TAIPEI PAPER FACTORY 2019
Taipei Paper Factoary 2019,
2019,
paper, 551 x 442 x 458 cm, Taipei Paper Factoary
台北紙廠2019, 2019, 紙, 551 x 442 x 458 cm, 台北紙廠
This artwork is a site-specific installation located at Taipei Paper Factory. This old factory was partly abandoned since 1999. Most structures remained until 2019. The artwork takes place at the only void in this factory connects the first floor to ground floor. Paper is the only material here. Twisted paper strip weaving on the rectangle railing became a huge net. In the centre is a round hole. Paper ropes hang down from this hole until ground floor created a cylinder. This cylindrical shape was inspired by the huge concrete cylindrical sinks in the factory. Besides, the net on the top is inspired by paper fiber. In this artwork, paper ropes gradually turn into paper strips when it reaches the ground floor as a metaphor for paper making.
A total of 1500-meter rope was used in this artwork, about 1000-meter rope for the horizontal weaving, and 500-meter rope hanging down from the center. From the 42 note points (not including corners) in three different high on the railing, all the ropes crossing and interfering with each other, created a denser and irregular net.
This artwork is a response to the space and history of this old factory. And it was demolished when the factory started renovation.
｢台北紙廠2019｣是一件場域特定裝置藝術，位在一座自1999年來即停止運作的造紙工廠。在此作品創作時工廠內大部分空間都保留了原始結構。這件作品位在工廠內唯一的挑空，貫穿連接一樓與二樓。紙製的繩子在二樓的護欄間穿梭來去編織成一張巨大的網，在網的中央有一個圓形的空洞，無數條紙繩從中垂蕩而下直至一樓，形成一個圓柱體。這個圓柱體是參考工廠內巨大的圓柱狀水槽而來，而上方的網的概念則是源自紙張內的纖維。作品中，紙繩在垂下的過程中緩慢攤開顯出完整的紙片象徵者紙張的生產。
這件作品大約耗費了1500公尺長的紙繩。1000公尺用在了網狀的水平面，500公尺用在了72條垂下來的繩子。以欄杆在三個不同水平面上的42個節點(不含角落)為起始點，眾多的繩子互相穿越、相交，使得整件作品更加密集且不規則。
