More Photos of the 2016 Keelung International Marine Environmental Art Project

It is now the last week of the 25 days of the residency in Keelung for the 7 international artists, and they are hard at work in the hot sun! Here you can see some photos of the progress on the large outdoor sculpture installations.

不知不覺已經是創作的最後一週了，炙熱陽光下工作的藝術家專注地工作著～

 

Ester Fabregat of Spain is making seven “Keelung Air Swimmers” and now finishing number 7! She will be putting in 7 holes to install the “swimmers” on tall bamboo poles this week.

Ester 已經完成製作七個“飛天泳士”了！接下來她將要前往基地，豎立起這些巨型的飛天泳士們～

 

 

Patrick Demazeau of France is working now on Broom #14 of the 15 he is creating for his installation “A Good Blow of Brush to Clean the Ocean”.

Patrick也幾乎要完成他的十五支“掃把救星”了！

 

 

Piotr Wesolowski of Poland has just completed tying all the bamboo poles together with natural rope.  The next step for his artwork titled “Inside/Outside is to add the recycled fishing net on the inside of the tall bamboo structure.

Piotr也完成了“內外之境”的外型主架構，接著他將會編織魚網於架構內部。

 

Regine Neumann of Germany is working hard now with lots of volunteer help to finish here large “iceberg”.  She is making this work of bamboo poles joined with bamboo nails and natural rope, and she plans to cover the huge structure with recycled white fabric to give the appearance of a giant iceberg on the coast in Keelung, Taiwan.

Regine得到了許多志工的協助，共同完成“冰山一角”主支柱們，接著她計畫為冰山一角鋪上一層雪白的外衣～

 

Tsuneo Sekiguchi of Japan is now working outdoors at his site in Chaojing Park to complete his “Keelung Rainbow Hut”.  He dug out around the bottom half of his globe-like bamboo structure so it will sit into the earth.  Volunteers are helping to weave the remaining parts of the top half. Tsuneo will put bamboo poles into the ground next week to anchor the artwork.  Then he will put the bamboo structure together, cut out an opening and finish up his installation with a bamboo seat inside the hut and a small pond with mirrors on it to make the rainbows on the inside walls of the hut.

関口已經將“彩虹球屋”移至戶外，持續進行最後的裝置工作。志工們也努力地協同作業，最後您將在潮境公園看見完整的創作品。

 

Yi-shiuan Li of Taiwan is working on her installation “Sea Creature Gods” and has moved the 5 “creatures” outside to install them in the grass near the railroad station at the NMMST.  She has also started to prepare the earth/clay to put on the outside of the bamboo and recycled net structures.

李怡宣的“海中之靈”也已將五個神祇雕塑移至海科館站旁的草地上，持續進行最後的工作！

 

Keep watching this Blog to see the final photos of the installations.  The opening ceremony and tour of the artworks will be Sunday, June 5.  See the Museum’s website for more information at http://nmmst.gov.tw

This art project is curated by Jane Ingram Allen, and the photos on this blog are by Timothy S. Allen (http://allentimphotos2.wordpress.com)

感謝本次參展的藝術家們、藝術推手以及學生們的參與，讓此次的計劃更臻完美。請持續關注我們的部落格、海科館臉書來追蹤更多「潮藝術」的消息～

六月5日本次潮藝術將盛大開幕，歡迎蒞臨。

策展人Curator: Jane Ingram Allen

攝影 Photographer: Timothy S. Allen (allentimphotos2.wordpress.com)

 

 

 

Keelung 2016 Artists Hard at Work to Finish Works for Opening on June 5

The 2016 Keelung International Marine Environmental Art Project are hard at work now to get all artworks finished for the opening on Sunday, June 5. There will be an all day ocean festival and opening ceremony at 1PM with a parade and new boat launching followed by art tours around to view all the sculpture installations. Each artist will make a brief introduction to their artwork at their site on the Sunday “art tours”.

Here are some photos to show the artists at work and how the artworks are all looking this week. It has been great to have all the volunteers helping the artists.

潮藝術的藝術家們為了要趕上六月5日盛大的開幕式，正積極趕工中！當天將會有海洋市集、藝術導覽等活動，屆時希望大家都能來共襄盛舉！

一起來看看大家工作的照片吧！

 

Ester Fabregat – Spain,  “Keelung Air Swimmers”

西班牙藝術家 Ester Fabregat – 飛天泳士

 

 

Patrick Demazeau – France, “A Good Blow of Brush to Clean the Ocean”

法國藝術家 Patrick Demazeau-掃把救星

 

Regine Neumann – Germany, “Just the Tip of the Iceberg”

德國藝術家 Regine Neumann-冰山一角

  

 

Tsuneo Sekiguchi – Japan, “Keelung Rainbow Hut”

日本藝術家 関口恒男-彩虹球屋

 

 

Steve McPherson – UK, “Markers”

英國藝術家 Steve McPherson-標識物 們

 

 

Yi-shiuan Li – Taiwan, “Sea Creature Gods”

台灣藝術家 李怡宣-海中之靈

 

 

Piotr Wesolowski – Poland, “Inside/Outside”

波蘭藝術家 Piotr Wesolowski -內外之境

 

Keep checking this Blog to see the finished artworks soon!  The curator for this environmental art project about the future of the oceans is Jane Ingram Allen.  Hope everyone will come to meet the artists and attend the opening celebration on Sunday, June 5 at the NMMST in Keelung, Taiwan.

