Sailing Castle Hai’an
2024
Sailing Castle Hai’an
size | 8.7 * 6.5 * 6 m
material | wood, canvas, iron
In his Sailing Castle series, artist Cheng Tsung FENG envisions the urban landscape as an archipelago of ships at sea, where clusters of buildings resemble vessels gathered in harbor. Through his sculptural installations, he crystallizes the collective silhouette of cityscapes and evokes the impressions of time, creating a poetic dialogue between architecture and memory.
For this iteration, the Sailing Castle has arrived in Tainan, a city with over four centuries of Han cultural history, docking along the canals of the West Central District. FENG drew inspiration from Tainan’s extensive historical axis, selecting the distinctive outlines of iconic structures such as Fort Zeelandia, Chihkan Tower, Confucius Temple, Nankunshen Daitian Temple, and Anping Kaitai Tianhou Temple. These architectural elements—from temple roofs to fortress walls, from tower columns to decorative gables—are transformed into sails, layered and interwoven from timber to form a complex structure that rises like a fleet of ships frozen in motion. By day, the installation radiates vitality and light; by night, it glows and shimmers, reflecting the historic cityscape in a new, contemporary form. Visitors can walk among the sails, pause on the seating below, feel the wind passing through the structure, and experience the Tainan cityscape as if traveling four hundred years forward in time.
Sailing Castle Hai’an raises wooden sails in staggered arrangements, interpreting the architectural heritage of the city over four centuries. The overlapping sails evoke both the gathering of ships along the waterfront and the simultaneous anticipation of departure and the arrival of returning voyagers.
It is a place of congregation, a shared moment of unity, and a poetic reimagining of collective memory. To ascend the ship, raise the sail, face the wind, and set out toward the open sea is to engage in a journey that is at once outward and inward. In this space, we depart, and we return home—traversing the past and present, the physical and the symbolic, through the rhythm of wind, wood, and sail.
2024 | Street Museum of Art+ | 07/13 - 2025/07/13 | Anping Shipyard historical site | Tainan
organizer｜Urban Development Bureau, Tainan City Government
curator｜UrbanART Studio
artist｜Cheng Tsung FENG
project designers｜Chan-Wei HSU, Kuan-Wei WU, Hung-Lin LIU
structure analysis｜JianQuan Engineering Consultants
wood construction｜weide Interior
metal engineering｜YiChang Laser, Wen-Chin HSU
lighting design｜OuDe Light
lighting engineering｜Beamtec Lighting
canvas engineering｜MeiChiang Advertising, ShengLong Advertising
foundation engineering｜ChiDa Crane, ChaoYi Engineering
photography｜FIXER Photographic Studio
2024
海安帆城
尺寸｜8.7 * 6.5 * 6 m
材質｜木、帆布、鐵
在《帆城》系列作品中，藝術家范承宗將建築聚集而成的城市面貌，與海上船隻船帆聚集的景緻聯想在一起，並透過藝術裝置創作，捕捉基地周遭建築的集合輪廓，凝聚成時代與空間的詩意印象。
他從台南四百年的歷史脈絡中取材，將熱蘭遮城、赤崁樓、孔廟、南鯤鯓代天府、安平開台天后宮等古蹟的屋頂線條、城牆砲台與塔樓柱影，化作一張張白色船帆。透過木材錯落構成，揚起這些不同時空的輪廓，白日展現出迎風破浪的明亮朝氣，入夜後則亮起停泊在港邊的靜謐燈火。人們能夠自由穿梭，也能在駐足在帆下歇息。
《海安帆城》將港邊匯聚眾多船隻、船帆起伏交疊的景致以藝術裝置重現，那既是啟航的瞬間，也是歸航的風景。登上船、揚起帆、迎著風、邁向大海；我們出發，我們回家。
2024 | 街道美術館 | 07/13 - 2025/07/13｜安平造船廠遺址｜台南
主辦單位｜臺南市政府都市發展局
策展執行｜都市藝術工作室 UrbanART Studio
藝術家｜范承宗
專案設計｜許展維、吳冠葳、劉鋐霖
結構分析｜建全工程顧問
木作工程｜唯格室內
金屬工程｜艗錩雷射、許文進
照明設計｜OuDe light 偶得設計
照明工程｜丞逸照明
帆布工程｜美強光廣告、昇龍廣告