植 – 物 新樂園 — 澳州墨爾本市
許淑真＋盧建銘 合作展
Plant- Matter NeoEden Melbourne
A Collaborative Exhibition by Artist Hsu Su-chen + Eco-architect Lu Chien-ming

展覽日期：2008.11.29~12.13
展覽地點：澳洲墨爾本皇家植物園 維多利亞國家標本室 領地之屋
開幕：2008.11.28（五）晚上6-8點
社區菜園交換日：2008.11.29 (六) 早上11點 -下午5點

Exhibition Date : 2008.11.29~12.13
Exhibition Location : Domain House, the National Herbarium of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, Australia
Opening : 6-8pm, Friday 28 November 2008
Community gardens exchange : 11am-5pm, Saturday 29 November 2008

展覽說明：
進駐在墨爾本皇家植物園--維多利亞國家標本室的台灣藝術家許淑真，正進行她植物與環境生態相關的藝術駐村計劃。在墨爾本的合作展，她與台灣生態建築師盧建銘將呈現台灣三個區域的植物故事，這些植物頑強的長在台灣逆境的環境中：
(一)「搶灘成功」：台灣北海岸石門鄉海灘植物、(二)「城市住民」：台北都會地區都市逆境植物、和(三)「島內移民」：達魯岸（Da-lu-an）部落的河岸菜園植物。這些故事談植物學和地理學，也試著藉由植物來闡述台灣的文化歷史與社會景況。
這些植物將以數位版畫和文件呈現，並公開與墨爾本居民從社區菜園提供的蔬菜，作為交換之物。非金錢的交易行動，每一個蔬菜/版畫的交換將被文件化與展覽在領地之屋，這個行動本身說明墨爾本居民如何在都市環境中使用他們的菜園（或國宅社區菜園），並藉由種植與食物的樣貌反應這個移民城市的文化與社會多樣性；而利用自家種植的區域型食物供需，除了朝向非工業化食物、食品運輸減量與環境生態的多面向思考行動，也對應於大眾對於大陸毒牛奶的恐懼，探討有關食品安全的問題。

亞洲連線/台北國際藝術村駐村計畫由台北市文化局台北文化基金會贊助

作品：

《逆境中的植物—台灣本島系列》

「社區菜園交換計劃」／《流亡的種子》

Exhibition Description:
Taiwanese artist in residence at the National Herbarium of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, Su-chen Hsu, in collaboration with Taiwanese eco-architect Lu Chien-ming, presents the result of their research into plants that thrive in adverse environments in Taiwan:
(1) "Successful Beachheads": Beach Plants in Shihmen Township on Taiwan's North Coast
(2) "Urban Residents": Plants found in Adverse Urban Environments in Metropolitan Taipei
(3) "Internal Migrants": Riverbank Vegetable Garden Plants in Da-lu-an Village
The plants are presented in the form of digital prints, and offered to the visiting public in exchange for vegetables, particularly those grown in Melbourne’s community gardens. Each of the vegetable/print swaps will be documented and exhibited in Domain House, illustrating the manner in which various community groups use their gardens to relate to food culturally and socially, and the relative safety of these home-grown plants produced in an urban environment in light of the recent milk product scare in China.

An Asialink/ Taipei Artist Village project supported by Taipei Culture Foundation and The Department of Cultural Affairs, Taipei City Government.

Works:

“Plants in adverse environments — Taiwan” Series

“Community gardens exchange”/ “Seeds of Refugee”