Importantly, I am interested in the function of a space dedicated to stories and symbology; a physical manifestation of shared narratives. Importantly, this work will be made in close collaboration with my 7-year-old son Miro. The stories, figures and symbols that congregate within our shrine will be of our own imagining, activated through the process of play. This process was suggested by the Festival theme: Happily Ever After , a phrase that traditionally and universally concludes a children's story, evoking the arc of a simple narrative and the recitation of folklore.

谁遯㹻矦➝

Bio

Matt Chun (with Miro Jones)

Australia

Matt Chun Miro

7 Matt Matt

Matt Chun is an Australian studio artist, portraitist and independent writer. He lives and works with his 7-year-old son, Miro, between Sydney and Bermagui (a tiny fishing village on Australia s East Coast). Matt makes large scale portrait and landscape drawings in pencil, watercolour and mixed media. As an essayist, Matt also writes for cultural journals and magazines in Australia. This is Matt s third arts-residency in Taipei, and his second tenure at Guandu International Nature Art Festival.

ⶾ⡲鎹ꏗ

Behind the Scenes

1.3.5.7.

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2.3.6.

馄儘瑠荈搭銴㝱

չ⟃⵹涸➃⨞䖤ⵌ䧮⦛♧㹁⨞䖤ⵌպ

勞俲

The Hyper Dimension Natural Fortress

 They can do it; we can do it! 

To respond to the festival theme Live Happily Ever After? , we began with the idea of constructing . Through reviewing the history of humans and nature lived harmoniously with mutual respect, this artwork attempts to create

Materials

a home with this concept through a non-modern engineering

Bamboo, sisal rope

approach using hand tools and natural resources.

㣐堀걧谁遯䊨⡲㹔

谁遯㹻矦➝

Bio

ヰ㷸巒㩎そ꾚

Bridgehead Art Studio (Chou, Hsueh-Han / Chiang, Ming-Chun)

Taiwan

Bridgehead Art Studio was founded by two young artists Chou, Hsueh-Han and Chiang, Ming-Chun. They focus on public art, environmental art, and light art; besides, they emphasize on the aesthetic produced by the combination of the artwork, time, and space. Their practice roots in the expertise of visual art and threedimensional design, and it develops through field research of the publicity of art creation, the pursuit of proper materials, and listen to the local stories. The aim is to connect their artwork with the place inextricably.

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ⶾ⡲鎹ꏗ

Behind the Scenes

9.11.

10.

勞俲

From Where to Where? Materials Bamboo, sisal rope, wire

The civilization of humankind often followed by the evolution of science and technology, with which people utilize and manage the natural environment. I recalled the story of the Tower of Babel as told in the Bible: humans tried to build a tower to reach heaven, but Lord decided to scatter them. Isn t this fairytale-like story a realistic depiction of humans pursuit of globalization and capitalism? Should we stop our step to think where were we and where are we going? This artwork illustrates the staircase going up and down and a broken bridge. The bridge was meant to be connecting two remote places. However, this is no longer crossable and buried in the wild. The ascending staircase symbolizes that civilization and human development are walking away from nature. Will it be willing to let go of the ego-centric attitude and return to the Mother Nature? While there is no standard answer, each of our steps will determine the future.

䑁厣喀

谁遯㹻矦➝

2016

Bio

Liao, Bo-Sen

Taiwan

Liao, Bo-Sen's present works emphasize more on various media and images in capitalist societies; he begins to focus on the living condition of nonmainstream groups in Taiwan. He creates new types of public art through community involvement and tries to transform all kinds of rigidity via art. He has been participating in different landscape and art festivals to reflect the relationships within space, landscape, natural environment, and the local context since 2016.

1.2.

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Behind the Scenes

1.4.

7.10.11.

2.3.8.9.

1.6.10.

5.8.9.11.

勞俲

Alien Report No.1_ Guandu Listening Sites: Residues, Remnants and Debris of Memories Materials Sound Installation

谁遯㹻矦➝

Slavek Kwi

Bio

Ireland/Czech

Slavek Kwi

Slavek 14

2000

Slavek Kwi is a sound-artist, composer and researcher interested in the phenomena of perception as the fundamental determinant of relations with reality. He has a longstanding fascination with sound-environments, developing what he terms electroacoustic sound-paintings that oscillate between sound only works and interdisciplinary works exploring social, spatial and temporal processes. Slavek was born in former Czechoslovakia, lived 14 years in Belgium and has been based in Ireland since 2000.

