與坔結緣 Bonding with Wetlands

林章信 
Chang-Hsin Lin

臺灣 Taiwan

自然公園11年
眼睛看的，手中摸的，心裡感受的
就是自然
樹是自然，水是自然，人也是自然人
感謝生命的安排，讓我在自然裡認識了一大群的自然人
教會我許許多多的自然事，也做了許許多多的自然事
我愛自然，更愛在這裏混進混出混出一個大名堂的自然人

年份 Year
2015

材料 Materials
樹枝、舊沼澤衣
Branches, old rubber chest waders

設置位置 Location
淡水亞太飯店綠漾中庭
Asia Pacific Hotel, Tamsui

理念 Statement
關渡自然公園環境部組長林章信（認識他的人多半喜歡稱他「阿信」）長年負責關渡自然公園棲地管理與保育，在工作中累積豐富自然生態知識，也與自然建立深厚情感。不僅如此，阿信在工作之餘常利用公園內的自然素材巧手打造充滿獨特美感的解說牌、戶外座椅等設施，展露他無窮的藝術創造力，是相當厲害的素人藝術家。

不久前，阿信整理出一批需要淘汰的沼澤衣，這些沼澤衣見證了環境部工作人員與環境維護志工們辛苦維護關渡自然公園57公頃棲地面積的點滴努力，於是2015關渡國際自然裝置藝術季的策展團隊特別邀請阿信利用這批沼澤衣創作〈與坔結緣〉，描繪「濕地照顧水，我們照顧濕地」的過程，同時也訴說著阿信自己與濕地結下不解之緣的美麗故事。

註：「坔」讀音同地，是濕地的古字，意思為潮濕的土地。

Chang-Hsin Lin, or “A-Hsin” as friends and colleagues like to call him, is the section chief of Environment Department and has been responsible for habitat management and conservation at Guandu Nature Park over a decade. Through his work, A-Hsin has not only gained a variety of knowledge about the environment but also formed a special bond with nature. Besides his routine work, A-Hsin has often showed off his artistic side when he transforms natural materials found in the Park into things like exhibition boards or even outdoor benches.

Not long ago, A-Hsin cleaned out several old rubber chest waders (or “frog suits” as we usually call them) which were too worn to use anymore. These frog suits are the best records of the countless hours the staff and volunteers have put into maintaining the 57 hectares healthy wetland environment at the Park. Therefore, the curator invited A-Hsin to use these frog suits to create his first official artwork. "Bonding with Wetlands" depicts the scene of how we take care of our wetlands. It also tells a beautiful life story of how A-Hsin devotes himself to wetland conservation.