Photos on this Blog are by Timothy S. Allen (http://allentimphotos2.wordpress.com)

感謝本次參展的藝術家們、藝術推手以及學生們的參與，讓此次的計劃更臻完美。請持續關注我們的部落格、海科館臉書來追蹤更多「潮藝術」的消息～

六月5日本次潮藝術將盛大開幕，歡迎蒞臨。

策展人Curator: Jane Ingram Allen

攝影 Photographer: Timothy S. Allen (allentimphotos2.wordpress.com)

Keelung Artworks Growing!

The 2016 Keelung International Marine Environmental Art Project artists are hard at work creating their outdoor sculpture installations at the National Museum of Marine Science & Technology, Keelung, Taiwan.
The photos here show the progress each artist is making.

2016潮藝術的藝術家正努力的創作中，一起來看看他們進展如何！

 

Ester Fabregas of Spain is making an installation titled “Keelung Air Swimmers” and she is making 7 large swimming figures from recycled plastic bags that will be suspended from tall bamboo poles in Chaojing Park at the NMMST.  Take a look at this video Ester made showing her “Keelung Air Swimmers” in progress:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4R4plgVlPU&feature=youtu.be

西班牙藝術家Ester利用回收塑膠袋創作七個大型的”飛天泳士”，這些飛天泳士們將會在潮境公園飄揚。一起看看她的Youtube頻道：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4R4plgVlPU&feature=youtu.be

     

 

Patrick Demazeau of France is creating “A good blow of brush to clean the ocean” and he is putting in 15 large brooms made of bamboo at his Eco-Park site at the National Museum of Marine Science & Technology in Keelung.  These photos show his progress:

法國藝術家Patrick正以竹子創作15支巨型掃帚，名叫”掃把救星”。一起來看看照片：

 

Piotr Wesolowski of Poland is making his sculpture installation titled Horizon and using many bamboo sticks tied together with natural rope.  His work is sited in the museum courtyard near the IMAX theater building.  Here you can see how his structure is getting bigger and taller!  Many volunteers are helping to clean some recycled fishing nets to use inside this structure that people will be able to enter.

從波蘭來的藝術家Piotr也以竹子進行創作，並輔以麻繩綑綁。他的作品就位於海洋劇場旁，在這裡你可以看到他的作品正在”長大”。另一邊，更有許多志工正在為他整理回收的流刺網，Piotr 最後會將這些流刺網編織於主體內部。作品是以互動形式呈現，觀者最後可以進入空間內感受這個創作！

 

Steve McPherson of England is making an installation titled “Markers” and it consists of 46 flags based on typical fishermen’s flags that he is sewing from recycled fabric such as old T-shirts and other clothing collected in Keelung.  Volunteers are helping to write words and numbers in Chinese on the 46 flags, and each flag represents 1000 pieces of plastic that are floating in the world’s oceans.  Steve’s artwork reminds us to take care about plastic waste in the oceans – it is estimated that there are 46,000 pieces of plastic waste now per square mile in the world’s oceans.  Here you can see Steve working on the installation:

英國的Steve著手在46個”標識物  們”，每一個標誌旗都代表著1000頓海洋中的塑膠垃圾。這些標誌旗皆由回收布料製成，由志工們協助他寫上中文字。一起看看他的創作過程：

 

 

Tsuneo Sekiguchi from Japan is creating Keelung Rainbow Hut and using bamboo tied with natural rope to make a hut that people can enter and sit down to see rainbows created on the walls.  He is making the hut inside the Chaojing Ocean Center workspace and will move it out to install soon in Chaojing Park.  Volunteers are also helping Tsuneo to build his artwork.  Here are some photos to see the progress on the Keelung Rainbow Hut.

來自日本的関口恒男在進行“彩虹球屋”主結構的綑綁堆置。彩虹球屋也是互動型的藝術裝置，関口將設置座椅於球屋內，使觀者可以在內靜靜欣賞彩虹。志工們在潮境工作站內全力協助関口的創作，未來將會把球屋設置於潮境公園內，更多工作照片請看：

  

 

Regine Neumann of Germany is making a large sculpture installations title “Just the Tip of the Iceberg”.  You can see the outline now of the huge iceberg shape emerging from the grassy area near the ocean at EcoPark at the NMMST.  Here are some photos to show Regine’s work in progress:

來自德國的Regine在復育公園的尾端豎立起冰山一角的主要支柱，您現在已經在綠油油的草地上看見這些高聳的支柱了。更多照片請看：

    

Yi-chiuan Li of Taiwan is creating “Sea Creature Gods” and working under the cover of a building near her site.  She will install the sculptures next week on a grassy area near the NMMST Railway Station.  She is building five sea creature gods using bamboo, recycled net, natural rope and long grass.  Over the weekend members of her family came to help!  Yi-chiuan will cover the bamboo, netting and grass structures with earth/stucco.  Here you can see Yi-chiuan’s work in progress:

台灣藝術家李怡宣的“海中之靈”將會是五個由竹子與回收素材製作的神祇雕塑，作品在下週將會移至海科館站周邊的草皮上。而這個週末怡宣的家人都來協助創作了呢！更多照片請看：

 

Keep watching this Blog to see how each of the artworks turns out!  The artists will be finished by the end of the day June 3.  We will have a symposium about environmental art in Taiwan on June 4, and the artists and curator Jane Ingram Allen will all make presentations plus we will have other speakers from Taiwan who are also doing environmental art projects and a discussion about the future of environmental art in Taiwan.  Check the Museum’s website at http://www.nmmst.gov.tw for more information about the June 4 symposium.