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Imagine an alien race living in a completely different paradigm, communicating via sounds reminiscent of the human concept of music who can see the sounds (similar as human concept of synesthesia). One of these aliens is visiting Guandu Nature Park trying to tune in the surrounding environment, looking for a way to co-exist within the unknown habitat. Every sound has the same potential to interact; all sounds are equal participants in an ecological organism. The visiting alien is trying to find his own equal place within, the same as any other sound. The alien suddenly becomes another animal species looking for its niche within an existing environment. 4

The alien is generating sounds in the site, exploring various places at different times every day for three weeks, each session for two hours duration. After some while, he settles in three locations suited best to his needs. He alters slightly the place to feel safe, to feel comfortable while he interacts with the space. Branches bend and tight together to free the way, leaves re-organized out of the path, seeds and berries strung on a rope like an encoded message: like spider weaving his web in already existing infrastructure, like bower bird collects and display seeds of the same color and clear the place for dance... The alien creates sound-events almost every day for two hours of duration uninterrupted, alone or with observers. This is not a performance in an ordinary sense - an animal is not trying to play or be interesting - it simply behaves according to its own nature. Sonic attempts to co-exist harmoniously in the environment are being recorded. Selection from recordings will be available to human evaluation via the listening post in Nature Center and online. What stays after visiting? Sounds of an alien fade away as time goes by, the presence is printed in space unmarked. Only spots of listening are dotting the space, the favorite places the alien spend the most of time. Residues of the leaves turned around by steps, debris re-organized by the alien s presence might still linger there, indistinguishable from the nature order perhaps. Stop for a moment, make yourself comfortable and listen to the sounds unfolding in these places - here - now. You might be happy now. How long does the present last? Imagine a fairy-tale about an alien...

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Behind the Scenes

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Artist Field Study

by LAI Yen-Ju

The theme of the year Live Happily Ever After? aims to criticize an anthropocentric environmental ethic with a view to broadening our horizons of a prosperous future. Many of this year s artists have been to or studied in Guandu, so this time we conducted the field study with a rather relaxing tempo. At the beginning, we explored the neighborhood around the Guandu Temple, the wharf, and Guandu Nature Park, capturing some ideas of the local rice farming and fishing culture based on the river nature. The next day we watched a documentary about the Tamsui River to look at the interdependent relationship between the rivers and the Taipei Basin how our daily life and culture originated from the rivers and how civilization affects river health and functions. Furthermore, the well-known ecologist Professor Lue explained to us the importance of wetlands. To preserve the wetlands is to preserve the chance to live with the other habitants on this planet. On the last day of the field trip, we biked into the Guandu Plain, in which the irrigation canals spreading like arteries and sustaining all living things. A small change in one being can affect a wide range of other organisms. Humans and other creatures have a shared destiny. We hoped the inspirations from the local environment would be absorbed by the artists before they started art creation. So the artworks could become a voice for the real issues as well as a force for environmental preservation.

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Field Study

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Art Volunteer by LAI

Yen-Ju

The 3rd-year volunteer program has cultivated a sense of family because four volunteers from previous years returned to keep company with the sixteen new members. During the 2-day orientation, under the guidance of some experienced specialists, we learned about the history of the Guandu Wetlands, explored the waterways, rice fields, living beings, and human habitats in the Guandu Plain, and also took action to maintain the wetlands. Besides, we heard the sharing from the previous volunteers and 2

learned to use tools to prepare ourselves with the mind and skills for the following journey. Throughout the whole process, including the creation period, opening and event days, and artwork tours as well, the volunteers are always the strongest pillars as well as the best ambassadors of this art festival. Besides the 20 volunteers recruited specifically for this art project,

more Guandu Nature Park volunteers joined to assist the art creation and guided tours this year. Moreover, the single-day and corporate participants also devoted their time and energy. Longterm and frequent participation develops deep understanding, while short and odd participation brings freshness to daily life. We hope everyone, no matter how much we are involved in this art project, can therefore sense our own responsibility to the environment.

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A Grasp of Urban Wetlands

Putting on the frog suits, we cut the overgrown weeds and made ways for the running water. 4

Night observation is always an amazing way to get to know a place. 5

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Through card discussions and games, the volunteers had a chance to reflect

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䗱椚彋⪔ㄤ䪮遯鎯箻

Build up Mindset and Techniques

1.3.

