【總爺國際藝術駐村計畫】《當土又堆了起來》蔡明岳個展
臺南官田區鐵路旁有一座土丘,視線穿過甘蔗田望去,它彷彿融進了鐵軌另一側的小山中。土丘上沒有植被的土壤表層散落著各種碎片,混著各種碎片的泥土、幾處出奇平坦的地面,讓他不禁想像著—挖土機曾經開上這座土丘,並將土又堆了起來。
官田鄉志上的考古紀錄裡,記載著「國母山」,它是新石器時代中、晚期的考古遺址。當地人說那裡曾經是墓地、美軍設施、風水穴位。麻豆段高速公路建設時將之剷平,取其土造路。
他尋著國母山被剷平的歷程,重新詮釋這段環境經建設改動的事件。
By the railway in the Guantian District of Tainan, there is a mound. Looking at it from across the sugarcane field, it seemed to merge into the hills on the other side of the tracks. The mound’s bare surface was scattered with remnants, which made archaeologists keep muttering. Looking at the soil with remnants and a few exceptionally flat surfaces, he couldn’t help imagining the mound had once been a hill before some excavators climbed up to it and shoveled it to what it was now.
Before that, it was Kou-mu-shan Mountain, a name that showed up in the records, of Guantain Chronicle, an archaeological site containing remnants from the middle and late Neolithic period. Locals say there was once a cemetery, a U.S. military facility, and even a feng shui spot. However, it was leveled for the construction of the National Highway’s Madou section, its soil used for the road.
Following the history of Kuo-mu-shan Mountain being leveled, He reinterprets this particular environmental change caused by human construction.