A New Era of TAIKANG｜開江紀

展覽期間｜2023.07.01╴10.01   
策展人｜邱國峻
展出藝術家｜范志明、游文富、李蕢至、Lua Rivera、李文政、蔡筱淇& 吉川公野（Kimiya Yoshikawa）、蔡坤霖、連翊庭(Candy)、水谷篤司（Mizutani Atsushi）、動畫師毛毛、莫嘉賓

《開江紀》意味著「開啟台江新紀元，邁向下個兩百年。」展覽如同一部穿越時空的實景電影，除了回溯前人敬天、拓土的歷史記憶，更探尋未來台江人與環境的共融之道。
故事因「水」而起：台江原是內海，如同進出臺灣之玄關，是行船人的避風港，更是多元文化的匯流處。然而歷經水患淤沙，台江漸為浮陸所據；在艱困環境中，人如菅芒，於水與陸之間尋覓生機。
如今，台江人化流沙為磐石，從圈塭養殖，到搭蓋草寮，居然魚市，終於安身立命；只是面對外境的快速變遷，如何在建庄基礎上，以圳治水、順水推舟，開創與水共榮的宜居城市？令人拭目以待。
《開江紀》的作品正分佈於港、海坪、塭、寮、圳等相關區位，亦如地標般地融入台江各重要據點，引領著觀者親臨感受台江人如何「佇內海走出一條路」！

展覽地點｜四草堤坊、府城天險、台江國家公園遊客中心、嘉南大圳水上運動訓練中心、臺南市綜合農產品批發市場

台江建庄二百年 開江紀藝術裝置展導覽影片

Exhibition Link: 開江紀, a New Ear of Taikang ,   Artwork

Duration: July 1, 2023 – October 1, 2023
Curator: Chiu Kuo-Jun
Artists: Fan Zhi-Ming, You Wen-Fu, Li Kai-Zhi, Lua Rivera, Li Wen-Zheng, Tsai Xiao-Qi & Kimiya Yoshikawa, Tsai Kuen-Lin, Candy, Mizutani Atsushi, Animator MaoMao, Mo Jia-Bin

“A New Era of TAIKANG” signifies “Inaugurating a New Era for Taikang, Advancing Towards the Next Two Hundred Years”. This exhibition serves as a cinematic journey through time, recounting ancestral reverence and historic settlements, and searching for the harmony between future Taikang residents and their environment.

The narrative commences with “water”. Taikang was originally a lagoon, acting as a gateway to Taiwan. It served as a safe haven for sailors and a confluence of diverse cultures. However, due to silting and water-related disasters, Taikang gradually became encroached by land. Amid these harsh conditions, like hardy reeds, people sought livelihoods between water and land.

Today, the people of Taikang have solidified their foundation, transitioning from pond farming to building straw huts and establishing fish markets, thus finding stability. However, in the face of rapid external changes, how will they continue to manage water resources and coexist harmoniously with nature, thereby establishing a sustainable urban habitat? It remains to be seen.

The works of “A New Era of TAIKANG” are integrated like landmarks into various key points of Taikang, guiding visitors to experience how the Taikang people “carved a path from the lagoon”.

Exhibition Locations: Sicao Dyke, Fucheng Natural Fortress, Taikang National Park Visitor Center, Jianan Grand Canal Water Sports Training Center, Tainan City Comprehensive Agricultural Wholesale Market.