Some volunteers from last year shared their experience to give the newcomers a shot in the arm. 4 4

Everyone learned how to use tools properly.

꾷隡ꡠ庋䎂⾲

Bike around the Guandu Plain

Mr. Gao, an ecological engineering specialist, guided us to bike around the Guandu Plain. He showed us the rice paddies and river culture, and the impact of human activity on species and their habitats.

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Art Volunteer

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Lecturers

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The Sound of Wetland

Guandu Nature Park has worked hand in hand with the Soundscape Association of Taiwan since 2016 to organize a series of The Sound of Wetland events, including the Sound of Wetland: Special Exhibition and six soundscape activities in 2016, six themed soundscape activities in 2017, The Sound of Wetland: A Special Exhibition on Soundscape and six soundscape activities related to Guandu Wetlands in 2018. Besides, the three-year recording of wetland sounds in the Core Reserve Area, and Main Area of Guandu Nature Park is still taking place. In the past three years, through all the events of The Sound of Wetland, the soundscape of wetlands has been more known. People can feel the beauty of wetlands through listening and know Guandu Nature Park better. The long-term monitoring and recording of the Core Reserve Area work as valuable data for wetland research with a view to understanding the influence of sounds on ecology better.

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ざ⡲㣎⠶

〵抓耫兞⼿剚䊨⡲㕰꥙

暶ⴽ䠮闒

〵抓耫兞⼿剚

耫兞㼠呪䘋䊨

ꡠ庋荈搭Ⱇ㕨

ꡠ庋荈搭Ⱇ㕨䘋䊨

谁遯㷎䘋䊨

Partner Soundscape Association of Taiwan

Team Guandu Nature Park WANG Jou-Chien, SUN Lin-Lin, HUANG Li-Shan, Winnie YEN, Ginger JIN, CHENG Chen-Yuan, CHENG Chin-Hen, CHEN Si-Yu Soundscape Association of Taiwan Laila FAN, TSAI Chia-Fen, LEE Chia-Yun, HONG Yong-Shin, LIN Tzu-Hao

Special Thanks to Guandu Nature Park Volunteer Kelvin KANG, Odin WANG, CHU Man-Mei, CHANG Shyh-Kuan, CHEN Chiu-Chin, Melody HSIEH Project Volunteer LI,Guo-Tai Art Volunteer Charlie CHEN

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The Sound of Wetland" Three-Year Project By SUN Lin-Lin

Guandu Nature Park and the Soundscape Association of Taiwan

In 2018, the coverage area of the soundscape activities was

have worked together from 2016 to 2018 to organize a series

extended to the Guandu Plain. In addition to a few featured subjects

of soundscape activities with elements of sensory experiences

such as aquatic organisms, frogs, bats, cicadas, etc., some cultural

and art creations. We observed, listened, and produced creative

elements were also added, for example, the Tamsui River, Guandu

works based on different themes, listening carefully to The

Temple and the bird watching itinerary. The more diverse the

Sound of Wetland.

themes, the more sound experiences people could capture.

In 2016, we recruited a group of soundscape volunteers

Sound exists in space. Human activities have a significant impact on

as the back team for future activities. The annual focus was

the environment, not only on the landscape but also the soundscape.

Listen to Nature. The teacher guided us to listen to and feel

We checked the two recorders installed in the Core Reserve Area,

the surroundings and drew the sounds we heard with colors,

downloaded the data of the past three years, and edited six works

lines, abstract or concrete images. Meanwhile, we organized

of recordings as the staged update. Furthermore, The Sound of

the Sound of Wetland: Special Exhibition to display some

Wetland: A Special Exhibition on Soundscape presented the results

concepts about the soundscape along with recording data

of the three-year soundscape activities. All in all, these events were

collected in the wetlands for the public to build up some basic

designed in the hope of celebrating the beauty of wetlands.

ideas. In this three-year project, aspects like wetlands ecology, In 2017, we organized several Citizen Science Workshops of

soundscape experience, art creation, and sound-monitoring at the

Soundscape in collaboration with the bird and frog surveys at

Reserve Area were all integrated. We aimed to use the three-year

Guandu Nature Park. The participants applied the recording

experience as the groundwork for more future trials: to develop

equipment to their regular surveys to develop a sound database

more in-situ educational programs by using the natural resources

for future research and environmental management. With

at Guandu Nature Park and results of soundscape activities to help

regard to the yearly soundscape activities, the subjects were

the public know Guandu Wetlands better through different senses.

cicadas and birds. The public learned about the Guandu Wetlands by observing and listening to the two species. Moreover, three lectures were given by different specialists also provided an alternative to know about soundscape.

