千年人參計畫Millennium Ginseng Project
- 複合媒材裝置
- 尺寸因空間而定
- 2019年
- Mixed Media Installation
- Dimensions Variable
- 2019
作品介紹
《千年人參計畫》共分成三個子計畫，分別是《極限溫室》、《月球人參》與《時光機農場》。人參多生長於艱困的自然環境，型態類似人的形象，在傳統中醫藥中人參的功效可以補精氣；而大部分的人相信野生人參的效果比在農場培養出的人參更好，但也相對造成許多生態保育的問題。《千年人參計畫》就是試圖提出新的未來情境，藉由虛擬的科幻想像去勾勒出雙贏的解法，並帶領觀眾理解如何透過科學與藝術的合作去創造一個未來中醫文化，它不但可以保護瀕臨絕種的植物，同時又可以延續傳統中醫藥文化的精神。此創作計畫透過結合科學理論與傳說神話的混種，提出了一個具有亞洲未來主義觀點的科幻想像，以及非西方角度的未來預測。
Artworks
Millennium Ginseng Project comprises of three sub-projects, respectively titled Extreme Greenhouse, Moon Ginseng and Time Machine Farm. Ginseng mostly grows in a harsh, natural environment and takes the shape of a human body. In traditional Chinese medicine, it is believed that the consumption of ginseng contributes to the supplement “Jing Qi” (meaning vitality). Most people also believe that wild ginseng is more potent than the ones cultivated in farms, and such a belief has led to the problem of ecological conservation. In light of this issue, Millennium Ginseng Project attempts to propose a future scenario and provides a possible win-win solution through virtual, sci-fi imagination. The project guides the audience to understand how the future of Chinese medicine can potentially be through the collaboration of the science and art worlds. The project not only helps protect the endangered plant but also sustains the spirit of traditional Chinese medicine. Through this project that integrates scientific theory and mythology, the artist paints a vivid sci-fi fantasy incorporated with Asian futuristic perspective while anticipating a future from a non-Western viewpoint.
藝術家介紹
顧廣毅 1985 年出生於臺北，碩士畢業於荷蘭恩荷芬設計學院（Design Academy Eindhoven）社會設計研究所（MA, Social Design）、國立陽明大學臨床牙醫學研究所。具有牙醫師、生物藝術家以及社會設計師等多重身分。他試圖拓展藝術、設計與科學結合的可能性，作品主要專注於臨床醫學、人類身體、人與其他物種的關係以及性別議題，嘗試藉由藝術實踐與設計方法去探索科學領域中的倫理問題，並藉此思考科技、人類個體和環境之間的關係。
Artist
Ku Kuang-Yi was born in Taipei in 1985. A dentist, bio artist and social designer, Ku holds an MA in Social Design from the Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands and an MDS (master of dental science) from National Yang-Ming University. Through his art practice, Ku aims to expand the possibility of combining art, design and science, and his work focuses on clinical medicine, human body, connection between human beings and other species as well as gender issues. He explores ethical issues in the field of science through art-making and design approaches while contemplating on the relationship between technology, individuals and the environment.