Hopscotching Tainan
Mixed Media, Site-Specific , 2013
“A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing”
-- Oscar Wilde
This project adopts the idea of childhood game ‘hopscotch’, using the map of Tainan Central-West District as the base and coding the hopscotch routes according to the structure of Tainan city map.
This site-specific work takes place on an abandoned public space. Using 400 pallets to construct the site and placing blackboard on the ground, participants are invited to enter this pop-up toy box, play the hopscotch game and view the images in 3D view-masters.
These images are street scenes of different locations which are made out of photographs and papers. Through viewing these strangely-familiar images, viewers are stimulated to interpret the Tainan map through their subjective imaginations and memories.
Rules of the Game
01. Throw cards on to ‘Hopscotching Tainan’ site. | 02. Jump or walk or hopscotch or dance to the spot. | 03. View images through 3D view-masters, observe... |
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04. Note your map via memory and imagination. |
3D images & participants' maps
#1 Chuan Mei Theatre
3D images & participants' maps
#2 ChengDa Book Store
3D images & participants' maps
#3 Bao’an Road
3D images & participants' maps
#4 Kuo-hua Street
3D images & participants' maps
#5 You’ai Market
3D images & participants' maps
#6 Zhengxing Street
3D images & participants' maps
#7 Ya Mu Liao Market
3D images & participants' maps
#8 Confucius Temple
3D images & participants' maps
#9 Lin DepartmentStore
3D images & participants' maps
#10 China Town
participants' drawing maps
work-in-progress (model making)
Chu YinHua, Hopscotching Tainan, 2013
© 2014 YinHua Chu