POSAMO

魚貫而入的文化足跡

Clogs

The origin of clogs is in China, and they were described in the poems by the famous poet Li Bai. It was not until in Tang Dynasty, a Japanese student studied abroad in China and brought the clogs back to his hometown that the clogs become an important element in Japanese traditional culture now. Another important cultural characteristic in Japan is hot springs, and people can see them everywhere when they walk in the large streets and small lanes. And the unique blue sulphur springs have made Forever Young (Shining Yuchuan) become a new focus in Peitou.

木屐的起源最早來自中國，在詩人李白的詩詞中，就能發現木屐的存在，直到唐代時期，由一位到中國留學的日本學生，將木屐帶回家鄉，並流傳至今，多年後演變成日式傳統文化中不可分割的重要元素；而溫泉的重要性，從『三步一小湯，五步一大湯』，即一語道盡，而鄉林玉川，則銜接了青磺溫泉名湯的響亮招牌與日本特有的湯治文化，成為北投地方特產的新焦點。

The reception center of Forever Young (Shining Yuchuan) is full of Japanese atmosphere, and POSAMO team created an artwork taking people to feel the atmosphere and situation of Japanese streets. Clogs shuttle in the streets and make the clickety-clacking sound without end and there are bathhouses standing in rows of low-rise Japanese-style houses. Look at the artwork on the wall; the artist uses the black base as the artwork’s background to represent the entry of athhouses, and with fifty pairs of clogs on it to represent a group of people entering the bathhouses convivially. The artwork not only conveys a joyful and prosperous atmosphere of past times but also gives a blessing that hopes this place to be swarmed with people.

POSAMO 十邑設計依循鄉林玉川接待中心和風別院的整體氛圍，以跨時空臨摹的方式，打造一個鋪陳日式文化的藝術作品，帶我們感受日本街道的氛圍與情境。此起彼落的木屐穿梭於大街小巷，發出的嗒嗒聲響不絕於耳，林立的湯屋，錯綜於一排排的日式矮房之中。藝術家以黑色的橫幅底座表現湯屋入口的玄關，併以五十雙排列不一、向外散開的木屐，表現一群人魚貫而入，載欣載奔的熱鬧腳步，歡愉的氛圍道出當時美好年代的繁榮與特色，也遞上希冀此處門庭若市的祝福。

Fifty groups of imported logs with different colors and grain turned into pairs of clogs with the artist exquisite technique. Exposed the logs under the sun for about one week in order to evaporate the excess moisture from logs and this process could extend the life of artwork; later, with the hammer beating and planer tools carving on them, the artist changed the logs into pairs of clogs. In addition, the mater skipped the polishing process to leave the original colors and grain on the clogs. This gives the artwork a spirit of “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step,” and makes the artwork not just be a decoration but a cultural asset recording history.

五十組不同色澤及紋路的進口木材，裁切後為期一週的曝曬，將原木中多餘的水份蒸發，留下木材的新鮮也延長藝術品的保存期限，再以鐵鎚敲打、刨刀雕塑，木屐的形狀逐漸成形；老師傅刻意略過拋光的程序，留下木材表面原有的色澤和質感，表現出足跡的古琢色調，鑲上千里之行始於足下的精神，讓藝術品不再只是裝飾，而是記載歷史的文化資產。

Editor / Creative and Research Department	編輯／十邑創研部
Date / April 18, 2016	日期／2016-04-18

關鍵字：by Artepoza,十邑國貿,art,deco,鄉林玉川