This work started with the lunar eclipse. The lunar eclipse results from a shadow created when the earth blocks the sunlight headed towards the moon. As the sunlight moves, the eclipse changes. During the process, is the lunar eclipse real or virtual? Could it be a something unique, a place existing between reality and the virtual?

The work uses a gradually changing surface with piles of small reflectors to create a transformation between the real and the virtual. The reflective piles sway with the air flow, interacting with the ripples on the water. This work is connected with the standing artwork “Mirror Moon-Moon Realm.” In between the surfaces of water and the bridge, the viewers can move back and forth within the changing lunar eclipse.

They say, “seeing is believing”. This work is an installation of a pair of eyes. The audience will see the different forms from different perspectives, as if the full moon, crescent moon and the lunar eclipse appear within the eyes. On the center of the installation, there is an inward swirling on the side of the eye, and an outward artesian water feature at the back. The viewers can make eye contact with an obscure fantasy in the fog that is obscured by light. The Chinese words “月意”can form together and become “臆,” which means “the subjective imagination.” What if the uncertainty of life and an eternity of happiness, were actually just the imaginings of people? Still, we need our imaginations, to turn the uneven surface of the moon into something special, and to appreciate a dim moon with diffuse reflections so that we can celebrate the Moon Festival. Even though Neil Armstrong has been to the moon, the world still needs Le Petit Prince…

At Yanshuei Harbor which is famous for the moon, the collective memories and relationships of a host of generations share this space along with the moon and the winding river. Light and shadow travel together, carving out the tangled curves of an accumulation of time and histories burred deep inside people’s minds. The body can expand awareness with use of the five senses, scanning back and forth, seeking and flowing along with traces formed by the aftermath of light—this is the secret held between you and I, and the moon. 

From within the great expanse of time, we seek a balance between our existence and the ever-changing nature of life. Diffuse and substantial ideas continue traveling with us, and accompany us with the infinite light of the moon.

What would it be like if we could see the cities of the earth from the moon? Tainan, where Lin Shu-Kai grew up, is an ancient city full of temples, winding alleys and religious totems. By combining them with his personal experience and realization of life, he has absorbed these visual and spatial experience and dug out signs that were buried within his subconscious. Through his observations and travels, he has gradually built up these fantasy buildings; he also has tried to use the wooden molds that were left in his father’s factory to construct many imaginary cities of the future. Like the ever-changing moon, from our perspective, cities are also ever-changing.

Various stars sit on the surface of the water, transforming it into a part of the Milky Way. Flickers of light shine on the water and also on the audience, as if the light of the bright moon and the starry sky were shining together. Flickering stars shimmer like small breaths of light, creatively distributed across the night sky. The cool embrace of an evening breeze brings whispers of the Milky Way to the audience, just like that glittering painting of stars and moon in the water.

Walking among the stars, we sing songs for the moon. The circle installation swaying on the water symbolizes the stars and the coastal light zone  that are changing with the

chords and colorful lighting. The audience can scan the QR Code to enter the exclusive interface, to listen to familiar songs and melodies about the moon, which mix together with the chords in the environment to form a complete song. Captured by music full of good memories, everyone becomes part of the stars due to the flickers on their phone screens.

The concept for this work started from observations of abandoned street signs. When the original images of the signs faded due to age, the remaining frames of the light boxes still held a special structural beauty. The artists collected these frames and used them as a material, unifying the structures with a white tone and placing them on the water beside the bridge. Thus the signs have been re-vamped so they no longer exist for advertising, rather as elements of a street, paving out a white light on the river of Yuejin Harbor.

In the daytime, this structure with its columns is like a city emerging from the water, a kind of solid illusion. The story of what happens in this city becomes like a narrative landscape or a mass fantasy. At night, the fireworks, which had been high in the sky, burst out over the water. This carnival in the city is a celebration in the moonlight. It is uncertain whether the shadows of the figures shown in the firework are imaginary or real.

The hinterland of Yuejin Harbor is wide and the water and the earth are illuminated by the sun and the moon, which has accumulated abundant energy.The animals living here also receive this power. Among them, the wolves and dogs feel it the most. When the moon is full, the wolves and dogs are summoned by this glowing energy. Over time, will they turn into werewolves?! Don’t underestimate the power of nature of of the moonlight.

