Ellie Irons

經過一個多月的駐村，她運用樹梅坑溪周邊採集的植物顏料製作了一份植物地圖、一份植物色相環，同時也蒐集在草叢中拾獲的垃圾做出了一份垃圾色相環在一旁形成對比。她將植物顏料採集發展為一工作坊，參與當代藝術館的「街大歡囍」計劃以及竹圍工作室夏季工作室開放日，另也於在地實驗計劃論壇分享其計劃。

駐村心得

I've learned a lot about the overlaps and differences between urban plant life in Zhuwei and the cities I'm familiar with in the United States. I've also had the chance to experiment with applying approaches I've used before in a new landscape.

I'm sure that what I've learned about plant life and urban ecology in Taipei will be an important part of my continued research. It's provided a really great opportunity to see and work with urban plants in a new setting. I'm looking forward to making more work (both drawings and videos) using the materials I collected during my stay.

The environment at BCS and surrounding area was extremely important to my work. I work site-specifically, and I found the location to be really inspirational- Plum Tree Creek, the history of development and urbanization in the area, the combination of mangroves, urban life, agriculture, pig farming, golf courses etc was fascinating from a land use perspective.