Sherry Wang 汪思廷
Art Residency- Taking place/time/memory
Bamboo Curtain Studio
May 01 - August 31 /2021
The beginning
Taking place/time/memory as the entry point of this village residency, I extended to the multiple relationships interwoven between people, people and plants, plants and places, and people and places. During the process of the residency in Zhuwei, I contacted and interviewed people who know and have a close relationship with local plants. I focus on two aspects of "local production" and "local knowledge" as the basis for development.
During residency: intertwined with plants, people, and places
In addition to the above two projects, I also conducted plant inspections and collections, and the production of plant pigments. Three kinds of plant pigments were made: tallow branches and leaves (outside the Zhuwei studio), sweet potato leaves (planted by Yilin Farm, irrigated by Shumeikeng Creek), and Kandelia (Shumeikeng Creek estuary).
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A. Xenogeneic Species Across Time and Space: Kandelia
Oil paints (Kandelia, Triadica sebifera, sweet potato leaves); Canvas, mirror, watercolor paper, cotton thread
In an online communication with Mr. Jiang He, who has been concerned about natural ecology for a long time, we discussed in- depth the Kandelia and wetland ecology. This led me to explore a British botanic collector Richard Oldham who came to Taiwan in 1864 to collect the "Taiwan Native Kandelia Specimen"; the distinction of Taiwanese Kandelia; and the reintroduction of the reintroduction another species of Kandelia in 1976. I was very interested in such evolution of the existing foreign species of Kandelia in Taiwan, so I developed the work 01. "Xenogeneic Species Across Time and Space: Water Pen".
B.Your Story/His Vegetables/Our 17-year-old“Organic vegetables become a medium, connecting our age 17”The 'Yilin Farm', located in the middle of the Shumeikeng River Basin, trains young people to grow organic vegetables and produce local crops; at the same time, there exist the practices of local knowledge. From planning to bodily practice, from observation, interviews, harvesting, boxing and shipping, I recorded each stage of these actions. I then sent a box of organic vegetables from Yilin's farm to six participants, asked them to make a dish with the vegetables they received, and shared a 17-year-old story with me while cooking in video or voice calls. I developed the work 02. "Your Story/His Vegetables/Our 17-year-old".