植物冶金计划

Botanical Alchemy

陶瓷,植物灰釉;Ceramics: plants ash,8cm*3.5cm*0.5cm

     人们总是期待着遇见奇观,似乎需要目睹一场显而易见的灾难才能承认“事有不妙”,但现实并不总是戏剧化的末世景观。在最日常的景观下异化已经产生,它是存在于表皮之下的、微观的、难以察觉的。那么如何让这些隐藏的异化变得可感呢?

    该项目延续作品《leaves》中通过制釉的方式,将植物体内的金属成转化成颜色的做法,使植物釉色的变化变成判断环境中金属元素变化的“指示器”。因为微量的金属含量釉面成色趋近透明,而含量约高的釉面则呈现更加浓重的色彩。不同环境下的同种植物所含重金属量是不同的,而同一块土地上的不同植物的耐受量也不同。由此,该项目是一个长期调查计划,以了解不同地点中植物的分布及其重金属富集情况,从而汇集成一张广阔的“植物金矿”地图。调查对象不仅是在明确已被污染的地域,也包括人们身边最普通的日常中。

     虽然以档案的方式记录着每一种釉的植物名、采集地等。但在呈现时,则倾向更注重感官刺激的方式。例如悬挂它们,使其如风铃般发出声响。让人们能够重新听见、看见身边的植物们。

People always anticipate witnessing wonders, often expecting a visible catastrophe to acknowledge that something is amiss. However, reality isn't always a dramatic apocalyptic scene. Even in the most ordinary landscapes, there exists alienation—something subtle, beneath the surface, and hard to perceive. So, how can we make these hidden alienations tangible and perceptible? 

This project builds upon the methodology employed in the artwork "leaves," where the metal content within plant bodies is translated into colors through glazing. This process transforms the variation in plant glaze colors into an "indicator" for assessing changes in metal elements in the environment. Glazes with a slight metal content tend towards transparency, while those with a higher content exhibit more intense colors. The same plant species in different environments contains varying amounts of heavy metals, and different plants on the same piece of land exhibit different tolerances to heavy metals. This project, envisioned as a long-term investigation, seeks to comprehend the distribution of plants and their heavy metal enrichment in diverse locations, ultimately creating a comprehensive "plant metal mine" map. The investigation encompasses not only explicitly polluted areas but also seemingly ordinary locations around people.

The project records details such as the plant name and collection location for each glaze in an archival manner. In the final presentation, there's a preference for a more sensorially stimulating approach. For instance, suspending them to produce sounds like wind chimes, allowing people to hear and see the plants around them in a new way.

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