植物眼中的台北

PLANT'S-EYE VIEWS OF TAIPEI

《植物眼中的台北》是2018台北双年展中的一个装置作品,其素材源自2018年夏季于台北市举办的国际工作坊。在两位参展人以及数位生态学家与摄影专家的指导下,来自亚太地区不同国家的大学生在工作坊中分别将自己想象为一种特定的植物。通过研究植物的生理机能,学员们可以更好地了解这些植物的生理特征、生命历程,以及环境适应性。通过"化身"为植物,他们可以从崭新的视角观察台北市—一个由植物群落和人类社区共同塑造的城市。该装置最终在台北市立美术馆展出,包括支架、示意图,以及相关影像成果。这一作品旨在探索从植物视角观察城市的不同方式,并传达植物"拟人化"、城市结构"植物化",以及"向光性"的概念。

The installation of'Plant’s-Eye Views of Taipei'is the result of an international workshop that took place in Taipei in summer 2018,organized as part of the 2018 Taipei Biennial.Under the direction of two participating artists,and with the help from ecologists and videographers,university students from the Asia-Pacific region each imagined themselves as a particular plant.Students began by examining the physiology of selected plants to better understand their characteristics and life histories,as well as their adaptive features and ecosystem behaviors.In viewing themselves as plants,students were able to see Taipei through a new lens as a place coproduced by the city’s urban flora and human communities.The installation including scaffolds,sketches,and films was exhibited at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum to explore different ways through which plants view the city,as well as notions of anthropomorphism,phytomorphism,and phototropism.