AP[N°-0]

"AP" stands for Akiyoshi Plateau. AP[N°-0] is a prototype work created in 2013, during my residency at the Akiyoshidai International Art Village (AIAV) in Yamaguchi, Japan. Akiyoshidai is known for its karst landscape and limestone caves. The first time I walked across the plateau, I was struck by the wind arriving from every direction, moving through my body and brushing past my ears — like countless whispers around me, minute and distinct.

I collected electric fans from local residents and families. Each fan differs in type, function, and wind speed; each carries a character of its own, almost like a person. In the installation, the fans form a circle, oscillating and blowing, while an omnidirectional microphone at the center gathers the sound between them.

The work is not merely a representation of the wind on the Akiyoshi Plateau. The fans stand for the people and families of Akiyoshidai, talking and exchanging with one another without boundary or reservation. Free, simple, and open — this was what I felt when visiting and speaking with the local people, just like the wind that moves across the plateau.

「AP」是秋吉台（Akiyoshi Plateau）的縮寫。《AP[N°-0]》為原型作品，創作於2013年日本山口縣秋吉台國際藝術村（AIAV）駐村期間。秋吉台以喀斯特地形與石灰岩洞窟聞名。初次行走於台地上，我為那自四面八方湧來的風所觸動——它穿過身體、掠過耳際，彷彿無數細語在周身縈繞，細微而清晰。

我向當地居民與家庭蒐集了許多電風扇：每一台的類型、功能與風速皆不相同，甚至各有性格，宛如人一般。裝置中，電扇圍成一圈，擺頭送風，中央則置有一支全指向性麥克風，收錄其間的聲響。

這件作品並非僅止於再現秋吉台的風。電扇象徵著秋吉台上不同的居民與家庭——他們彼此交談、相互往來，沒有隔閡與顧忌。自由、簡單而敞開，這是我走訪當地、與人們交談時的感受，一如秋吉台上的風。