Work Title: “The Big Dipper”
Creation time: 2022
Work Category: Installation Art
Work size: 300m
Materials for the work: paddy fields, pits, canals, water
Creation Description: “The Big Dipper” is a land art piece that grows within the earth. Its inspiration comes from the ancient “Big Dipper Well” pattern in rural Zhejiang – a traditional wisdom that maps constellations onto the earth’s surface and connects celestial phenomena with survival.
In the paddy fields of Heshan Village, we worked with local farmers to dig out the shape of the Big Dipper and diverted water into the ditches. When the water is full, star maps emerge in the paddy fields. Only when viewed from the air can this hidden celestial phenomenon be fully revealed.
The work reconstructs the ancient cosmic picture of “observing phenomena from the sky and taking examples from the earth” with the most simple labor (excavation) and the most natural medium (water and soil). It is both a tribute to the fading wisdom of the native land and a quiet inquiry into the relationship between heaven and earth through contemporary perspectives and technology (drones), allowing the ancient star maps hidden in the earth to shine again.
作品名称：《北斗七星》
创作时间：2022
作品类别：装置艺术
作品尺寸：300m
作品材料：水田、挖坑、水渠、水
创作说明：《北斗七星》是一件生长于土地之中的大地艺术作品，灵感来自浙江乡村古老的“北斗七星井”格局——一种将星宿映射于地表、连接天象与生存的传统智慧。
在和山村的山村水田间，我们与当地农民共同挖掘出北斗七星的形状，并引水灌入沟渠。当清水盈满，星图便在水田中浮现。唯有从空中俯瞰，这一隐秘的星象方能完整显现。
作品以最朴素的劳作（挖凿）与最天然的介质（水土），重构了古人“观象于天，取法于地”的宇宙图景。它既是对渐逝的乡土智慧的致敬，亦是通过当代视角与技术（无人机），让隐匿于大地的古老星图重新发光，完成一次对天地关系的静谧叩问。