「落水唷」是藝術家范承宗為新竹光臨藝術節的客家文化燈區所製作的作品,並與新竹市府團隊於初期便共同研議,創作的任務與目標設定為活動結束後於現地保留,成為新竹北大公園基地內提供民眾遮陽擋雨的休憩設施。
客家文化燈區的策展核心關注於客家生活文化中的手工藝背後所蘊含的古老智慧,本件作品的題材為油紙傘,客家人視油紙傘為圓滿、團圓、緣分的象徵,而在「傘」字之中亦充滿了許多「人」,故鄉在新竹且為客家人的藝術家范承宗深受油紙傘的文化意涵、結構美感與製作工藝的魅力所吸引。
他與工作室團隊將一把傳統油紙傘拆解成分離的眾多零組件,一個一個閱讀零件各自的材質、製造加工方式、提供的作用與特性、以及零件彼此的關係,在瞭解每個零件所扮演的角色後,他們嘗試以數量一倍以上的零件進行結構組合,產生多種造形變異的可能性,再接著個別審視每種造形的內部空間,從中選取內部容量與造形最為出色的形態,最後進行木結構的關係梳理,以及零組件的細部設計、組合方式以及材料加工方式。
最終他們完成了具有數理邏輯的三倍傘骨結構,張起如有機葉形輪廓的防水帆布,置身其中有如走進萬花筒般的奇異視覺效果,更能感受到立體的木構產生的特殊空間體感。白天能見到陽光將周圍搖曳的樹影灑落在傘面上,夜晚則點起了浪漫而富有儀式氣氛的燈光。范承宗想用這把巨大的傘為故鄉的人們撐起一座遮陽避雨的空間。
"Rainy Dome" is an outdoor installation art work by artist Cheng Tsung Feng for the Hakka Cultural Light District in Hsinchu for the Hsinchu Light Coming Art Festival. He and the Hsinchu City Government team discussed together at the beginning of the plan. The task and goal of the creation were set to remain on-site after the event and become a facility for public rest in the park.
The curatorial concept of the Hakka Culture Light District is to focus on the ancient wisdom contained in the handicrafts in the Hakka life and culture. The concept of the work comes from paper umbrella. In Hakka culture, paper umbrellas are regarded as symbols of completeness, reunion, and fate. The Chinese character for "umbrella" is a pictogram of four persons under a shelter, an image of people coming together. As a young Hakka in Hsinchu, Feng was deeply attracted by the cultural connotation, structural beauty and craftsmanship of paper umbrella.
He and his team disassembled a traditional paper umbrella into many separate components, and studied the respective materials, manufacturing and processing methods, functions and the relationship between the parts. With the knowledge of each part, they tried to combine the parts with more than twice the number of parts, producing a variety of form variations. They then selected the ones with the most outstanding internal spaces and forms. Further studies were carried out between the relationship of varies wood structures, as well as detailed designs of components, methods of assembly and material processes.
In the end, they completed a three-fold umbrella structure with mathematical logic, giving the waterproof canvas an organic leaf-shaped outline. Walking into it, you can sense a strange kaleidoscopic vision, and the wooden structure provides a special the three-dimensional spatial experience. In the daytime, you can see the swaying tree shadows casting on the canvas through the sun light. In the evening, the structure is lit up with a romantic and ceremonial ambience. Feng presented this huge umbrella for his hometown, Hsinchu City, to provide people with a shelter from the sun and rain.