左鎮鎮立龜㷋臺階鬥劇場與五位農鬥士
Zuozhen Municipal Guitan Terraced Arena and Five Farm Fighters
陳瑋軒CHEN Wei-hsuan
作品簡介
左鎮聚落常依曲流沖積劇場臺階而建，我也想在臺階型的燒坑中野燒作品。聚落周遭農地中作物死鬥不休，五位農鬥士各據一方：一對持疏果竿者，任意裁決作物去留、生死榮枯；一對持藥帶的農鬥士，分配肥料與農藥；劇場最高處佇立著披大冠鷲罩衫、手持飲品的農鬥士，待氣溫升高、大冠鷲啼叫時，便以此聲決定眾人的休息時程。
件目
- 左鎮鎮立龜㷋臺階鬥劇場
- 導藥管農鬥士右右
- 藥導管農鬥士左左
- 農具農鬥士矮子
- 農具農鬥士漏咖仔
- 農場時間管理大冠鷲
關於藝術家
一個赤腳、光頭的土人，曾是社區營造工作者、電影美術製作。以高度勞動的方式製陶，將土地萬物、從前務農的快樂與哀愁、做工的志氣、對社會時事、土地正義等的看法與省思，轉換成富野性與諷刺意味的陶作。
English
Zuozhen Municipal Guitan Terraced Arena and Five Farm Fighters
CHEN Wei-hsuan
- Zuozhen Municipal Guitan Terraced Arena
- Zuozhen Municipal Guitan Terraced Arena
- Pesticide-Dosing Tube Farm Fighter: Lefty-Left
- Farm Tool Farm Fighter: Shorty
- Farm Tool Farm Fighter: Long-Legged
- Farm Time Management Crested Serpent Eagle
About the Work
"I kept asking myself: what should a wood-firing pit look like in Zuozhen? Tucked into the low-elevation hills, Zuozhen's scattered settlements often rest on alluvial terrace steps along the outer banks of river meanders. As people developed villages and farmland across these stepped terraces, I wanted to expand my outdoor firing works within a terrace-arena pit. Beneath agricultural plastic sheeting lies a combat arena—I've always felt that farmland hosts staged gladiatorial performances. So I placed five 'farm fighters' around the Zuozhen Municipal Guitan Terraced Arena. A pair of fighters holding fruit-thinning poles decide at will which fruit becomes a precious gem and which falls as fertilizer. Another pair holding chemical spray hoses determine whether the tank holds fertilizer or pesticide, deciding life and death with the point of a finger. Standing on a higher terrace is a fighter draped in a Crested Serpent Eagle cloak, holding coffee milk, pain relievers, sour plum, arrowroot, and mineral water. When the eagle calls, it signals that the sun is hot enough to take a break, acting as a higher entity that dictates the schedule of labor. Yet the arena and its fighters continuously ask: above these terraces, is there an even higher terrace waiting?"
About the Artist
A barefoot, clay-dusted craftsman who previously worked in community building and film art direction. Creating ceramics through intense physical labor, he translates the living earth, the joy and sorrow of farm labor, the pride of craftsmanship, and reflections on social justice into raw, satirical ceramic sculptures.