2022 Environmental Citizen Art in Action
Yang Fangyi x Lin Junzuo ft. Shenmei Elementary School──
《Planting a Boundary Art Tree》
Every time I visit Keelung, I am drawn in by its magnificent scenery. From the bustling harbor, where land and sea transportation converge, to the station, it's a junction of mountains and sea, where people and vehicles flow in a lively manner.
"Junction": The place where two places meet.
Keelung, a city where urban development coexists with nature, has long linked the convenience of its citizens to the beautiful scenery, both in the past and in the future. This artwork is exhibited in the "Commissioned Shopping District" - one of Taiwan's early bustling commercial areas, where buyers from all over once flocked in abundance to purchase foreign goods. With the reduction of tariffs due to economic openness and the borderless nature of the internet age, the Commissioned Shopping District lost its function as a "junction" connecting domestic and foreign, East and West, leading to many transformations or closures of its silver iron gates. Now standing within the streets of the Commissioned Shopping District, looking around, one is surrounded by a silver world, and the past prosperity can only be imagined, while the future awaits "connection". This reminds me of the importance of "The Bond" in the futuristic world of technology in the movie "Avatar", the poignant moments of connection between the Na'vi people and nature - such as birds or trees. The importance of junctions and connections is even more evident under contemporary development and environmental changes, with a key impact on sustainability.
So let's plant a "art tree" that connects "climate change" and "future sustainability"! We invite Shenmei Elementary School to join in producing "leaves" by recycling plastic wrapping or wrapping around segments of aluminum wire. Guided by environmental teachers and artists, this connects the issues of land development with children's imaginative creativity and execution. At the junction of mountains and sea, let's plant a sustainable tree that connects with the land of the Earth!
2021環境公民藝術行動
楊芳宜 x 林俊作 ft.深美國小 ──種一棵交界藝樹
策劃：基隆市文安社區發展協會
策展：李奇鴻
感謝：簡名辰老師
創作：楊芳宜 x 林俊作
（不廢跨村實驗室 x 鐵絲捲捲）
材質：鋁線、回收塑料等
每次到基隆，都會被壯闊的美景吸引，到了車站也到了海陸交通都熱絡的港邊，是山海的交界，人車匯流絡繹繁華。
「交界」：
兩地相接連的地方。
基隆這個都市發展與自然共存的交界之處，在過去與未來，都連結了市民在美景中的便利生活。此次作品展出在「委託行街區」──台灣早期發展熱絡的商圈之一，為了買外國舶來品，各地的買家曾大量湧入。隨著經濟開放關稅降低，網絡科技時代的無國界，委託行失去它連結國內外、東西方的「交界」功能，紛紛轉型或拉下了銀色鐵門。現在站在委託行的街區內，抬頭或往周邊看，被銀色世界包圍，過去的繁華只能想像，未來正待「連結」。這讓我想到電影《阿凡達Avatar》裡，科技的未來世界中的 The Bond(締結)的重要，這種連結的語言，是電影中納美人與自然──如鳥或樹「連結」的動人時刻。交界連結的重要，在當代發展與環境變遷下，更見永續的關鍵影響。
那我們來種一棵連結「氣候變遷」與「未來永續」的「藝樹」吧！邀請深美國小加入產「葉」的行列，以回收塑料纏繞或包覆一段段鋁線，藉由環境老師與藝術家的引導，連結土地發展的議題和孩子創意的想像與執行力。在山海交界處，種出一棵跟地球土地連結的永續樹！
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