Benjamin Taffinder|活水迷宮 Water Maze

活水迷宮 Water Maze

班‧塔分德 
Benjamin Taffinder

英國 U.K

年份 Year
2007

材料 Materials
抽水幫浦、水管、竹子與細繩
Bamboo, boat pumps, plastic pipe, twine, water

理念 Statement
「水是串連關渡自然公園各元素的主題,理當作為互動式藝術品的最佳主角。」遊客可利用固定式打氣機抽取流水,導入較高的排水口,使水流經整座竹子製成的迷宮,讓原本空無一物的迷宮,因水的流動而展現生命力,隨著管道設計,水流將回歸原來的環境。

「我期待這件作品能為遊客帶來樂趣,並鼓勵大家團體合作,特別是孩子們;當使力抽水的人越多,感受上的效果越大。由於『活水迷宮』完全倚賴群眾參與才能發揮功效,我期待它能吸引人們多加注意,在這世界仍有許多單純卻重要的環節。水是萬物成長賴以維生的要素,藉由這座迷宮,我期待能敏銳地擴張遊客對水的理解力。」

Water is the park’s connecting element, and I am using it to create an interactive artwork.  Visitors are encouraged to use fixed boat pumps to lift water from the pond or marsh to a high outlet where it falls, bringing to life a maze of bamboo channels, pipes and flippers as it flows back down to it’s source.  This piece is meant to be fun for groups of visitors – especially children – and encourages teamwork because the more people involved in pumping, the greater the sensory effect will be.  In relying on public interaction to function, I hope the work draws attention to a very simple, very important piece of our world.  I want to create something that sensitively expands visitor’s perceptions of the water upon which all the reserve’s wildlife, and of course we ourselves depend.