The opening ceremony and public tours of the art project will be on Sunday June 5.  Everyone is invited to come meet the artists and see the finished artworks the day. The artworks will remain on view around the NMMST through the end of August 2016 or longer.

The photos on this Blog are by Timothy S. Allen (allentimphotos2.wordpress.com).

 

感謝本次參展的藝術家們、藝術推手以及學生們的參與，讓此次的計劃更臻完美。請持續關注我們的部落格、海科館臉書來追蹤更多「潮藝術」的消息～

六月5日本次潮藝術將盛大開幕，歡迎蒞臨。

策展人Curator: Jane Ingram Allen

攝影 Photographer: Timothy S. Allen (allentimphotos2.wordpress.com)

2016 Keelung artists start their sculpture installations at the NMMST

It has been raining a lot in Keelung, Taiwan, but the artists are all starting to work on their outdoor sculpture installations around the National Museum of Marine Science & Technology.  The 7 selected international artists for the 2016 project (Envisioning the Future of Our Oceans) are all working hard now, and many volunteers are coming to help them.  We have also had some visits from students in Badouri Elementary School and other nearby schools.  We also had a group of art teachers visit the art project.  It is great that more local people are hearing about the art project and coming to visit and help out the artists.

We also had a vist from a bamboo master who has a shop and bamboo store in a nearby city.  The bamboo master came to demonstrate some bamboo working techniques for the artists.

基隆這幾天都飄著雨，但是藝術家們風雨無阻，在戶外進行起他們的創作。這段時間以來，七位藝術家非常專注地在創作，也從藝術推手身上得到了非常多的幫助。除了藝術推手以外，八斗子國小的師生也加入了我們的計劃中。有了當地居民與各方對這個計畫的支持，使我們可以更快速的往前邁進。

特別值得一提的是，我們請到了金包里的竹板凳師傅來到現場傳授藝術家竹子作業的技巧，在此感謝師父的支持。

       

Below are some photos of the seven 2016 artists beginning their artworks.

Ester Fabregat – Spain is creating “Keelung Air Swimmers” using recycled plastic bags.  She is cutting and sewing and putting the large swimming figures together and will “fly” them from tall bamboo poles in the Caoching Park area at the NMMST.  Ester’s colors are very bright and will be exciting to see blowing in the wind near the ocean at the NMMST.

西班牙藝術家 Ester Fabregat 正在使用回收塑膠袋來創作她的作品-“飛天泳士”。Ester正在裁剪、縫紉這些色彩鮮明的回收塑膠袋，這些塑膠袋最後會蛻變成游泳的人形飛揚在空中。到時候作品將會豎立於潮境公園的草坪上，請大家一起來觀賞！

Tsuneo Sekiguchi – Japan is creating “Keelung Rainbow Hut” that will be a round structure of bamboo that people can enter and sit and watch rainbows appearing on the walls of the hut.  He is starting to make several large circles of bamboo and then will join it all together to make the hut.  His work will be in Caoching Park also sited near a small pond of water.

日本藝術家 関口恒男正在創作他的“彩虹球屋”。“彩虹球屋”將會由竹子編製成，藝術家用意是讓觀賞者可以進入空間內，坐看由鏡子折射出的彩虹。関口先生目前已經架構出了球屋的圓形結構了，屆時請大家到潮境公園的水池旁觀賞他的作品。

Patrick Demazeau (MADE) – France has started to work on his installation titled “A Good Blow of Brush to Clean the Ocean”.  He is making 15 giant brooms of bamboo and other natural materials collected in Keelung area and the broom will be installed in the Eco-Park area of the NMMST.  Patrick has temporarily put in one long bamboo pole and some smaller bamboo branches around it to see how the installation will look at his site, and now he is gathering and splitting bamboo to make the bristles of the brushes/brooms.  We hope it will be dry enough on Friday to make the holes to put in all the big bamboo poles for Patrick’s installation.

法國藝術家Patrick 已經開始創作他的”掃把救星”了，他使用竹子與其他天然素材創作出15個巨型的掃帚，象徵著把海岸的污染清掃乾淨。Patrick的作品位於復育公園的尾端，他暫時以細竹子定點放置，以預測最後的成果畫面。他目前正在處理素材，以便更快速的裝置作業。希望週五是個好天氣，讓鑽洞定點的作業可以順利。

  

Regine Neumann – Germany/Canada is creating an installation titled “The Tip of the Iceberg” that relates to the issue of global warming and melting solar ice caps.  Her huge iceberg is constructed of bamboo, tied with natural rope and then covered with white recycled fabric.  Her work is also sited in the Eco-Park area at the NMMST, and she is now laying out the piece and starting the foundation of the big iceberg.

