Water Obtaining
Water Obtaining
Artist Iyo Kacaw, a Hualien Amis who lives in the same river as the Sauvah Zhi people in their original hometown, "Water Obtaining" has the image of Pakelang (fishing sacrifice), Pakelang has an important meaning in Amis culture, when the tribe is sanctified An intermediary ceremony at the time of returning to the secular world. Ami people and nature are not just simple beliefs or cosmology, but also have rituals that regard rivers and land as one, and become an environmental knowledge system of "life". The river is the umbilical cord of life, and it is also the place to seek and explore the stability, and the nutrients of the land for people and nature to co-prosper. Become a family with all things, coexist with nature with humility and respect, if you become a river, what kind of scenery do you want the long river to look like?
Material：iron, wood
Dimensions：5 meters (L) x 2.3 meters (W) x 3 meters (H)
Iyo Kacaw
Taiwan
From the Makotaay port tribe in Hualien, his creations are mostly based on the coastal life and the traditional culture of marine ethnic groups, and convey the body perception and life world in the sea from the perspective of habitation. The creative method often uses cut wooden strips, repeatedly splicing, stacking and reshaping, or combining stone, iron and other composite media to form the mysterious and unique vocabulary between the lines of the ocean current and all things.
Production Team: Yukio Alaguyang, Cai Jiafang