Wang Wen-Chih | Bamboo Construction: A Woven Bamboo Nest You Can Enter

A huge, enterable hollow woven from thousands of locally harvested bamboo poles using traditional weaving techniques, created on-site outdoors: its shape resembles a nest, cocoon, or vortex, with no straight lines or clear beams and columns; the structural force comes from the overall weave. An opening is set at the top; when a person enters, lies down, and looks up, the bamboo weave spirals inward to form a circular skylight. The bamboo material is untreated, retaining its green color and gradually turning yellow then brown over time. The weaving is completed with the participation of local residents, and the work is allowed to decay or be dismantled and returned to the earth after the exhibition period. The surroundings are natural environments such as rice fields, valleys, or coastlines. Shot from inside looking up, with the spiraling weave and the circular skylight at the top visible simultaneously. Avoid: using steel frames, painting bamboo for preservation, sealing the top, making the work a permanent facility.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

以數千根當地砍下的竹子,依傳統的編織工法在戶外現地編成一個可以進入的巨大空腔:外形像巢、繭或漩渦,沒有直線也沒有明確的樑柱,結構的力來自編織的整體。開口設在頂端,人進去躺下往上看時,竹編的螺旋收束成一個圓形的天光。竹材未經處理,保留青綠並隨時間轉黃再轉褐。編織由當地居民共同參與完成,作品在展期後任其腐朽或拆除回歸土地。周圍為稻田、山谷或濱海的自然環境。從內部仰拍,編織的螺旋與頂端的天光同時可見。避免:使用鋼構骨架、竹材上漆防腐、封閉頂端、作品做成永久設施。