德國/加拿大藝術家Regine正在創作她的作品“冰山一角”，“冰山一角”是希望提升民眾對於全球暖化與冰帽融化的議題。她將會以竹子建構主要的架構，使用麻繩將之綑綁，最後鋪上回收的白色布料。目前她正在進行基礎架構的建置，最後的作品將會在復育公園亮相。

Piotr Wesolowski – Poland is making a large sculpture that viewers can enter and feel the difference between the hard structured outside and the softer fluid inner part.  He is using bamboo and tying it with natural rope, and will use some recycled fishing net inside his structure.  His artwork titled “Horizon” is going up in the Museum’s courtyard near the IMAX theater.

波蘭藝術家Piotr將在海科館入口處(靠近IMAX影院)豎立一個大型的裝置藝術，名為“看！地平線那個”，使用的材料同樣也是以竹子與回收布料為主。他希望觀眾進入他的創作裡，感受不同調性的材質產生出來的衝突與協調。

Yi-chiuan Li – Taiwan is creating a series of “Sea Creature Gods” and they will be sited near the NMMST Railway Station in a green grassy area.  She is using local earth/clay, grass and other local vegetation, natural rope and a bamboo framework.  She is making the bamboo framework now for the shape of the “creature gods.”  She is hoping to get 5 of the creature gods made, and Yi-chiuan said she really needs some more volunteers to help her.

台灣的藝術家李怡宣將形塑一系列名為“海中之靈”的環境藝術作品。“海中之靈”是由竹子、當地的草木素材以及淨灘拾得的素材來形塑成神祇的形貌，她希望最終能順利完成五個神祇作品，如果大家有興趣的話歡迎加入這個計畫，協助怡宣一起完成創作。

Steve McPherson – UK is creating an installation of 46 flags mounted on long bamboo poles that will be installed on the bridge leading to the Regional Exploration Building at the NMMST.  He is busy now cutting recycled fabrics collected in Keelung to make the flags.  The Museum staff collected some recycled clothing before the artists arrived and Steve brought some recycled fabrics froms his home in England.  Today we went to the local recycling center and collected some more fabric for Steve’s artwork.  Yellow recycled fabric has been hard to find, and he is hoping that he has enough now to make all the 46 flags.  Steve has also been collecting lots of fishing floats that wash up on the local beach to use in his artwork.

英國的藝術家Steve要製作出46個懸掛在竹子的標示旗。Steve的作品需要大量的布料，工作人員於計畫前為他收集了些許布料，他本人也從英國帶來部分回收布料，更於前些日子前往基隆回收場收集到了更多，黃色的布料是目前收集最困難的。除此之外，他也在整理、清洗拾獲的魚浮標，以備創作之需，希望最後他能順利收集到所有必須的素材。所有的素材最後會懸掛在長竹竿上，豎立在區域探索館旁的天橋邊，希望大家一起前往欣賞。

All photos on this Blog are by Timothy S. Allen (allentimphotos2.wordpress.com).  Jane Ingram Allen is the curator for the 2016 Keelung International Marine Environmental Art Project.  Thank you to all the artists, volunteers, and students who have come out to help create the artworks during this 25 day residency in Keelung.  Our opening day is Sunday, June 5!

Keep watching this Blog for more photos as the artworks grow and get finished for the ㄋopening ceremony on June 5.

感謝本次參展的藝術家們、藝術推手以及學生們的參與，讓此次的計劃更臻完美。

六月5日本次潮藝術將盛大開幕，歡迎蒞臨。

策展人Curator: Jane Ingram Allen

攝影 Photographer: Timothy S. Allen (allentimphotos2.wordpress.com)

 

 

Press Conference, Welcome Lunch and Tour of Musuem for 2016 Keelung International Marine Environment Artists

On Saturday, May 14, the 2016 Keelung artists were presented at a press conference and curator Jane Ingram Allen introduced the artworks they will be creating during the next few weeks. All the artworks should be finished by the opening day of June 5. The artists selected for the Keelung 2016 art project are: Ester Fabregas of Spain, Tsuneo Sekiguchi of Japan, Patrick Demazeau of France, Piotr Wesolowski of Poland, Regine Neumann of Germany, Steve McPherson of UK and Yi-shiuan Li of Taiwan.
Here are some photos of the press conference the welcome lunch and the tour of the National Museum of Marine Science and Technology in Keelung. The artists will be starting to work tomorrow on their large outdoor sculpture installations. Keep watching this Blog to see the artworks being created and daily updates on the progress. The photos here are by Timothy S. Allen (allentimphotos2.wordpress.com).