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Soundscape Activities Time May to November

In the soundscape activities this year, we explored the Guandu Plain, inviting people to capture the soundscape of Guandu Nature Park during day and night and underwater. For example, we listened to the roar of cicadas in summer and played with sounds with some self-made

instruments. In addition to the realm of Guandu Nature Park, we learned about the fishing industry of the Guandu Estuary in early days by walking around the wharf. Besides, we listened to the sounds on Tamsui River while taking a ferry, and looked down at the wetlands from above the hill of the Guandu Temple and observed the sounds around. In our last activity, we biked along a classic bird watching itinerary to peek into its soundscape and heard the interpreter speak about the heyday of wild birds and their changes through time. The soundscape includes both natural and cultural parts. This year we highlighted the Guandu Plain by incorporating its natural and cultural soundscape into a series of activities so that the participants were able to acquaint themselves with the wetlands from different angles through listening.

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The Sound of Wetland: A Special Exhibition on Soundscape

Timeխ13 Oct to 31 Dec, 2018 This special exhibition was composed of the outcome of the three-year soundscape activities and long-term recordings in the Core Reserve

Area. It combined environmental education and art to show the ecology, aesthetics, and citizen sciences of Guandu Wetlands. Wetlands function as a resource center for human use as well as a home for many living species. Even though it is not easy to see with eyes, these species do exist based on sound monitoring. By making these efforts, we wish to create an environment in which human beings and nature are in great harmony.

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/ 䊨⡲㕰꥙

ꡠ庋荈搭Ⱇ㕨

畾㕠䊨⡲㹔

⿮莅谁遯㹻

暶ⴽ䠮闒

䨾剤⿮莅崞⹛涸㷸㆞

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Adventure Time in Shezi: Let Us Treat You to a Feast Time

May to December, 2018

Location

Shezi, Shilin District, Taipei City

Partner Bamboo Curtain Studio Walking Grass Agriculture Team Guandu Nature Park HSU Szu-Ting, CHENG Chen-Yuan, WANG Jou-Chien, HUANG Li-Shan, SUN Lin-Lin, CHEN Si-Yu, CHENG Chin-Hen, Odin WANG, LI Chia-Yu, CHEN Jun-Hung Bamboo Curtain Studio Iris HUNG, CHANG Hsiao-Ling, Sean GAU, WE Bo-Jen, HO Sin-Ying Artists Walking Grass Agriculture (CHEN Han-Sheng, LIOU Sing-You) LI-WU Man, CHEN Yi Ching, SYU Jia-Jhen, Joan CHANG, LAI Yi-Bo Special Thanks to Kun Tian Temple, Taipei Municipal Fu-an Junior High School, Taipei Municipal Fu-an Elementary School, Shezidao Aesthetics Association, Village Office of Yonglun Village, Fuzhou Riverside Community Development Association All participants from the Shezi community

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2018

HSU Szu-Ting

Guandu Nature Park and Bamboo Curtain Studio have collaborated on the Adventure Time in Shezi Project for three years. The previous two years we worked with students from Fu-an Elementary School and Fu-an Junior High School respectively to depict their hometown Shezi from the aspects of campus, nature, and history. Through description, experience, and discussion, students re-acquainted themselves with their Home and pictured the future of Home together. In the third year, taste was the highlight of the theme. We tried to find out the stories behind every family recipe provided by the community members. During this process, we exchanged ideas of cooking with the residents, took notes of their recipes, and learned home pickling fundamentals from them. We intended to preserve the memories derived from the materials collected, to comprehend the relationship among cultural, natural and social conditions, and the environment how it had been embedded in the local s everyday life. In doing so, we were able to explore the meaning of coexistence at the Shezi Island. In 2018, an artist group Walking Grass Agriculture was invited to transform the memories about the recipes into artworks and to organize an exhibition. The Walking Grass put tsiàu-khí-kang (Taiwanese pronunciation, meaning one step at a time ) as the key concept, the group invited many Taiwanese artists to join the events to observe and interact, which stimulated the inspiration of art creation. This project comprised four parts: Interviews with the Shezi community members, Connect to the Taste of Place (local residents sharing their recipes and stories with the work team), Let Us Treat You to a Feast (inviting the public living outside Shezi to have meals together), and Special Exhibition based on the artists observation and the materials collected in the process. The memories about Shezi was then displayed and preserved at Jhong-Ji Lee's ancient house, Sec. 5, Yanping N. Rd of the Shezi Island.

