Straw in
the wind


稻浪隨風


(2016)
"Straw in the wind" new media art installation response to one of the event of Taiwan Month in Hong Kong "Dining Project in Straw Field", it extends the care of landscape, food and dining. Through the kinetic installation arts, combining with technology, humanity and social concern, showing to Hong Kong how Taiwanese consider and treat their land as well as how they concern the community and society with various kind of self-initiated activities .
By using the concept of the wind from Taitung to Hong Kong, it captures the real time data of wind speed and direction of Taitung, and transmit to the kinetic sculpture located in Hong Kong over the internet, and the kinetic movement feedback and react to the wind data.

It borrows the real time data of the wind: wind speed and direction provided by Central Weather Bureau of Taiwan, and the data from four areas of Taitung: Taitung, Cheng Kung, Lanyu and Dawu. And the set of captured real time data will then be transformed into kinetic movement of the installation in Hong Kong, the stronger the wind, the bigger the kinetic movement ; the direction of the wind, the movement direction of the installation. The movement of straw represents the wind from Taitung to Hong Kong over Pacific Ocean, it's a metaphor of bringing the beauty of Taiwan to Hong Kong by the event of Taiwan Month.

*the straw paper of this installation is a hand-crafted straw paper provided by a long-history paper manufacturer "GuangChong Paper" located at Nantou of Taiwan.
*source of wind data: Open data platform, Central Weather Bureau of Taiwan

Time and Venue:
14-31 Oct 2016 Eslite Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
14 Oct - 30 Nov 2016 Eslite Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
“稻浪隨風”裝置作品的創作呼應本次香港台灣月活動之一”稻田裡的餐桌計畫”,延伸來自於對土地、食物與飲食的關懷,藉由新媒體藝術的機械裝置,結合科技、人文與社會關懷,讓香港市民能感受及理解台灣對於土地的認識以及各種社會與自主運動的內容。
作品以台東的風吹向香港的概念呈現,即時擷取來自台東當地的風向與風速數據,透過網路傳送到香港展場的稻草機械裝置作品,影響稻草機械裝置的運動方式,稻浪運動象徵來自台東的太平洋之風的自然吹拂至香港,如同台灣月的活動將台灣的美好傳遞到香港。
“裝置借用了台灣中央氣象局的實時風速及風向數據,當中分別來自四個台東的地區:臺東、成功、蘭嶼和大武。這些擷取了的實時數據轉換成在香港的機械雕塑的動態:風速愈高,裝置的動態更快;裝置的動態方向也是來自台東地區的風向。

*本裝置所用稻草紙為台灣南投埔里老字號紙廠「廣興紙寮」的手工抄製楮皮稻草紙。
*風向資料來源: 交通部中央氣象局開放資料平臺

展覽時間與地點:
14 - 31 Oct 誠品銅鑼灣店 誠品香港
14 Oct - 30 Nov 誠品尖沙咀店
Supported by
Taipei Economic And Cultural Office, Taiwan-Hong Kong Economic and Cultural Co-operation Council

Organizer
Kwang Hwa Information and Culture Centre

Key Sponsor
UA Finance

Airline
EVA Air

Artwork
Dimension Plus

Creative Director
Escher Tsai, Keith Lam

Kinetic Control Programming
Seth Hon

Mechanical Design
Darry Dai, Jerry Jiao, Mori Lin

Data Retrive Programming
Chen Lanli

Handcrafted-Straw Design
Yinnu Chen

Graphic Design
Jerry Luk (innoise)

Copywriting
Zhang Shi Feng

Handcrafted-Straw Production
Escher Tsai , Jessie Huang, Yinnu Chen, Yu Ying , Tsai Dai Jhen , Li Jia Sin , Yeh Ling Jhih , Jhang Zong Wun , Ding Yu Jia , Lyu Shao Yi , Li Mong Yu , Li Rong Yu , Li Siang Yu , Chen Min Chi , Mu Zih Siang , Lin Yu Syuan , Lin Sin Jing , Lin Sih Ting , Ke Jia Chang , Hu Jhe Hao , Sun Yu Syuan , Chin Mian , Jhang Kai Fu , Jhang Sin Ting , Syu Yi Jhen , Syu Jhe Hao , Guo Yan Fang , Chen Wun Yi , Chen You Cheng , Chen Yi Jieh , Chen Hong Jyun , Huang Pin Jia , Huang Chi Wun , Liao Yi Chen , Tsai Min Li , Deng Jing Jhong , Sieh You Cheng , Sieh Ai Ling , Sieh Yu , Jhong Yi Ting , Jian Li Sin , Su Tsan Yuan
Fabrication of Installation
Keith Lam, Yinnu Chen, Yu Ying, Jerry Jiao, Darry Dai, Mori Lin, Felen Cheng, Nelis Vansia, Boski Chan, Lee Ching Ching
全力支持
台北經濟文化辦事處, 財團法人臺港經濟文化合作策進會

主辦單位
光華新聞文化中心

主力贊助
亞洲聯合財務有限公司

指定航空
長榮航空公司

作品製作
Dimension Plus

作品概念
蔡宏賢、 林欣傑

機械結構設計
招冠良、戴瑞賢、 林樹偉

機械控制程式
韓家俊

數據程式
陳藍立

手作稻草設計
陳盈如

平面與視覺設計
Jerry Luk (innoise)

文字協力
張士峰

手作稻草
蔡宏賢、黃馨慧、陳盈如、俞穎、蔡岱臻、李嘉欣、葉翎芝、張宗文、丁鈺家、呂紹禕、李孟育、李容瑜、李祥裕、沈忞錡、沐子翔、林聿宣、林欣靜、林思婷、柯佳昌、胡哲豪、孫鈺軒、秦勉、張凱福、張馨婷、許宜蓁、許哲豪、郭硯方、陳文意、陳佑承、陳怡潔、陳虹均、黃品嘉、黃綺雯、廖苡辰、蔡旻利、鄧景中、謝佑承、謝愛伶、謝瑜、鍾易廷、簡立昕、蘇粲淵。

機構裝置組裝
蔡宏賢、 林欣傑、陳盈如、俞穎、招冠良、戴瑞賢、林樹偉、Felen Cheng、Nelis Vansia、Boski Chan、Lee Ching Ching