 

2016年五月14日藝術家們出席了記者會，並且由策展人Jane向大家介紹來自各國的藝術家們，以及他們的裝置藝術的計劃。他們所有的作品將會在六月5日完成，屆時希望大家來參加。

以下是記者會當天的照片，以及海科館導覽員為藝術家帶來精闢的解說。請繼續關注艾庭熙的部落格allentimphotos2.wordpress.com，將有更多照片更新。

 

Artists Arrive in Keelung for Start of 2016 Keelung International Marine Environment Art Project

Jane meets PATRICK on the street outside his hotel in Keelung!

正式見面之前，Jane 在基隆街頭巧遇 Patrick

The 7 international artists arrived in Keelung on Thursday, May 12 for the start of the 2016 art project in Keelung, Taiwan, at the National Museum of Marine Science & Technology!  The artists settled in to their hotels in downtown Keelung.  The next day the artists all met at the Museum for a tour around the area to select the sites for their artworks and see the bamboo and other materials they will use to create their large outdoor environmental sculpture installations on the theme of “Envisioning the Future of Our Oceans”.  Jane Ingram Allen is the curator for this environmental art project in Keelung and it is the second year of the art project at the NMMST.

Here are some photos of the 2016 artists having dinner together with staff of the NMMST and from the Keelung City Dept. of Cultural Affairs.

五月12日七位藝術家們抵達台灣，下塌基隆市區飯店。隔天藝術家們在海科館正式開始所有「潮藝術」的準備工作。海科館員工帶領他們在附近的海域尋找適合創作的自然素材，像是竹子等等可以製作大型裝置藝術的材料。

下面照片是我們初次與海科館與基隆市文化局員工的見面晚宴

      

The artists visited a local hardware store to look for materials and also visited the beach to look at what they could collect there such as driftwood and other waste material washed up on the shore.

藝術家來到當地的五金行來選購需要的工具與材料，他們也透過淨灘收集了漂流木與廢棄垃圾，作為創作素材。

  

The second night’s dinner was a home-cooked meal at a new shop near the Museum, and artists got to try many new dishes and an interesting drink made from dried seaweed!

我們來到食之飴享用家常料理，許多食材、料理對於藝術家來說都是全新的嘗試。

     

The artists will be working in Keelung around the NMMST every day, and we hope you can come out to volunteer and help the artists with their creations.  The opening of the 2016 art project will be on Sunday, June 5.  Keep watching this Blog for updates and new photos that show the artists creating their site specific outdoor installations in Keelung.  The photos on this Blog are by Timothy S. Allen (alltentimphotos2.wordpress.com)

藝術家們將會在海科館周遭工作，如果你們有興趣加入我們的話，歡迎成為我們的一臂之力。「潮藝術」的開幕式將會在六月5日，請繼續關注我們的部落格，以及更多照片請看艾庭熙的攝影網站。

 

 

 

More Hello Messages from 2016 Keelung Artists

The 7 international artists selected for the 016 Keelung International Marine Environmental Art Project will arrive in Keelung, Taiwan, on May 12. They will stay in Keelung through June 6 at the NMMST to create site-specific environmental sculpture installations on the theme “Envisioning the Future of Our Oceans”.

Before the artists arrive in Keelung they have all sent “Hello” messages to the Keelung community. The last Blog post had messages from Jane Ingram Allen, Curator and artists Regine Neumann, Steve McPherson and Tsuneo Sekiguchi.

Here are the hello messages from the other selected artists for 2016:

Li Yi-shiuan from Taiwan
Hello! I’m the selected local artist from Taipei city. Originally, I wasn’t working on artworks, and then I found my great interest in painting, so got into art school. Now I graduated and got to fulfill my dream of creating artworks. I’m also a green person, so I’m so excited about having this opportunity to be an art resident in Keelung. I’m always thinking of how to connect my artworks with our environment. Now it’s time to put the idea into practice. Wish you can learn something from my work.
我是被入選的在地藝術創作者，從台北的大都市而來。一開始，我並非是美術科班，但在出社會工作一斷時間後，我愛上的繪畫，進而進入了藝術學院就讀，朝著我的夢想邁進。我也是個綠色地球的愛好者，所以很興奮有這個機會到基隆這鄰近大海的村落，製作一項公共藝術品，將創作結合環境，希望人們能透過此，學習到愛我們美麗的海洋。
Best regards,
Yi Shiuan
Here’s a photo from my studio

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Here is a “hello” message from Ester Fabregat of Spain:
My name is Ester Fabregat, I was born in Tarragona, in Catalonia, on the north east of the Peninsula Iberica, behind the western coast of Mediterranean sea. My origins deeply come from the heritage of the Mediterranean culture, and all the cultural mixing during millennia. We like the life outside, easygoing, eating, sharing with friends. I am a sculptor, and also an art teacher. I have travelled and lived all around Europe; it is quite small if we compared with other countries. Also the mobility it’s easy, and my friends are a second family for me. I share with them a deep passion, cooking and eating. I love “slow food”; for some time we have organized a “tapas” competition between us. We do meetings into different houses each time, and everyone prepares something tasty and special with a poetic funny name, each one presents and serves his original “tapa” to the others and finally we do a voting process to know who gets the crown of the best “tapa”. You can see that on the blog: http://destapat.blogspot.com.es/
Another thing that is important for me is music, I used to play piano and trumpet, but nowadays I am singing in a gospel choir and I am enjoying it very much. It’s healing the spirit every time we all sing together. Also I do sports, well, not running, but walking and walking inside mountains, and different paths. Nature is a fountain of inspiration all the time. Also, I love to swim on the sea, looking for the underwater life. I have my family in Valls; my sister continues with the toy shop of my family, and sometimes I collaborate with her doing the sculptures for the designing of new toys for children. And then when I see the children playing with a toy that I have designed, it’s really nice. I have lived in different places in Europe. My second home in Europe is Athens and Berlin; in both places I have good friends, like a second family there. And from time to time I go back to visit them, and of course we enjoy eating and talking all the time.
Lets talk about my artistic work. I do it with the intention of adding a different view to the society. Sometimes to make us more conscious for our environment, other times communications of feelings, emotions, but not with words, with a kind of scenography, installations, to permit the spectators to penetrate inside different places to understand reality, a place to feel, and to breathe inside imaginary worlds.
I send to you some different photos:
One of our tapas competitions with my friends (el Masnou, near Barcelona)

