Nanxi · Zhaoxing & Mizhi
2 artworks・2 spots
NX-1照興社區活動中心
Countryside Journal Editorial Office: Zhaoxing Branch
Hana Keliw x CHEN Ke-ting x Southern Winds Studio
哈拿．葛琉×陳科廷×透南風工作室
The Countryside Journal Editorial Office arrives in Zhaoxing along the Zeng-wen River to reopen local historical chapters. In 1980, the film Love of Zeng-wen River captured Yongxing Suspension Bridge, the river, and village life. Over forty years later, residents and artists continue writing Zhaoxing's story using plants, scents, and fabrics. Afternoon downpours, sunlight, humidity, and leaf moisture unexpectedly alter botanical eco-printing, creating unpredictable shifting hues and contours. From historical film reels to present-day co-creation, the Zhaoxing Branch gathers more than plants, editing a local journal forged by people, water, weather, and the earth.
About the Artist
An Amis artist from the Atolan tribe in Taitung, Hana extends her reflections on tribal culture, ecology, and human contexts through embroidery and textile crafts. Since her 2001 patchwork mural Totems in Memory commissioned by the Taitung National Taxation Bureau, she has created art for over two decades. In recent years, she has dedicated herself to passing down fiber crafts such as crocheting, weaving, and embroidery, bringing tribal women together to share stories and handcrafts as part of daily life. This nurturing space heals minds while supplementing household incomes, a beautiful cultural economy known as Atolan Weavers, embodying the dream of tribal sisterhood, the Amis lifestyle.
Holding a Master’s degree in Plant Pathology from National Chung Hsing University, Chen Ke-ting worked on agricultural and horticultural projects in diplomatic partner nations and researched Austronesian traditional ecological knowledge. Currently the director of the Collectors CoSpace, he uses “collecting” to reconnect people, plants, and the land based on ecological observations. By bridging generations to preserve local stories, he develops cross-disciplinary art, food, and local studies courses, rebuilding intimate human-nature interactions to practice sustainable co-existence.
Founded in 2011 and rooted in Southern Taiwan, Southern Winds Studio collaborates closely with local communities over the long term. In recent years, its focus has centered on curation, music-based public welfare, educational outreach, and local neighborhood actions in settlements. Through fieldwork, companionship, dialogue, and co-creation, the studio establishes intersubjective partnerships with local places, allowing culture to become a binding force connecting people and land.
NX-2果農之家
Countryside Journal Editorial Office: Mizhi Branch
Hana Keliw x CHEN Ke-ting x Southern Winds Studio
哈拿．葛琉×陳科廷×透南風工作室
The Countryside Journal Editorial Office arrives in Mizhi, inviting residents to become scent gatherers and compile a local foothill journal through plants, scents, and bodily perceptions. Gathering flora and identifying scents around the Fruit Farmer's Home, conversations reopen living memories of orchard labor, daily life, and ties to the land. Scents are sealed in bottles, while plants leave vibrant textures on fabric through eco-printing. Sunlight, rain, plants, and human hands join together to gather, translate, and re-edit local memories into an ongoing Mizhi chapter.
About the Artist
An Amis artist from the Atolan tribe in Taitung, Hana extends her reflections on tribal culture, ecology, and human contexts through embroidery and textile crafts. Since her 2001 patchwork mural Totems in Memory commissioned by the Taitung National Taxation Bureau, she has created art for over two decades. In recent years, she has dedicated herself to passing down fiber crafts such as crocheting, weaving, and embroidery, bringing tribal women together to share stories and handcrafts as part of daily life. This nurturing space heals minds while supplementing household incomes, a beautiful cultural economy known as Atolan Weavers, embodying the dream of tribal sisterhood, the Amis lifestyle.
Holding a Master’s degree in Plant Pathology from National Chung Hsing University, Chen Ke-ting worked on agricultural and horticultural projects in diplomatic partner nations and researched Austronesian traditional ecological knowledge. Currently the director of the Collectors CoSpace, he uses “collecting” to reconnect people, plants, and the land based on ecological observations. By bridging generations to preserve local stories, he develops cross-disciplinary art, food, and local studies courses, rebuilding intimate human-nature interactions to practice sustainable co-existence.
Founded in 2011 and rooted in Southern Taiwan, Southern Winds Studio collaborates closely with local communities over the long term. In recent years, its focus has centered on curation, music-based public welfare, educational outreach, and local neighborhood actions in settlements. Through fieldwork, companionship, dialogue, and co-creation, the studio establishes intersubjective partnerships with local places, allowing culture to become a binding force connecting people and land.
2026.9.5 – 12.6 | Tainan
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