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connect space and people. The major concept and act of "interbreeding"
held as key to the philosophy of the Interbreeding Field (IF hereafter)
is about creating new species of architectural structures, exploring
new spatial thinking, and initiating new generation of architects,
by connecting the past, the existing, and the highly potential or
prospective, so as to lead into the future.
To facilitate the spectator with a real, physical sense of his/her
body in a space and to further evoke a "space" memory by breaking
down the routine thinking of the spectator, or even semi-coercing
him/her to question and rethink the pertinent issues of space, body,
memory, and nature, the IF team intends to take advantage of its
experimental spirit by "implementing" an architectural structure
of ingenuity into the space of the Palazzo delle Prigioni in Venice,
where the Taiwan Pavilion is located.
This implemented structure will take up, spread, and extend into
all of the three exhibition rooms, forming an interpenetrating and
mutually related pathway, capable of providing the spectator with
a tangible, hospitable architectural space that allows the human
body to walk around, move about, and explore. Palazzo delle Prigioni
will thus be turned into a new space/place like a transformed landscape
that can be dwelled and roamed, which may further boost our spatial
imagination and thinking about the natural environments and human
dwelling, as well as the visual and tactile feeling towards the
beauty of the architectural structure itself. To accommodate the
building of a spatial atmosphere, various applications of digital
image and mixed media alike will be integrated as well.
By turning over the existing definition of the space in question,
this architectural project is not simply an exploration or interrogation
about the making of the image of nature and human dwelling, but
also means to enhance the spectator to reflect upon the established
relationships of architecture, nature, technology, and culture with
human beings.
To further realize this exhibition project of the Interbreeding
Field as described, a replica of Palazzo delle Prigione of exact
same (1:1) scale will first be built nearby the matrix site of the
Interbreeding Field at the Tainan National College of the Arts,
Taiwan. A distinctive construction method will be applied with spatial
exactitude as well as creativity and artistic quality in terms of
architectural structure. This structure will be designed as unit
sets, which can be assembled and disassembled as efficiently as
possible. And it is these unit sets that will be shipped to Palazzo
delle Prigione for on location reassembling.
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