“Bamboo Star”竹灯艺术装置

“Bamboo Star”竹灯艺术装置是专为东湖杉美术馆在湖北黄梅香炉山村举办的“草堆部落艺术季”而创作的临时性装置作品。其是由现成品加工组装而成的灯光艺术装置。而创作灵感则来源于当地村民洗菜时所使用的一件生活用品：这个器物是使用当地的材料——竹子手工编制而成。作者希望通过这样一件让外地人感到好奇，让本地人感到亲切的日常生活用品，去体现当地村民就地取材、因地制宜的乡村文化，进而在呈现黄梅乡村的诗情画意时，重新建立人与人、人与环境之间的关系。

The bamboo lamp art installation entitled “Bamboo Star” is a temporary installation specially created for the “Haystack Tribes Art Fair” held by Donghu Shan Art Museum in Xianglushan Village, Huangmei County, Hubei Province. It is a luminal art installation assembled from ready-mades and inspired by an article of daily use used by local villagers to wash vegetables: this implement is handcrafted with local material—bamboo. The author hopes to use such a daily implement, which intrigues non-locals yet makes locals feel familiar, to reflect the rural culture of local villagers, namely, using locally available materials and adopting to local conditions, and hence rebuild the relationship between people and the relationship between people and the environment while presenting the poetic and picturesque splendor of Huangmei Village.

▲俯瞰田野中的竹灯装置 Bamboo lamp installation overlooking a field

▲位于田野中的竹灯装置 Bamboo lamp installation in the field

香炉山村位于湖北省黄梅县大河镇，坐落在永安水库旁，为群山所环抱，不仅拥有优美的自然环境，而且风景十分秀丽，所以给每一个来这里的人留下了深刻印象。在乡村振兴战略的加持下，黄梅乡村的发展建设已经进入了快车道。如何在快速发展的过程中，保留好乡村的自然环境，乃是当下所有乡村建设所面临的重要课题。而成组的竹灯装置形态就如同放大的芦苇荡，进而让人感受到来自自然的力量。

Located in Dahe Town, Huangmei County, Hubei Province, Xianglushan Village is adjacent to Yong’an Reservoir and is surrounded by mountains. The village has a beautiful natural environment and is scenic itself, so everyone who comes here will be deeply impressed. With the support of the strategy of rural revitalization, the development of Huangmei Village has been put in the fast lane. How to preserve the natural environment of the village in the process of rapid growth is a crucial task faced by all rural developments nowadays. While the bamboo lamps grouped together are like a magnified reed marsh, which allows people to feel the power of nature.

▲水库旁的一棵树 A tree beside the reservoir

▲稻田旁的芦苇荡 Reed marshes beside the paddy field

竹灯装置以当地村民过去使用的一种生活用品——竹篓为媒介，创造出了一个人与人、人与环境交流的公共文化空间。竹篓有意思的地方在于很难有人通过形态能够猜出它的用途，而这也可以引起外来者的好奇心。至于每个本地人都非常熟悉它，因为这是过去家家户户用来清洗土豆的工具。方法是将土豆置于竹篓之中，然后用长长的竹竿将它伸入河水，有意思的是，在搅动清洗的同时，竹子锋利的截面还可以将土豆皮一并削除。在作者看来，正是由外人的好奇和本地人的熟悉，建立起了人与人沟通的桥梁。此外，当地良好的自然环境，随处的竹子和丰富优质的水资源也可建立起了人与环境亲密的关系。

The bamboo lamp installation uses bamboo baskets, a kind of daily utensil used by local villagers in the past, as the medium to create a public cultural space for communication between people and between people and the environment. The interesting part of the bamboo basket is that it is hard to figure out its usage by its shape, and this can intrigue outsiders. But, every local is very familiar with it, because it is the tool that every local family used to wash potatoes in the past. The method is to put potatoes in a bamboo basket, and then put it into the river with a long bamboo pole. Interestingly, the sharp section of bamboo can peel the potatoes when stirred and cleaned. To the author, it is the curiosity of outsiders and the familiarity of locals that build a communication bridge between people. Besides, favorable local natural environment, ubiquitous bamboos and abundant high-quality water resources can also establish close ties between people and the environment.

