Memories Album

Very few tourists come to the quiet little village of Linjiao and the younger generation is seriously diminished. In the process of visiting the village, we found that the ageing rate greatly exceeded our expectations. Once a village lacks a young population, it will lose a certain vitality. During our visit, however, we found that there were many beautiful secrets there. The village leader sang a song and the lyrics talked of ten attractive spots and stories, which brought a lot of emotion. More people need to experience the beauty of the village. The scenery here can become a memory that makes the elders proud and the village can regain its vitality and continue to develop a charming culture.

Collaborator: Xin-ruo Zheng

Location: Lingjiao, Taiwan

Supervisor: Qi-ting Lou

Project Annual / Level: 2017, BLA

Design Competition Work

Design Concept

With continuously ageing society, more elderly people living alone has become a social problem that cannot be ignored. We plan to create a novel art installation with tradition relating to a lonely old man who cares for Lingjiao, to make the elderly feel warm and arouse the nostalgia of young people at the same time.

Through ten different photo frames, with the well-known songs of Lingjiao, ten different expressions of ten memories are presented in the frames.

From above, the ten sets of photo frames are arranged in Chinese characters, which means missing and each photo frame is the memory of old people. This evokes the old man's thoughts on the glory period of ancient Linjiao, but also evokes homesickness in the younger generation who inherit their love for Linjiao.

Real Construction