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Interviews with Shezi Community Members Most of the participating interviewees were women. Therefore, the work team decided to chat with them while making crafts (such as wrapping flowers that symbolizes auspice, or practicing food plating) , or doing facial threading. By teaching and learning the craft skills, the community members became familiar with the work team. The atmosphere thus became livelier. Everybody was able to take home with own work and some memories.

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Adventure Time in Shezi: Let Us Treat You to a Feast

Connect to the Taste of Place & Let Us Treat You to a Feast After recruiting residents through interviews, the following part focused on seeking the unique flavors of Shezi. The residents were asked to describe some local recipes they recommended. Next, they prepared the food to share and shared the story behind it. The work team then transformed the home cooking into catering cuisine. People living outside Shezi were invited to visit this area, and enjoy the food and the memories here.

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Special Exhibition:

One Step at a Time is the Best Way to Remember Happiness The origin of Guandu Nature Park is to conserve the wetland and natural habitats. Shezi Island, adjacent to the Park, has an origin of conserving the customs of the co-existing humankind and natural environment. The daily life at Shezi Island is thus equivalent to the eco-humanism that co-exists with the wetland. How would the artists comprehensively depict, record and present the eco-humanism? The theme of the third Adventure Time in Shezi will be one step at a time . Artists will depict the daily life and secret recipes of the mothers of this neighborhood. Preparing dishes and creating artworks require the same secret ingredients: one step at a time and perseverance. The exhibition of the sensory memories acquired by preserving in daily physical works will lead visitors to travel beyond spatial and temporal boundaries and have a taste of living happily ever after !

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Walking Grass Agriculture

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About the Artworks

Story of Rivers: LI-WU Man Media | Animation, Pottery 2

Duration | 2min20sec

Artists | LI-WU Man, Joan CHANG, Walking Grass Agriculture The animation on the dining table was made of the drawings of a senior resident LI-Wu Man. She illustrated her farming life and memories of her childhood days. The Walking Grass Agriculture made these drawings dynamic and projected them on the artist Joan Chang s pottery plates custom-made for this project which were inspired by the terrains and environment.

03 Story of Rivers: LI-WU Man Media | Pickled winter melon Artists | LI-WU Man, Joan CHANG, Walking Grass Agriculture We tried to preserve the exclusive flavors and memories of Shezi through preserving food. Guided by a local resident LI-WU Man, we made pickled winter melons, a side dish composed of a common vegetable grown in the Shezi Island. As the exhibition went by, the public were able to observe the winter melons to ferment in the jars. At the end of the exhibition, these jars will be given away as gifts to share the taste and also the stories behind.

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04 Let Us Treat You to a Feast Media | Video 8

Duration | 8min05sec

Artists | LAI Yi-Bo Artist LAI Yi-Bo documented the whole process of Let Us Treat You to a Feast, preserving all the interactions and sharings through images.

05 Sensory Map of Shezidao Media | Print Artists | CHEN Yi Ching -

CHEN Yi Ching s serial printing work Sensory Map of Shezidao was a cognitive map of the creator. She made printings of daily utensils and accessories at home. The images were in reverse of the real objects, which symbolized that sensory perception is not the same as reality.

Facial Threading: Shine with Happiness Artists | SYU Jia-Jhen Artist Syu Jia-Jhen was good at opening up dialogs with the audience or community members through interactions. During the exhibition, JiaJhen established good rapport with the mothers of the neighborhood while doing facial threading for them.

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Opening

On the two-day Opening, the seven groups of artists designed their unique interactive activities for the public to experience their artworks. Besides, they shared their ideas and experiences during art creation for this festival at lunchtime. Education team also organized various educational games based on the artists creative concepts. The fair on the lawn as well as

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many interpreting services added more varieties to this festival. Moreover, Wen-Hsin Chang from Taipei National University of the Arts made her dance debut Toward Heavens - A Dance Piece about Birds and Humans at Guandu Nature Park, transforming the grassy hills into an environmental theater. Through body movements, the dancers illustrated birds of various states: flying, flocking, being lonesome, and trapped in cages showing the choreographer s observations on life.