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With a fantastic bike who grows into the wild from a Danish friend in Berlin

With my friends at the summit of Pedraforca Mountain (in Catalonia)

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You can see my work online here:
http://www.esgat.com
http://esterfabregat.blogspot.com.es
See you soon in Keelung,
Ester

西班牙藝術家 Ester Fabregat:

我叫Ester Fabregat，我出生於位於加泰隆尼亞的塔拉戈納。塔拉戈納位於伊比利半島的東北角，接臨地中海。我深受地中海地區文化以及千禧世代的各種文化觀點所影響。我是一個雕塑家，也是一個藝術教育工作者。我旅居雅典與柏林，因為歐洲大陸比起其他大陸小，遷徙並不困難。在我們那個地區，大家都喜歡愜意的生活步調，與朋友一同外出、一起享用美食。朋友對我而言如同家人一樣，我總是跟他們分享我的喜好，一起做菜一起吃飯。我非常喜歡「慢食」這個飲食概念，有時候我們舉辦「西班牙小吃」的比賽。除了食物以外，音樂對我而言也非常重要，我彈鋼琴、吹喇叭還有加入福音合唱團。我也喜歡健行。

我的姊姊繼承了家裡的玩具事業，有時我會與她一起設計玩具，帶給小孩子歡樂使我感到幸福。我希望在我的藝術創作中，最重要的是可以喚醒大家對社會以及環境議題的省思。另一方面，我也希望大家用心去感受我作品當中那些畫面。上圖為我與朋友們的照片、一位丹麥朋友將植栽種植在腳踏車上、佩德拉佛卡山。

關於慢食http://destapat.blogspot.com.es/
關於我的作品http://www.esgat.com、http://esterfabregat.blogspot.com.es

我們基隆見！

 

 

Here is the “hello” from artist Patrick Demazeau of France:

Hello People of Keelung,

My name is Patrick Demazeau and my artist name is MADE. I am one of the artists who has been selected to come perform work on your city of Taiwan. I prepare for this meeting by reading books on the history and culture of Taiwan. This is my first visit and I will discover your country, your culture and people. I traveled a lot in Asia (Vietnam, China, Laos, Cambodia and Korea). This year, I am particularly lucky for being selected by the beautiful Keelung museum and in August by the Biennale of Gongju in South Korea. My house, my studio is located in the suburbs of Paris. My garden allows me to prepare Art Nature facilities and test them before offering them.
In general, I love working on conceptual works that evoke the problems of our Earth. I also try through these works to bring the human near nature with humor and poetry.
You can look at my blog at http://nature.art.free.fr to see more about my artwork. I like to play with nature and share with it a lot of sensibility.

This is the entrance to my house and within my latest creation: A fish made with coat hanger hung at the entrance of my living room. Maybe I thought about Keelung oceanographic museum in the making?

      

 

法國藝術家 Patrick Demazeau:

嗨你們好～

我叫Patrick Demazeau，我有一個藝名叫做MADE，是這次被選上來到基隆創作的藝術家。我曾經在亞洲各地旅行，越南、中國、寮國、柬埔寨跟韓國，但是此次台灣之行將會是我第一次來到台灣，為了要更了解台灣，我讀了一些關於台灣文化與歷史的書。今年，我很幸運地被選為「潮藝術」以及韓國「光州雙年展」的創作藝術家。

我住在巴黎的郊區，有一片後院可以讓我創作。我希望我的藝術創作可以喚醒大家對環境議題的重視。所以我的創作總是跟自然環境相關，我喜歡把觀眾帶進大自然裡，有時候加點幽默與詩意。
照片是我家的入口，以及我最近的一個創作，是由一架做成的魚骨形狀。是不是我在創作的時候就已經想到即將要前往的海科館了呢？

如果你對我的作品有興趣，可以看我的部落格
http://nature.art.free.fr

 

 

The other artist selected for the 2016 Keelung art project is Piotr Wesolowski from Poland. Piotr has been at another art project and away from his computer for several weeks, so we do not have a “hello” message from him yet! He is very excited to be coming to Keelung for this art project as it is also his first time to visit Taiwan. I will post Piotr’s hello message later.

