68 藝術野營地 Camping garden 68
- 2012年12月31日
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作品名稱：68藝術野營地
創作者：李蕢至
媒材：現地植物
地點：雲林縣西螺鎮延平路68號23.802184N, 120.463104E
年份：2012
“雲林縣駐鎮藝術家計畫”
2012 年，我於雲林西螺駐村期間，發現西螺鎮延平路 68 號有一塊長期未經整理的荒廢空地。此處過去曾有房舍，如今卻像是熱鬧老街中的一處「時空凹洞」，被遺忘在日常生活的流動之外。基於我過往野營經驗所帶來的美好記憶，我萌生了將這塊土地轉化為藝術野營地的想法。
我與在地居民共同投入整理與改造，以「藝術整地」的方式，邀請藝術家與社區參與，逐步將此地轉化為一個可供旅者短暫停留、休憩，同時也能進行藝術展演與交流的開放空間，並將其命名為「68 藝術野營地（Camping Garden 68）」。
基地中的主要裝置作品，使用整地過程中清理出的樹枝，以及颱風過後修剪留下的枝材所構築，形成一件自然雕塑。我在駐村期間，如同一位園丁般每日照料這片空間：保留可食用植物，移除雜草，讓土地重新呼吸。隨著時間推移，原生攀藤植物——如山苦瓜、川七與山藥——逐漸攀附並覆蓋雕塑，使原本棕色的結構轉化為層次豐富的鮮綠色調，讓作品與環境自然融合。
在短短八個月內，超過二十位創作者陸續參與此地的創作與使用。「68 藝術野營地」逐漸成為西螺延平老街上一處充滿生命力的奇幻凹口——一個自由、開放、充滿可能性的場域，也是一個適合作夢、讓自然與創作持續生成的地方。
Title: Camping Garden 68
Artist: Lee, Kuei-Chih
Materials: On-site plants
Location: No. 68, Yanping Road, Xiluo Town, Yunlin County, Taiwan.
Year: 2012
“Artist residency in Xiluo project”
In 2012, during my residency in Xiluo, Yunlin, I discovered an abandoned plot of land at No. 68, Yanping Road. The site had once held a house, but after years of neglect, it had become what felt like a “time hollow” embedded within the lively old street—forgotten and disconnected from everyday life. Drawing from my own positive experiences with camping, I began to imagine transforming this neglected space into an artistic camping ground.
Together with residents, I initiated a process of “artistic land preparation,” inviting artists and community members to participate in reshaping the site. Gradually, the space was transformed into an open base that could provide travelers with a place to rest and stay, while also functioning as a platform for artistic creation and exchange. This project was named Camping Garden 68.
The main installation within the site was constructed as a natural sculpture using branches collected during land clearing and pruned tree limbs left after typhoons. Throughout the residency, I cared for the site like a gardener—preserving edible plants and removing weeds—allowing the land to regenerate naturally. Over time, native climbing plants such as wild bitter melon, Malabar spinach, and yams gradually covered the sculpture, transforming its original brown structure into vibrant layers of green and allowing it to merge seamlessly with its surroundings.
Within just eight months, more than twenty artists participated in activities and creations at the site. Camping Garden 68 evolved into a lively, almost magical hollow along Xiluo’s Yanping Old Street—a free, open space full of vitality and potential, a place where nature and creativity could continuously grow, and where dreaming was not only possible, but encouraged.
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