Flowing Shoreline
Yu-Chen Wang
This project continues Yu-Chen Wang’s ongoing research into wetlandscapes, focusing on the counterpoint between the peatlands of England and the mangrove forests of Taiwan. Through archival research, fieldwork, and cross-disciplinary exchange, it explores the interplay between the ‘hyper-local’ and the ‘global’ within the context of climate change, shifting away from anthropocentric perspectives towards the interconnected coexistence of all living things.
In collaboration with the Department of Architecture at Ming Chuan University, the artist develops a mobile installation that functions as both a museum and a field station. Moving between Xucuogang Wetlands and the Xinwu River estuary, the installation engages with climatic and landscape conditions. The site-specific work extends to ephemeral elements such as wind, rain, and sunlight, adopting an environmental practice of ‘borrowing’ natural materials and ‘returning’ them to their original sites after the exhibition.
Through a series of public programmes, the space is transformed into a dynamic site of social gathering. As the work evolves through movement and relocation, it creates an experiential environment for audiences. Ultimately, the interactions between landscape, participants, and actions will inform a new film work for future international exhibitions, bringing local experience into a broader global context.
- Artwork No.W06
- Dimensions7.5 x 3 × 4 (m)
- NoteCo-creation Partner:Project Management: Yu-Lan Wang (Arashi), We Createtw; Technical Collaboration: Department of Architecture, Ming Chuan University (Po-Ching Chou, Lu Dong You, Hsieh Bing-Yo)
Yu-Chen Wang
Yu-Chen Wang’s creative practice is rooted in personal experience and often draws on international artist residencies as starting points for fieldwork. Through site-specific research and interdisciplinary collaboration, she explores ecological and technological themes from an artistic perspective, as well as human–environment relations. Her work has been exhibited at ArtScience Museum (Singapore, 2025), CERN Science Gateway (Geneva, 2025), Tate Modern (London, 2024), Le lieu unique (Nantes, 2022), MoCA Taipei (2020), Kumu Art Museum (Tallinn, 2020), National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (Taichung, 2020), iMAL (Brussels, 2020), Science Gallery London (2019), and CCCB (Barcelona, 2019). She has held residencies at the Decolonising Arts Institute, University of the Arts London (2023–24), Taipei Artist Village (2019–20), Seoul Museum of Art (2017), and Science and Industry Museum (Manchester, 2015). In 2018, she received an Honorary Mention for the Collide International Award, Arts at CERN.
- 作品點位許厝港觀景台前(7/4 - 8/2), 新屋溪口紅樹林區木棧道前 (8/3 - 8/30 視天氣狀況調整)