2015年度主題 Theme of the Year

感潮 A Tribute to Tides

觀音山麓、淡水河濱，荷鋤擺舟逸趣古，
密密紅樹、潮蟹招手，天際旅鳥應留住。
微風偃草、漪波驚翅，扶上平野啼聲聲，
長潮湧起、岸水歇退，送暖晚汀夕陽中。

河海交會的豐饒風景

臺北是一座有河的城市，城市的發展卻讓我們忘記了河的流動，也忘記了河與海其實息息相關。流經大台北的淡水河系，其實是台灣最大的感潮河川，這條台北的母親河，時時刻刻感受著潮水脈動。鹹淡相交之感潮河段，河水的鹽度與流量受到潮汐影響。河水流淌至河口，潮汐往返間孕育出豐富與複雜的生態環境。
 

感受潮流、感謝潮水

以「感潮」為年度主題，2015關渡國際自然裝置藝術季邀請藝術家與民眾，一同用心感受在河口發生的潮汐變化，剖析感潮作用如何帶給河口濕地孕育一切的養分，觀看生長在此的自然萬物如何感受潮汐往返，反思人類如何享受這條河的豐饒，卻又濫用著她的恩賜。重新省思與自然的關係，重新在城市中感受潮汐往返，並且感謝潮汐對大地的滋養，譜出獻給潮汐的一首美麗詩篇。

Where the rivers meet the sea

Taipei is a city with rivers. However, urban development has often caused the city residents to neglect the rivers flowing around us, let alone remembering that rivers and ocean are interdependent. Tamsui River system, the mother river of Taipei, is in fact the biggest “tidal river” in Taiwan. The tidal reach contains the mixture of river water and seawater; its salinity levels and flows are influenced by the tides. As the tide rises and falls, an abundant and complex ecosystem is born at where the river meets the sea.

Feel the movements of tides, appreciate the richness they bring

“A Tribute to Tides” is our theme of the year. The 2015 Guandu International Outdoor Sculpture Festival wishes to invite artists and public to appreciate the tidal force in estuaries which support a great diversity of life. The Festival explores how all things live harmoniously with the rhythm of the tides, recalls how people coexist with tides and water throughout history, and reflects how we benefit from the river's bounty and then, how we abuse it. These artworks hope to once again inspire us to rethink about our relationship with nature in a city, to feel the tidal pulse, and to express our gratitude to the tides which has brought so much the richness to the estuaries.