READING A BRIDGE
LIGHTING DESIGN
Oude Light, Chien Kuo Ho, Hao Wei Lin, Yi Chang Chen
BRAND CURATION HUB
Shu Ching Hsieh, Nick Wu, Asta Lee
PROJECT DESIGNER
Wei Chun Lin, Chi Yun Chen
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Wei Wang Hydropower Engineering
WOODEN STRUCTURE
Chien Tung Chen, Zhong Yi Huang, Chang Feng Li, Jian Wei Yan, Yu Cheng Shen, Yumu Manufacture & Research
PROJECT ASSISTANT
Wei Zhe Huang, Cheng Wei Chang, Zhe Wei Zhang, Fei Mu Wu
AREA
114 M²
YEAR
2019
LOCATION
Taiwan (Roc)
CATEGORY
Installation
Text description provided by architect.
Taiwanese artist Cheng Tsung FENG always focuses on traditional handcrafted culture. For the large-scale installation art for Eslite Bookstore 30th Anniversary, his subject is “Chinese Stitched Binding”, which is a kind of book binding method with a long history.
When the idea becomes text, the text falls on the paper, the paper is bundled through the rope, and it finally assembles together as a book.
FENG transforms this binding craft from a plane into a three-dimensional unit like a tile (more than 1500 pieces), then he combines the store's escalator to create a transitional space just like a bridge and a tunnel.
The movement of the escalator is like a book is turning pages. When people set foot on it and they will keep moving, reading is the similar concept.
When people open a book and start reading, their spirit and consciousness is moving and no longer staying.
Reading is like a bridge that allows us to travel through the past and the future, through reality and fiction, between different identities and to everywhere of the world.
