作品標題：活水迷宮 Water Maze
作者：班‧塔分德 Benjamin Taffinder
國籍：英國 British
材料：抽水幫浦、水管、竹子與細繩 Bamboo, boat pumps, plastic pipe, twine, water
作者背景
目前居住於英國康瓦爾的班‧塔分德，不僅是位藝術家，同時也致力於農業、養殖和保育等維持平衡發展的工作領域。2005年由佛茅茲藝術大學畢業，透過與自然的頻繁接觸發想創作理念，勾勒創作各類藝術品，近期在印度和韓國的戶外裝置藝術作品，則以運用日光與河水流動為主軸。
Artist Background
Ben currently lives and works as an artist in Cornwall, England. He has also worked in farming, fishing, and on conservation and sustainable development programs at home and abroad. Having graduated with a sculpture degree from Falmouth College of Arts in 2005, his work has been developing through his close contacts with nature. He draws, makes sculptures, and recently began using sunlight and river flow to complete outdoor installations in Korea and India.
創作理念
「水是串連關渡自然公園各元素的主題，理當作為互動式藝術品的最佳主角。」遊客可利用固定式打氣機抽取流水，導入較高的排水口，使水流經整座竹子製成的迷宮，讓原本空無一物的迷宮，因水的流動而展現生命力，隨著管道設計，水流將回歸原來的環境。
「我期待這件作品能為遊客帶來樂趣，並鼓勵大家團體合作，特別是孩子們；當使力抽水的人越多，感受上的效果越大。由於『活水迷宮』完全倚賴群眾參與才能發揮功效，我期待它能吸引人們多加注意，在這世界仍有許多單純卻重要的環節。水是萬物成長賴以維生的要素，藉由這座迷宮，我期待能敏銳地擴張遊客對水的理解力。」
Statement
Water is the park’s connecting element, and I am using it to create an interactive artwork. Visitors are encouraged to use fixed boat pumps to lift water from the pond or marsh to a high outlet where it falls, bringing to life a maze of bamboo channels, pipes and flippers as it flows back down to it’s source. This piece is meant to be fun for groups of visitors – especially children – and encourages teamwork because the more people involved in pumping, the greater the sensory effect will be. In relying on public interaction to function, I hope the work draws attention to a very simple, very important piece of our world. I want to create something that sensitively expands visitor’s perceptions of the water upon which all the reserve’s wildlife, and of course we ourselves depend.
