Canal Story
2018
Canal Story
How land and water transform into the canal.
From the wisdom of our ancestors, we construct the canal by adapting it to its ecology
The canal acts as a lifeline that extends from the center of the island of Taiwan to its surrounding plains. Land and water create the canal, which presents a bridge connecting humans and the river.
In this area of exhibition, we wove, by hand, a roof made of rice straw that provides shelter from the wind and rain. Rice from these straws has been designed to descend from the ceiling. This demonstrates the story of how our ancestors used their wisdom to create the canal from Earth – by borrowing water from land, they were able to provide their people with ample food and clothing. The construction of the canal adapts to its ecology by retrieving water from, while returning water back to, the DaJia River. This allows us to see how humanity and nature can coexist in harmony.
2018 | Taichung World Flora Exposition | 11/04-04/24 | Discovery Pavilion
adviser|Taichung City Government
organizer|Education Bureau of Taichung City Government
executor|Cogitoimage International Co., Ltd.
curating supervisor|Kuang Min CHANG
project PI|Yong Ming KIU, Cheng Lu TSAI
discovery pavillion Designer|Fu Lin HSIN、Hsiao Yi CHEN
curator|Chneg Tsung FENG, Pei Shan LIAO
project designer|Wei Chun LIN, Chi Yung CHEN, Yuan Chen CHANG
prohect manager|Hsu Tong MAO, Yun Tzu LIU, Li He CHIN
emgineer manager|Yu Ming CHAO
multimedia manager|Yong Ting WANG
graphic design|Yu Chuan CHANG, Ya Wen CHANG
illustration design|Chien Chun LONG
music design|Giong LIM
architecture|Tien Yi PAN
landscape architecture|Environmental Arts Desogn
lighting design|IJL Lighting Design
multi media system|Arts Tech Design Co., Ltd.
video producer|Chun Mu Studio
event promotion & exhibition operation|Future Action Planning and Design Association
model making|Hsu Wan LIU, Su Ling HSI, Duo Long CHEN
copywrite translator|Yuan Sheng CHANG, Sheng Ching HUANG, , Andrew Ellis, Sara Ellis, Yi Wen WANG, De Le PAO, Yi Min HU
culture supervisor|Ching Sheng HUANG
co-organizer|Cultural Affairs Bureau Taichung City Government
special thanks to|Chang Kun WU, Pei Hsuan LAI, The Gomach Cultural Promotion Association, Chang Long LIU, Pai Leng Zun Community Association, Taiwan Yuan-Li Handiwork Association, Miaw Mann CHEN, Kang Liang YOU
2018
土川之圳
圳,土與川,是人與溪河共處的橋樑。人以土造圳,向天地借水耕作與生活,有了自然慷慨的滋養,人才得以在這片土地豐衣足食,生生不息。
流過風土民俗,流過歷史時光,流過人情物意,透過幾座向大甲溪借水的圳,我們乘著水,流過那些親水而居的臺中故事。
我們在臺中花博發現館裡做了一個關於水圳的展覽,這次和一位人類學背景的夥伴廖珮珊合作。在初期田野調查的階段,我們先是從臺中的大甲溪開始看起,好奇著大甲溪的水從何而來,又都流向何處?接著拜訪了幾位文史工作者和地方社團,借他們的經驗引路,一起沿大甲溪走,跟著水流經過幾座人造的水圳,流向臺中各方。水圳在其中扮演的角色,格外吸引我們。
不得不佩服古人造字的智慧,人以「土」和「川」造出「圳」字,圳正是人透過世代累積出的智慧,向自然借水的一種方法。借來的水,被引入田間,灌溉出富饒的物產,被引入家戶,洗去一日的辛勞,跟著圳走,沒想到能見到不少有趣的事,有民間傳說、科普知識、歷史故事、古老智慧和已不復存在的手工產業等等,從這些迷人的故事裡,經過授權、採集和呈現的重重關卡後,選出一些最打動我們的。
我們試著以人、圳、溪河間的關係來發展展場設計,人向天借水種稻(稻從天上朝向地上),採收後織成遮風避雨的頂(雙手投入大量人力),成熟的白米從上灑落,承載著天賜的水文故事(以碾米廠淘汰的白米做成展櫃)。
2018 | 臺中世界花卉博覽會|11/04-04/24 |花博發現館
指導單位|臺中市政府
主辦單位|臺中市政府教育局
執行單位|卡爾吉特國際股份有限公司
策展顧問|張光民
計畫主持人|劉永明、蔡正祿
發現館總體設計|邢福麟、陳攸宜
策展人|范承宗、廖珮珊
專案設計|林瑋群、陳琦顒、張媛珍
專案管理|毛樹棟、劉韻慈、秦立和
工程統籌|趙裕銘
多媒體統籌規劃|王永廷
平面設計|張羽鵑、張雅雯
插畫設計|龍建均
音樂設計統籌|林強
建築設計|潘天壹
景觀設計|環藝工程顧問
照明設計|羅伊真照明設計
多媒體系統整合|澳德設計
影像製作|春沐國際
活動行銷與展館營運|旋之恆管理顧問
模型製作|劉淑婉、石素鈴、陳多龍
文案翻譯|張圓笙、黃盛璟、Andrew Ellis、Sara Ellis、王怡文、包德樂、胡怡敏
在地文史顧問|黃慶聲
協力單位|臺中市政府文化局
特別感謝|吳長錕、賴萱珮、牛罵頭文化協進會、劉昌隆、白冷圳社區總體營造促進會、臺灣藺草學會、陳妙曼、尤慷良