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Slavek and Matt prepared natural materials like bamboo sticks, leaves, rattans, and seeds as musical instruments, inviting everyone to play these instruments freely. While making sounds, people could listen carefully to feel the interaction of sounds with its environment. Everyone created a morning prayer together with the Alien and offered blessings to all the artworks.

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Matt and Miro invited people to play with clay made from Guandu s local soil and feel its texture and plasticity. After finishing, people could pick a corner they liked at the Shrine to place their creations and decorated them freely with

seeds or leaves. By being in place in the Shrine, every piece of the artwork devoted itself to the integral harmony. 1.

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Tea Party Hsueh-Han Chou and Ming-Chun Chiang from the Bridgehead Art Studio made rice cookies with local rice and tea with Small-leaved Mulberry picked at Guandu Nature Park to go with Matt s clay cups. People were invited to climb up to the top of The Hyper Dimension Natural Fortress and enjoyed the cookies and tea up there as if they were birds, possessing new perspectives and cheering merrily on

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Heart of Wetlands After observing the surroundings of Bo-Sen s artwork, the participants were guided by Bo-Sen to have a meditation by following their breath and feeling the environment with their senses (sound, smell, and touch.) He recited a poem, asked people to feel the leaves by touching them, and finally poured tea into each bamboo cups in front of everyone. Then everybody opened eyes and sipped tea in silence, enjoying this blissful peace bestowed by the world.

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One Year Built with Love Lua took the participants to make their unique, colorful bags with feathers, leaves, silk threads, and ropes. These bags served as a decoration and a material package at the same time. They were hung on the branches for the birds to use for nesting in the 10

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Ship Making Workshop Sugihara and Ayaka showed the adults and kids to make a natural boat with shells and rice glue. While touching these materials with

bare hands and pasting shells together piece by piece, nature also rewarded everyone with comforting effects and surprises.

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Kaling

Dance with Me Kaling from Fengbin Township, Hualien strummed the strings of guitar to play music for the audience to sing together. Everyone held each other s hands and danced around Kaling s artwork, feeling each other s support through overlapping vocals and warm hands.

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God Calendar Workshop Shing-You and Hang-Sheng from the Walking Grass Agriculture applied some fruit images to the dates of gods birthdays on the lunar calendar, and created a special God Calendar. The participants made rubbings excitedly and couldn t wait to hang their calendars on the wall to have the produce and season symbols keep them company in everyday life.

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The staff of the Department of Environmental Education, Guandu Nature Park, designed four types of extension activities for all levels: "Self-Guided Tour" with explanatory materials for selfuse, "Artworks Tour" guided by volunteers, "Nature Art Workshop" for different target groups, "Art Tour" for fully experiencing all the exhibitions of this festival. Through the four approaches, people were able to comprehend the theme of the festival and enjoy the artworks better. Furthermore, the curatorial team invited experts including Icelandic curator and artist Mireya Samper, Managing Director of Bamboo Curtain Studio Iris Hung, and artist Lee Kuei-Chih, Matt Chun, Lua Rivera to have a roundtable meeting to exchange suggestions and map the next-stage future for this art project.

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Guandu Nature Park Office, Wild Bird Society of Taipei

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LAI Yen-Ting, LAI Yen-Ju

Volunteer Coordinator 谁遯遤佟

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JAN Yi-Fen, Fontane LAU, LAI Yen-Ju

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WU Chin-Ling, WANG Jou-Chien

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WANG Jou-Chien, Odin WANG, JAN Yi-Fen, TU Hsiu-Liang, LI Chia-Yu, LIN Jia-He, CHEN Si-Yu, CHEN Ying-Ting, Arthur CHEN, CHEN Han-Sheng, CHEN Jun-Hung, Sean GAU, TANG Xing-Xing, SUN Lin-Lin, HSU Szu-Ting,CHANG Hsiao-Ling, Kelvin KANG, CHENG Chin-Hen, CHENG Chen-Yuan, Lucas LIU, LAI Yen-Ju, LAI Yen-Ting, Winnie YEN 鏤鎙

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