The bamboo lantern installation uses a bamboo basket, a daily necessities used by local villagers in the past, as a medium to create a public cultural space for communication between people and the environment.
"Bamboo Star" bamboo lantern art installation is a temporary installation specially created for the "Haystack Tribe Art Season" held by Donghushan Art Museum in Huangmei Xianglu Mountain Village, Hubei Province. It is a lighting art installation assembled from ready-made products. The inspiration for the creation comes from a daily necessities used by local villagers when washing vegetables: this utensil is hand-woven using the local material-bamboo. The author hopes that through such a daily necessities that make foreigners feel curious and make locals feel friendly, to reflect the local villagers' village culture of taking local materials and adapting to local conditions, and then presenting the poetic and picturesque scenery of Huangmei Village, re-establish the relationship between people and people, The relationship between people and the environment.

▲Overlooking the bamboo lantern installation in the field

▲ Bamboo lantern installation in the field

Xianglushan Village is located in Dahe Town, Huangmei County, Hubei Province. It is located beside Yongan Reservoir and is surrounded by mountains. It not only has a beautiful natural environment, but also has beautiful scenery, so it has left a deep impression on everyone who comes here. Under the blessing of the rural revitalization strategy, the development and construction of Huangmei Village has entered the fast lane. How to preserve the natural environment of the countryside in the process of rapid development is an important issue facing all rural constructions today. The grouped bamboo lanterns are like magnified reeds, making people feel the power from nature.

▲ A tree by the reservoir

▲Reeds beside the rice field

The bamboo lantern installation uses a bamboo basket, a daily necessities used by local villagers in the past, as a medium to create a public cultural space for communication between people and the environment. The interesting thing about the bamboo basket is that it is difficult for someone to guess its purpose by its shape, which can also arouse the curiosity of outsiders. As for every local, it is very familiar with it, because it is the tool that every household used to wash potatoes in the past. The method is to put the potatoes in a bamboo basket, and then use a long bamboo pole to extend it into the river water. Interestingly, while stirring and cleaning, the sharp section of the bamboo can also peel off the potato skins. In the author's view, it is the curiosity of outsiders and the familiarity of local people that establish a bridge of communication between people. In addition, the good local natural environment, bamboo everywhere and abundant and high-quality water resources can also establish a close relationship between people and the environment.

▲Bamboo basket for washing potatoes

▲Master Wu, a local craftsman who participated in the production, told the story of him and the bamboo basket

▲ Bamboo lamp installation and nature integration

▲ Bamboo lantern installation and farmland integration

This used to be a must-have for every household, but now few people still use it. We now have a more convenient and efficient way of cleaning, but it has a special value and meaning for each Aboriginal people. When we were making the works, when every villager saw this bamboo basket, they seemed to have seen old friends who had been away for a long time, and they talked to us with relish about their past life. Therefore, the inside of the container that looks empty now is actually full of memories of that era. During the production, the author also installed LED solar lights in the bamboo basket, so whenever night falls, the bamboo basket will be lit, and this form can also evoke good memories of the past.

▲ Bamboo lamp installation night scene

▲When people are in it and look up, they will show the poetic fusion of the work and the night sky

In the past, most works of art were placed in a "white box", just like an artist in an ideal laboratory, in a "sterile" environment, to present an idea.
However, the bamboo lantern installation hopes to have a relationship with the local place from the beginning. In fact, it can only reflect its value and significance when it integrates with the local natural and cultural environment.

▲Details of night scene of bamboo lamp installation

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