Keep watching this Blog to see the artists arriving and starting to work in Keelung. I will try to get a Blog post up every few days to show the progress on the artworks. The opening of the 2016 Keelung art project will be on June 4 with a symposium that day about International Environmental Art, and then on Sunday June 5 we have a public opening and activities with the artists. I am looking forward to meeting everyone in Keelung on May 12!
Best wishes,
Jane Ingram Allen, Curator

Hello Messages from Keelung 2016 Artists

2016 NMMST International Marine Environmental Art Project Artists Say “Hello” to the Keelung Community 2016

The 7 artists selected from 167 applications will be arriving in Keelung, Taiwan, on Thursday, May 12, and stay until June 6 to create their site-specific environmental sculpture installations on the grounds of the National Museum of Marine Science and Technology. Before their arrival the artists have sent some “hello” messages to the Keelung community people.

我們從167個申請件中挑選出了7位優秀的藝術家來到基隆創作。藝術家們將在五月13日抵達台灣，而他們將在海科館進行藝術裝置直到六月6日為止。以下是藝術家們帶給基隆民眾的問候~

Here is a hello message from curator Jane Ingram Allen:
I am Jane, the curator for the international environmental art project in Keelung, and this will be my second year in Keelung! I am from the USA, born in the state of Alabama and now live in Santa Rosa, CA, with my husband Tim and our daughter Jennifer and two grand daughters, Sarah age 6 and Emily Age 9. I first came to Taiwan in 2004 with a Fulbright grant and received another Fulbright grant to stay in Taiwan another year and do my research all over Taiwan to make handmade paper artworks using local plant materials. My husband and I lived full time in Taiwan until 2012, and after Tim retired from teaching we moved back to the USA but still come to Taiwan for several months each year to do art projects. I am an environmental artist doing sculpture installations with handmade paper and other natural materials and also an art curator as well as an art writer. You can look at my Blog at http://janeingramallen.wordpress.com to see more about my recent artworks. I started the Guandu International Outdoor Sculpture Festival in 2006 and the Cheng Long Wetlands International Environmental Art Project in 2010 and the NMMST international marine environmental art project in 2015. My husband Tim (Timothy S. Allen) will be with me in Keelung, and he takes many photos to document this art project. We both look forward to staying in Keelung for the 25 days of this project and meeting all of you and the 7 international artists I selected for this art project.
Here is a photo of me with our two grand daughters, and we are making some Christmas tree decorations last November!

策展人 Jane Ingram Allen:
我是Jane，是此次「海科館 潮藝術」的策展人，這將會是我第二次拜訪基隆。我現在與家人長居於加州聖羅莎，不過在2004年我拿到傅爾布萊特獎學金至2012年間我與丈夫曾旅居台灣。2006年我為台北關渡公園策劃了「關渡國際自然裝置藝術節」、2010年起開始為雲林縣規劃「成龍溼地國際境藝術計劃」以及2015年第一屆「海科館 潮藝術」計畫迄今。你們可以閱讀我的部落格了解我更多的作品 http://janeingramallen.wordpress.com
此次計畫我的丈夫Tim也會與我同行，他將會成為這個計畫不可或缺的紀錄攝影師。我們非常期待這次的計劃，並且期待見到基隆的朋友與七位國際藝術家們！

上圖是去年七月，我與孫女們在製作聖誕裝置的照片～
 

Here is a “hello” message from 2016 artist Regine Neumann:
Dear people from Keelung,
I am Regine, one of the artists that will be soon coming to Keelung and I am much looking forward, this will be my very first visit to Taiwan. I am from Germany but I live since 22 years with my family in Quebec, Canada. My three kids are grown up and now I have all my time to make art. At least during the summer, during the winter I also have a job as an Art Technician- Studio Coordinator at Bishop’s University in Sherbrooke, Canada. Although I like to work on my own projects, I also need to be and to work with people. I hope to meet many people during the Keelung art event and I also would like to invite you to come work and talk with me and the other artists.
Right now I am in Tokushima, Japan since the end of March where I am working in sculpture and installation as well as on environmental and community art projects. I find a lot of inspiration for my work in Japanese culture and materials, and I am sure that the three weeks in Taiwan will also have a strong impact on my work and way of thinking. I am very glad to participate in the environmental art project.
Actually, I am still doing some last preparations for my iceberg project in Keelung. In the moment I am quite obsessed with these icebergs: I make them out of all kind of materials and in many different ways. I have sun-printed them on used fabric and presently I work on a series of iceberg lamps made of used Kimono Washi wrappers that I found in a recycling shop. There are also different iceberg laser-cutter projects going on. I love to use low-tech in art making as well as high-tech. It is great to be able to work at both ends. I hope to have some pictures ready when I come, in the meanwhile please visit my website to get an idea of my work: http://www.regineneumann.com
This may sound a little bit strange but I would like to know if you have recycling shops in Keelung? If so, I would love to go see them….

