Starry River 熒河
Year: 2023
Medium: Volcanic rocks, whale, fish, and unknown bones, human hair, rice, wax, ceramic, thread, paper, lighting
Location: Garðskagaviti, Iceland
Ritual performed and candle carved by Hiromu Sato
This is a piece dedicated to the loss of and changes during the pandemic. Participants write messages to be burned during the performance. The installation is a light penetrating through the chimney in the lighthouse from the first floor to the top that responds to the light beams pointing for directions in the darkness of the ocean. The juxtaposition of a ceramic heart and rice heart across the floor represents mortality and immortality.
A star might be long gone when seen on Earth. I wish I could transcend time and space for everyone if only I knew the essence of existence.
For all the longing for loved ones, alive and dead, The light of a Starry River is the fire from within our hearts; It is the only certainty we can gift to each other in impermanence.
Through the transformation of materials and energy, I am eager to connect the physical and spiritual realities and seek the fragile yet lasting evidence of flamming love in the universe beyond one lifetime.
The traces of smoke from the vanished deliver the messages to wherever the other side may be.
年代：2023
媒材：陶、鯨魚與未知生物骸骨、蠟、人髮、米、火山岩石、燈
儀式演出&蠟燭火炬雕塑：Hiromu Sato
地點：Garðskagaviti(Gardur新燈塔), 冰島
在地球上看見的星星可能早已不在。
若能知曉存在的本質，我希望能為每個人超越時空的限制。
生死無法斷袪對所摯愛者的渴望。熒河之光、內心之火，
透過物質與能量的轉換，我迫切想要連結物質與精神的現實，
儀式將消息化為一縷輕煙送達彼岸，紙短情長。
本作品受國藝會國際交流補助計畫支持參與冰島第七屆Fresh Winds Biennale.
This piece is supported by the National Culture and Arts Foundation to participate in the 7th. edition of Fresh Winds Biennale.
Photo by Jordi NN, Kristján Maack, Lua Rivera, Hui-Ying Tsai
Videographers: Jordi NN, Timothee Guiran, Hui-Ying Tsai
Video Edited by 藝易藝創有限公司 (Nebula Creatives LLC)
*Full version of video documentation available upon request.
