第一章：定义楚山棕榈
Episode I: Define A Chusan Palm brings together historical archives buried deep within 19th- and 20th-century botanical literature and the artist’s photographic practice. By sorting and reorganizing hundreds of fragmented and disordered documents, the artist presents to the viewer—through five distinct steps—how the Chusan Palm can be identified and understood from the perspective of Western botanical research.
The archives related to the Chusan Palm are excerpted, classified, and reconstructed through an image-based, quasi-taxonomic methodology. Within this framework, the Chusan Palm signifies not only a plant species, but also simulates the imperial conquest and re-coding of nature and culture in the Far East. These materials are categorized and standardized within drawers—drawers, as the primary medium for storing and concealing archives, are here conspicuously suspended on the exhibition wall, transforming what was once hidden into something overtly revealed.
《第一章：定义楚山棕榈》将深埋于19-20世纪植物学文献库的历史档案与创作者的摄影实践相结合。通过对上百份杂乱无序的档案进行归类与重组，创作者以五个步骤，向观者呈现在西方植物学的研究视点下，该如何辨认并深入了解楚山棕榈。有关楚山棕榈的档案被创作者以图像志的工作方式截取、分类与重构，在这种语境中，楚山棕榈不仅标志着一种植物，也模拟了帝国对远东自然和文化的征服与重新编码。他们被分类并规范在抽屉中，抽屉——这一存放并隐藏档案的原始载体，在此刻以昭然若揭的态势被悬置于展墙之上。
2024 Photography, Document prints, Wooden drawers, Thumbtacks Unique edition 70 x 60 cm
步骤一：辨认一棵楚山棕榈
2024 摄影、现成档案手工纸印刷、木质抽屉柜、图钉 独版 70 x 60 cm
2024 Photography, Document prints, Wooden drawers, Thumbtacks Unique edition 65 x 30 cm
步骤二：生长过程与形态变化
2024 摄影、现成档案手工纸印刷、木质抽屉柜、图钉 独版 65 x 30 cm
2024 Document prints, Wooden drawers, Thumbtacks Unique edition 50 x 60 cm
步骤三：器官与细节
2024 现成档案手工纸印刷、木质抽屉柜、图钉 独版 50 x 60 cm
2024 Document prints, Wooden drawers, Thumbtacks Unique edition 90 x 40 cm
步骤四：用途与价值
2024 现成档案手工纸印刷、木质抽屉柜、图钉 独版 90 x 40 cm
2024 Document prints, Wooden drawers, Thumbtacks Unique edition 40 x 70 cm
步骤五：“楚山”谜题
2024 现成档案手工纸印刷、木质抽屉柜、图钉 独版 40 x 70 cm