▲左：洗土豆的竹篓；右：参与制作的当地工匠吴师傅讲述他和竹篓的故事

Left: Bamboo baskets used for washing potatoes; Right: Master Wu, a local craftsman who participated in the production, told the story between him and bamboo basket.

▲竹灯装置与自然融合 Bamboo lamp installation integrating with nature

▲竹灯装置与农田融合 Bamboo lamp installation integrating with cropland

这个曾经每家都必备的生活用品，现如今已经很少有人还会去使用它。我们现在有了更方便、更高效的清洗方式，但是它对每个原住民来说则有着特殊的价值和意义。当我们在制作作品的过程中，每一个村民看到这个竹篓时，都仿佛见到了阔别已久的老朋友，并向我们津津乐道地诉说他们过往生活的点点滴滴。故现在看上去空空的容器内部，其实装满了那个时代的记忆。在制作中，作者还在作品在竹篓中安装了LED太阳能灯，故每当夜幕降临时，竹篓就会被点亮，而这样的形式也能很好唤起大家对过往的美好回忆。

This used to be an essential article of daily use for every family, but today few people still use it. Now there are more convenient and efficient ways of cleaning, but it has special value and meaning for every aboriginal. When we were creating this work, every villager who saw this bamboo basket seemed as if they had seen a long-lost old friend and told us with great relish the details of their lives in the past. So, the ostensibly empty inside of the container is virtually filled with the memories of those days. In the production process, the author also installed solar LED lights in the bamboo baskets, so the bamboo baskets will be lit when night falls, which can also effectively evoke past memories of good old days.

▲竹灯装置夜景 Night scene of the bamboo lamp installation    

以往大多数的艺术作品都摆放在“白盒子”中，就如同艺术家在一个理想实验室中，处于“无菌”的环境下，去呈现一个自己的想法。但竹灯装置一开始就希望和当地的场所发生关系，事实上，也只有在此时、此刻、此地，即与当地的自然和人文环境融为一体时，它才会体现它的价值和意义。

Most works of art were placed in a “white box” in the past, just as an artist presents his or her idea in an ideal laboratory, a “germfree” environment. In contrast, the bamboo lamp installation intends to mingle with local place at the very outset. In reality, it is able to manifest its value and significance only when it integrates with local natural and cultural environments at this time, at this moment, and at this place.

▲当人置身其中，抬头仰望，便会呈现作品与夜空的诗意融合

The poetic fusion of the work and the night sky will show when people stand here and look up

▲竹灯装置夜景细节 Details of the night scene of the bamboo lamp installation

▲与竹灯装置合影 Photo with bamboo lamp installation

项目名称：“Bamboo Star”竹灯艺术装置

项目类型：公共艺术

设计方：好舍空间设计

公司网站：https://haoshedesign.mysxl.cn/

联系邮箱：lydesign@ccnu.edu.cn

设计主创：鲁杨

设计团队：易畅雾、石达

策划团队：东湖杉美术馆

项目地址：湖北，黄梅

摄影版权：好舍空间设计

摄像版权：好舍空间设计

材料：竹子、LED太阳能灯

完成年份：2022年

Project name:“Bamboo Star” art installation

Project type:Pabulic Art

Design:Haoshe Space Design

Website:https://haoshedesign.mysxl.cn/

Contact e-mail:lydesign@ccnu.edu.cn

Leader designer:Lu Yang

Design Team:Yi Changwu,Shi Da

Planning team：Donghu Shan Art Museum

Project location:Huangmei,Hubei

Photo credit: Haoshe Space Design

Video credit: Haoshe Space Design

Materials:Bamboo，LED solar lamps

Completion Year:2022