By the mysterious glow of the moon in the dark, the corners of cities can be illuminated. The movements of the tide, the transformation of a man into a werewolf, or a girl into a great warrior, all occur thanks to the moon. There is even the old superstition that your ear will be cut off if you point it at the moon. How about we kidnap the moon while it is not paying attention? Using a reel device and a magic rope, we can have it stay with us on the ground, so that we can observe it closely, accompany it and bathe in its magical light. We can ask the moon: why on earth can it have such magical powers, making people become different upon seeing it? Is it the power of change? Does it hold a mystery that people are seeking? Or does it simply want to whisper in our ears?

A day after the full moon,  and only once a year, the corals all spawn on the same night, following an ancient and mysterious convention. On this night, the underwater sky is so bright that human beings become like tropical fish. From sunset to the rise of the moon, they travel among the great, city-like structures of coral reef and witness this grand celebration of life. When the moon rises again, the world is quiet, and under the moonlight, life quietly begins to take shape.

On this particular night of the blue moon, the bright, vibrant and energetic giant spiders have appeared, occupying the entire bridge. The moon must have given them life and energy. 

This giant spider light sculpture is composed of more than 60 small tube spiders. Through the circulation of lights, on-and-off, you can capture the various wonderful daily activities of the spider family, such as moving, encountering and chasing. No matter whether developing the single or the multiple components of spiders, the artists all had a great time and used their passion to create a landscape artwork of sound and light installations.

The light and the fog had interwoven. She stood by the riverside, gently reminiscing about the past. The elegance of her figure became gradually clearer. The light and the shadow sketched out the shape of the boat through the keels. Her body was mirrored inside and out. The fog was like her soul, slow moving but unattainable, quiet and light but not weak at all. In the fog, the creak of muscle and bone became very loud. As the gentle light flew by, the body was gradually outlined. Her essense and her manner were all entrusted to the water.

In the winding river of Yuejin Harbor, there is a guardian hidden inside whom the people called “No. 123.” It is a rabbit-type robot, and it has been said that it is a messenger sent from the moon hundreds of years ago. Whenever the surrounding environment is threatened, it will emerge from the bottom of the water when the moon rises, and protect Yuejin Harbor and maintain the balance of the ecosystem. Yet, it is impossible for it to protect the world’s environment on its own, so it is hoped that everyone can come to Yanshuei to join us.

Due to the relative position changing of the sun, the moon and the earth, everyone on the earth sees the totally different lunar phases. The night that the moon completely disappeared is called "New Moon." After that, the one of the first crescent moonlight is called “Crescent Moon.” This work distributes the viewers, the light sources and the objects in the river field. Through the control of the light sources, this work re-interpret the position and phenomenon relationship between the three celestial objects. And with the three musicians: circle, tree and light noise, they can create a cosmic theater with dialogues of sound and light.

The moon reflects the sunlight and becomes the true moonlight in people’s minds. This work uses techniques, such as reflection and refraction, to present the shape of light in nature through an indirect way as the moonlight does in a particularly dark field around the river. Beams of light in the dark reflect from the mirrors and refract from the water’s surface to other directions. The light emits a bright long tail from the darkness, forming another virtual space with a visible but untouchable form, such as breath, clouds, or a stream.

When a fortune teller holds their breath and turns over the cards, the cards seem to be endowed with supernatural power, sensing the arrangement and choice connected with the divined one’s life. In this work, hundreds of snow-white sheet panels are arranged into a matrix. They swing freely in the wind under the indirect light and the machine, as if each piece radiates its own frequency, looking for someone corresponding to its magnetic field. Or they are pairing the frequency with the moon, capturing the different mysterious energies from New Moon, Crescent Moon, and Full Moon.

Time is like a form of art. Time is not meant to regulate us, but is a holistic and natural set of energies and rules. Tzolk’in is the basic cycle of Mayan calendar. The work re-interprets the rules of time and the energy of natural operation through the Mayan calendar. The work presents a stereoscopic vision and sound in space to express the energy of stored life, and presents the transition in the four levels: construction, frequency modulation, synchronization and regression. Through the performances of points, lines and planes in the three-dimensional space, it applies the concept of the Mayan calendar to symbolize the opening of the Milky Way. Just like the moon, a new light is ready to shine through infinite darkness.