Records of Landscape

Title: Records of Landscape

Materials: Digital Output/Audio Devices

Size: 40x40x5cm

Years: 2023

名稱：地景唱盤

尺寸：40x40x5cm

媒材：數位輸出／聲音裝置，感測器、電子零件、播放器、耳機、馬達

年份：2023

Exhibition Record：

* Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2023

Introduction:

"Records of Landscape" explores the intersection of landscape, perception, local experience, and listening, re-examining the landscapes and human experiences of declining areas through new technologies. This work originates from the artist's long-term creative project "Surrounding Spectrum," which began with a deep concern for place and an exploration of landscapes.

Since 2018, the artist has conducted extensive field research in several rural towns, documenting and observing how social changes have reshaped these places—military villages that could not be preserved, decaying old business districts, and small towns affected by population migration. Within these disappearing urban textures, the artist seeks a new perspective to reinterpret the historical contexts of these places, re-experiencing and translating their spaces and memories into a form of auditory expression.

To achieve this, the artist has developed a computational system that translates collected landscape imagery into generative music. The system performs real-time analysis on video data, calculating and transforming it into musical compositions. These compositions are then compiled into a sound booklet, alongside locally collected stories and experiences, forming a new kind of sound cartography.

"Records of Landscape" was published in October 2023, focusing on several remote villages surrounding the artist's city. It employs drones to capture local imagery while incorporating new AI-based computational techniques to enrich the musical interpretations of the landscapes. The final work is presented as a sound installation—when visitors approach the turntable, a sensor is triggered, causing the record to spin and play music generated from the landscapes, allowing the audience to experience these forgotten places through sound.

《地景唱盤》探索風景、感知、在地經驗與聆聽之間的交織關係，透過新科技重新審視衰退地區的風景與人類經驗。這項作品源自藝術家長期的創作計畫《環繞光譜》，該計畫始於對地方的深刻關懷以及對風景的探索。

自2018年起，藝術家在多個鄉村小鎮進行了廣泛的田野調查，記錄並觀察社會變遷如何重塑這些地方——無法保存的眷村、衰敗的老商業區，以及受人口遷移影響的小鎮。在這些逐漸消失的城市紋理中，藝術家尋求一種新的視角來重新詮釋這些地方的歷史脈絡，將其空間與記憶重新體驗並轉化為聽覺表達形式。

為了實現這一目標，藝術家開發了一套計算系統，將採集的風景圖像轉化為生成音樂。該系統對影片數據進行即時分析，計算並將其轉換為音樂作品。這些作品與在地採集的敘事和經驗一起編纂成一本聲音手冊，形成一種新型的聲音地圖。

《地景唱盤》於2023年10月發表，聚焦於藝術家所在城市周邊的幾個偏遠村莊。它運用無人機捕捉當地影像，同時結合基於人工智慧的新型計算技術，豐富對風景的音樂詮釋。最終作品以聲音裝置的形式呈現——當參觀者接近唱盤時，感應器被觸發，唱片開始旋轉，播放由風景生成的音樂，讓觀眾透過聲音體驗這些被遺忘的地方。