Reading, a Bridge (for Eslite)
2019
Reading, a Bridge
size | 15.6 * 7.3 * 3.4 m
material I Japanese Cedar Wood, Cotton rope, recycled paper
Taiwanese artist Cheng Tsung FENG always focuses on traditional handcrafted culture. For the large-scale installation art for Eslite Bookstore 30th Anniversary, his subject is “Chinese Stitched Binding”, which is a kind of book binding method with a long history.
When the idea becomes text, the text falls on the paper, the paper is bundled through the rope, and it finally assembles together as a book. FENG transforms this binding craft from a plane into a three-dimensional unit like a tile (more than 1500 pieces), then he combines the store's escalator to create a transitional space just like a bridge and a tunnel.
The movement of the escalator is like a book is turning pages. When people set foot on it and they will keep moving, reading is the similar concept. When people open a book and start reading, their spirit and consciousness is moving and no longer staying.
Reading is like a bridge that allows us to travel through the past and the future, through reality and fiction, between different identities and to everywhere of the world.
2019 | Eslite Bookstore | Xinyi |Taipei
Eslite Bookstore is the largest retail bookstore chains in Taiwan. Eslite was established in 1989, with a focus and emphasis on art and humanities-related books. Since then, the company has expanded and set up more shops and increased its range of titles on offer. Eslite Bookstore was the first to set up a 24-hour bookstore in Taiwan at its Dunhua store, attracting night-time readers.
organizer | The Eslite Corporation
brand curation hub | Shu Ching HSIEH, Nick WU, Asta LEE
space consultant | I Ju HUANG
artist | Cheng Tsung FENG
project designer | Wei Chun LIN, Chi Yun CHEN
wooden structure | umu Manufacture & Research(Chien Tung CHEN, Zhong Yi HUANG, Chang Feng LI, Jian Wei YAN, Yu Cheng SHEN)
lighting design | Oude Light(Chien Kuo HO, Hao Wei LIN, Yi Chang CHEN)
project assistant | Wei Zhe HUANG, Cheng Wei CHANG, Zhe Wei ZHANG, Fei Mu WU
electric engineering | Wei WANG Hydropower Engineering
video editor | Chieh Wei Cho
music | Jun Hak LEE
2019
讀橋
尺寸 | 15.6 * 7.3 * 3.4 m
材質 I 棉繩、再生紙、台灣國產材柳杉
藝術家范承宗的創作都與傳統手工文化有關，這次為誠品書店三十周年信義藝術計畫所創作的裝置作品，他所關注的題材是中式線裝，一種具有悠久歷史的手工書籍裝幀方法。
當意識成為文字，當文字落於紙張，紙張被繩線穿孔綑綁，便終於集結成書冊，他將這項裝幀技術自平面變形，成為超過1500本瓦片般的立體單元，並結合店內的手扶梯，創造一座如橋樑又如隧道的過渡空間。手扶梯的運轉動作就像書在翻頁，人一但踏上去便不停移動，閱讀也是如此，當我們翻開書本開始閱讀，我們的精神與意識便開始移動而不再停留。
閱讀如橋，名為閱讀的橋能帶我們穿越古今中外，抵達四面八方。
2019 | 誠品書店 | 誠品信義 | 台北
誠品書店成立於1989年，為台灣最大的連鎖書店品牌，初期以販售藝術人文方面的書籍為主，之後轉型為綜合性書店，同時結合商場經營，旗下事業涵蓋百貨零售業、文化藝術、旅館與不動產經營等。2004年時代雜誌評選為亞洲最佳書店，2015年CNN評選為全球最酷書店。
主辦單位｜誠品股份有限公司
品牌策展｜謝淑卿、吳承軒、李苓禎
空間顧問｜黃怡儒
藝術家｜范承宗
專案設計｜林瑋群、陳琦顒
實木構造｜與木製研（陳建同、黃忠毅、李長峰、顏健綋、沈祐誠）
照明設計｜偶得燈光（何建國、林皓偉、陳怡彰）
專案助理｜黃煒哲、張丞洧、張哲瑋、吳非牧
電力工程｜王維水電冷氣工程行
影像剪輯｜卓桀緯
音樂｜李俊昊