June 19 – 23, 2019
2019년 6월 19일 – 6월 23일
M Gallery, CICA Museum
Peripheral Sites
By observing the struggles between modern industrialization and ecological preservation in Asia-Pacific countries, my work reflects the fragility of human existence and living conditions. Apart from questioning of the impacts to our living because of the deteriorating environment, I investigate the retaining walls along the north coast of Taiwan with an attempt to provoke multifarious discussions on issues regarding the exploitation of nature due to cultural and political reasons.
Global warming exacerbates in recent years. Increasing temperature results in polar ice retreating and recurring heavy rain falls. Accelerating extreme weather impacts every area of the earth. Taiwan, a mountainous subtropical island, holds only a quarter of the total area as plains. Hillsides are often turned into drive ways, residential areas and vegetable and fruit farms due to economic pressure. Cascading retaining walls built by the hillside during the developing barely support fragmented land and often fail to restrain the washing from sudden heavy rain. Retaining walls became a symbol of examining the border of the nature and artificial construction. Therefore, I choose retaining walls as the focus to illustrate the fragility of the balance between the nature and the human being, as well as to echo the diminishing biodiversity at the time of ever rebuilt ecosystems.
