Urban Acquisition and Exchange Program-City Building｜城市採集交換計畫—造城
gacha machine, The soil next to the Guanyinshan Cemetery in Bali, American loess, pottery tools, Image output on paper.
Dimensions variable, New Taipei Gallery, Photo by Wang Jhong-Ping, Taiwan 2022.
扭蛋機、八里觀音山公墓旁的土（經素燒）、美國黃土、陶藝工具、影像輸出於紙，尺寸依場地（新板藝廊），王仲平攝影，臺灣，2022。
This project involves collecting soil from a cemetery near Guanyin Mountain and shaping it into clay sculptures. These sculptures are then fired, similar to the paper offerings burned for the deceased or the accompanying burial objects used in rituals. It represents the artist's desire and imagination of the underworld city. Through the exchange format of capsule toys, the audience is invited to knead and create elements, objects, structures, and more that they believe an ideal city should possess, from the perspective of the living, within the circular space that serves as both an exhibition platform and a workstation. By using the "city" as the unit and through the ritual of exchange, the project aims to reflect the intersection between the two realms.Perhaps these needs will eventually turn into a pile of dust.
本計畫透過採集觀音山一處公墓旁的土作為材料，揉捏成形並素燒後的土坯，如同燒給亡者的紙紮、或祭祀用的陪葬品，是一種藝術家對於冥界之城的需求與想像，藉由扭蛋的交換形式，邀請觀眾以生者的角度，在既是展台與工作台的圓形範圍中，揉出自身對於理想城市所需要具備的元素、物件、結構等，並以「城」為單位，透過交換的儀式，藉此折射出兩端的交界之處。或許這些需求終將化為一片塵土…