Flow With the Sprit of Water Public Art

Because I’ve found that spending an entire day inside artificial spaces made of concrete boxes makes me feel especially stifled, yet when I go into a forest or rest on the grass under the shade of trees, feeling the breath of the blue sky and white clouds, I become filled with vitality. Therefore, I believe that if we can bring the vibrant frequencies of nature into environments surrounded by glass curtain-wall buildings, it would be a wonderful way to transform negative energy into positive energy. That’s why I translate the energy I experience from nature into abstract, flowing lines to create sculptural works that resonate and harmonize with the natural world.

Because the Chang Yi Technology Industrial Park is a commercial office complex housing thousands, even tens of thousands, of high-tech engineers, their work is often filled with tremendous pressure. The location of the public art installation is on a 20-by-30-meter reflecting pool in front of the park’s clubhouse, which serves as a dining and resting space for these engineers. We hope that the scale of the public artwork can achieve a balanced proportion with the pool, while also providing a strong flow of positive energy to help relieve the engineers’ work-related stress. Ultimately, the sculpture was designed to be 6 meters tall, 8 meters wide, and 5 meters deep in order to create a truly powerful and resonant effect.

I’ve found that conflicts between people—or even within oneself—often arise from dissatisfaction with unmet expectations. If we can guide people to shift their perspective from an internal to an external viewpoint, their way of seeing things may change. However, I believe that trying to achieve this transformation merely through ideas or verbal communication is often futile. The most direct and effective way is through sensory experience. When people are moved by a feeling that’s different from anything they’ve felt before, their perspective has a chance to change.Through the use of mirrored stainless steel and flowing lines, I hope to reflect the shimmering ripples of water, the changing clouds, and the light and atmosphere from morning to dusk. In doing so, I wish to help people shift their focus from internal conflicts to external sensations of beauty and wonder—creating a moment in which conflict may naturally dissolve.