現場閱讀
本案作品以文字為元素，將「書籍」、「閱讀」、「文化」與「歷史」整合，由活字排版印刷概念，以一個個放大版「鑄字」呈現出來。由於中壢區共有十九個眷村，而本館與鄰近的「馬祖新村」有著地緣關係，因此本案所選擇用來呈現於作品中的文本，將由已成研究脈絡的「眷村文學」的散文、小說中挑選。將散文與小說中節錄的片段，轉換成作品內文，以此將眷村文化與氛圍，透過文字呈現出來。同時本案也與建築師合作，將眷村文學作品的文字，安排於入口廣場地面的石板上，使建築與公共藝術間的關聯更緊密，互為呼應。
This work uses Chinese characters as key elements, ensuring the ones for “books”, “reading”, “culture” and “history” are integral to the piece. The magnified individual “cast characters” are presented in the form of moveable printing types. As Chungli City has 19 military dependent villages and new construction work at the library is close to “Matzu New Village”, the work aims to highlight its textual context by using excerpts from “dependent villages’ literature”; viewers therefore, through this writing, can experience first-hand the culture and atmosphere of a highly distinctive community. In a close connection between construction and lettering work, we collaborated with the architect to embed those characters from dependent villages’ literature onto the stone slab at the main entrance.
