Fish Trap House IV Houli

fish trapworkshop

Feb 8

workshop

2020
Fish Trap House IV Houli

size | 6*12*12m
material | Bamboo, Rattan, Stainless steel

Artist Cheng Tsung FENG applies Taiwanese traditional fish traps as the theme of artwork. Invited hundreds of local in Taichung to workshops to learn weaving the art craft of the fish trap. With them hundreds of fish trap was made and hang bamboo sign with their wishes on it. People surround hand by hand unite together. Rewrite the precious art craft which is going to vanish into our memory and body.

Recently, Cheng Tsung FENG was invited to create a lantern in the most fabulous event - Taiwan Lantern Festival. He began a huge collective work plan for this two-week celebration.

During the processing, FENG and his partners drove a truck and went to four farmers' associations in the festival’s location, Taichung. He found out hundreds of inhabitants who didn’t have any experience for basket weaving. FENG taught them how to weave basket with bamboo and shared the story behind the traditional fish traps. They finished over two-hundred basket units and bring these units together in the location. Finally, it became a grand installation art in public.

After the end of the festival, this grand installation art work carefully unpicked and took back to their maker by truck. Each basket unit has their own tag which is written down the wish of maker. These basket weaving item and invisible craft skills will keep Integrate into their lives. This exposure sparks new ideas and possibilities.

Those traditional craft lesson became into their own personal experience. It inspired those inhabitants in farmers' associations to make something new. A number of people said they would make a lampshade, others would make duck cages, and the others would pile up like a Christmas tree with this bamboo basket units.

Cheng Tsung FENG led and teach people making fish trap hand by hand. People reunite together as each unit gathering in site. Expect body experience, there’s no text record to preserve those precious handmade culture. By this collective work plan, FENG write down these craft originate from Taiwan into our memory. Keep those ancient treasure live in our body for eternity.

2020 | Taiwan Lantern Festival in Taichung | 02/08-02/23 | Lishan Hele Area | Houli Flora Park

artist | Cheng Tsung FENG
project designer | Yu Cheng SHEN, David HSU, Si Ray CHEN
structure advisor | Yumu Manufacture & Research (Chien Tung CHEN)
lighting design | Oude Light (Yi Zhang CHEN, Jian Guo HE)
co-working partner | Farmers' association of Taichung, Farmers' association of Waipu, Farmers' association of Taiping, Farmers' association of Qinshui
photographer | Yi-Hsien LEE (YHLAA)

2020
筌屋IV 后里

尺寸 | 6*12*12m
材質 | 竹、藤、不鏽鋼、鋼索

范承宗是專注於傳統手工文化研究的台灣藝術家，他到各地拜訪老師傅學習逐漸消失的傳統手工藝，透過到各地創作裝置藝術作品，將這些古老的故事以新的樣貌和方式向人們再說一次。其中以台灣傳統捕魚工具「魚筌」為題的系列創作計劃，不斷在各地持續進行著。

近期他受邀到台灣最盛大的節慶活動之一「台灣燈會」進行創作，他在台中發起一個群眾共同創作的計劃，為這個為期兩星期的慶典製作了一件巨大的臨時裝置作品。

在過程中，他和工作室的夥伴們開著一台小貨車，前往基地所在的台中市拜訪四個地方農會組織，在那裡邀請了上百位沒有經驗的當地居民，以工作坊的方式和人們分享魚筌的故事和傳授編織的方法，他們一起協力製作出超過兩百個單元體，這些單元體被帶到慶典活動的現場組合在一起，成為巨大的公共空間裝置藝術。

每一個單元體上都掛有一塊竹吊牌，製作者在上頭寫下他們的名字和心願，在慶典結束後，這件集結眾人力量共同完成的作品被細心拆解，范再開著貨車將每個單元送還給製作者，這些有形的編織作品和無形的手工技藝，將在人們的生活裡發生影響，產生各種可能。人們在工作坊時就討論著要把它做成燈罩，或是用來作為養雞鴨的籠子，還有幾個人說要把它們的作品堆疊在一起，成為今年的聖誕樹佈置等各式各樣的東西，傳統手藝的經驗使他們產生許多創意。

范帶著群眾們一起親手學習魚筌的製作方式，一個個單元在現場聚集，就像人們團聚在一起，傳統手工是沒有文本只能用身體經驗來保存的文化，他們透過這次群眾創作的計劃一起將源於台灣卻逐漸消逝的珍貴手藝，再一次寫進生活、記憶和身體中，保留下來不被忘記。

2020 | 台灣燈會在台中 | 02/08-02/23 | 里山和樂燈區 | 后里花博園區

指導單位｜交通部
主辦單位｜台中市政府
執行單位｜台中市政府農業局
統籌單位｜賴羽鉉（定泳文創）
專案經理｜張琬婷、黃家禎
策展人｜蘇民（群眾自造）
藝術總監｜張哲嘉
執行總監｜簡家旗（幸福果食）
專案顧問｜張維真
視覺設計｜廖育萱
影像剪輯｜純念映像
行銷公關｜周宥妤
策展助理｜謝明佑、吳宣萱

藝術家｜范承宗
專案設計｜沈祐誠、陳思睿、許展維
構築顧問｜與木製研（陳建同）
照明設計｜偶得設計（陳怡彰、楊雁妤、林皓偉、林放勲、何建國）
攝影｜李易暹
協力共創｜外埔農會、清水農會、台中地區農會、太平農會

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