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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.

Working on site in Taoyuan, the artist develops a mobile structure that functions simultaneously as a museum and a field station. As it moves 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)
  • NoteProject Management: Yu-Lan Wang (Arashi), We Createtw; Technical Collaboration: Yu-Zhen Fan Jiang, Chih-Hsuan Lin
Yu-Chen Wang
Artist

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.

  • Artwork LocationArtwork Location In front of Xucuogang Lookout