Many greetings from Japan,
Regine
Image of iceberg

德國/加拿大藝術家 Regine Neumann:

親愛的基隆的朋友們：
我叫Regine，來自德國，但已移居加拿大多年。我的三個孩子們都成年了，所以我將全部的時間投入自己的藝術創作上。同時，我也在加拿大主教大學裡擔任藝術工作室技術指導員。我享受一個人的工作時間，同時也喜歡與人互動創造火花，所以我非常期待與大家見面，也歡迎大家加入我們，與我們一起討論藝術與環境。
現在，我正在德島進行另一項環境裝置藝術的計畫。從日本的文化與素材中我得到了許多的靈感，所以我想，我在台灣一定也會收穫良多。能夠參加這次的計劃，我感到相當榮幸，而這將會是我第一次來到台灣。
其實，我現在正在做「冰山一角」最後準備。我最近相當沉迷於冰山的模型製作，透過不同的材質來呈現不同的型態。我喜歡各種技術來呈現作品，不論是高科技或者是傳統手法，希望到時候能有更多的展示照片可以提供給你們～同時想要更了解我的作品，可以閱讀我的部落格 http://www.regineneumann.com
不曉得這麼問會不會有點奇怪，但是我非常好奇基隆是否有回收物品的商店？如果有的話，我非常有興趣去拜訪！

上圖為冰山的圖片

 

 

Here is a message from 2016 artist Steve McPherson:

Hello people of Keelung City.
My name is Steve. I am an artist who lives and works on the coast of England, about 72 miles east of London and 30 miles west from the shores of France. I live 1 minute away from the beach, with my wife Lindsay, who is a textile designer and illustrator, my 8 year old daughter Matilda, and our cat Pitkin.
I left school and specialised in Fine Art through my college and university days. I now spend half my week making my own art and the other half teaching the subject to 16-20 year old students in a large college in the city of Canterbury.
Living by the coast for nearly all my life has had a major impact on the art I create. For around 20 years I have been collecting plastic debris from my local beaches to use in the creation of my artworks. These works have been exhibited throughout Europe and in the USA. You can see my artworks on my website http://www.stevemcpherson.co.uk. You can also find me on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. I would love to hear from you!
This will be my first time in Taiwan and I am very much looking forward to visiting your country and meeting you.
Best wishes,
Steve
This is a photo of my wife and daughter

My daughter Melinda, age 8, on the beach near my home

A view of the seashore

My studio

英國藝術家 Steve McPherson:

哈囉，基隆的朋友們～我的名字是Steve。我與設計師妻子還有八歲的女兒以及我們的貓同住在倫敦以東72英里、法國以西30英里的海邊。我在大學時期專攻美術，而現在我一半的時間做自己的藝術創作，另一半的時間在坎特伯雷的大學教書。

一直以來我都住在海邊，這對我的藝術生涯有相當大的影響。將近二十年間，我持續收集當地海灘上的塑膠垃圾來創作。這些創作曾經在歐美各地展出，你們可以閱讀我的部落格來了解我的作品們：http://www.stevemcpherson.co.uk 除此之外你們也可以透過Facebook、Twitter和Instagram來追蹤我的作品，希望能夠聽到更多關於你們的訊息！非常開心能夠參訪台灣，這將會是我第一次來到台灣！期待與你們相見的那一天～

上圖是我妻女的合照、以及我的八歲的女兒、海岸的景色還有我工作室的一隅

 

 

 

Here is a hello message from 2016 artist Tsuneo Sekiguchi:
Hello Keelung people,
I am Tsuneo, artist for the international environmental art project in Keelung.
My birthplace is Tochigi prefecture in Japan but I stay many places in Japan to create artworks. This is the third time for me to visit to Taiwan. Last year I came to Taiwan for Cheng Long Wetlands International Environmental Art Project in Cheng Long village,Yunlin County. I was very impressed by profuse hospitality of Taiwanese. I am really happy that I can come again to Taiwan. I am an artist who creates a place for the people to meet each other. This idea is inspired by the image that primitive men were dancing around the fire.
I make a hut with natural material and the inside of the hut is lit with rainbow color instead of fire. This rainbow is created with mirrors in the water by reflecting the sunlight.
Here is a photo of the Lake Masyu in Hokkaido. I have been working near here for three months this year to create my artwork. One very cold day I visited this Lake. It was incredibly beautiful. This lake is famous with its transparent water

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日本藝術家 関口恒男

你們好～基隆的朋友們！我是関口恒男，是這次海科館潮藝術的藝術創作家。我來自栃木県，但是一直以來我都在日本各地進行藝術創作。這將會是我第三次來到台灣，去年我曾參與雲林縣「成龍溼地環境藝術節」的創作計劃。台灣人的熱情令我印象非常深刻，所以我非常開心我能夠再次來到台灣。

此次將會帶來一個新的創作，而靈感來自於原始人圍繞火堆跳舞的畫面。利用天然的材料製作一個球屋外貌，於屋外放置鏡子將光線反射置屋內，讓彩虹代替火來點亮屋內。

上圖是北海道摩周湖的照片，一年之中有三個月我都在這裡地方進行藝術創作。照片上的這天氣溫很低，湖面澄澈地不可思議，令人驚艷。

In the next Blog Post you can see the Hello messages from the other four artists selected for the 2016 art project in Keelung. Looking forward to meeting everyone in Keelung soon!