穿霧之境 The Realm of Mist｜臺灣霧林帶的文化流動 Life Ecosystem of Forests ＆Mist

水，無形而萬象。
或為霧，繚繞淺山丘陵，喚醒沉睡的林間氣息；
或為川，奔流於大地褶皺之間，雕刻時間的紋理；
或為湖，靜靜映照歲月與天光。
它在流動與寧靜之間，形塑風土，也召喚人與自然共生的文化記憶。

《穿霧之境》是一段由水引領、由霧籠罩的感知旅程，引領我們深入臺灣的淺山丘陵與深林地景。 展覽從「水的初形：霧雨中的森林語言」展開，霧作為水的初形，在模糊的光影中召喚人與自然最原初的感官連結；接著進入「水的遷形：河流與土地的織網」，水化為奔流之川，記錄著族群遷徙與文化變遷的足跡；最後抵達「水的聚形：靜水中的聚落記憶」，水如明鏡，映照生活與信仰的軌跡。

水在霧、川、湖的三種轉化中悄然塑形，串聯起自然與文化、感知與記憶、當下與未來。穿越霧境，我們再次傾聽水的語言，感受一場深植土地的靜謐流動。

Water is formless, yet ever-shifting in its many expressions.
It becomes mist, drifting through low hills and awakening the breath of slumbering forests;
It becomes rivers, carving through the folds of the land, etching the passage of time;
It becomes lakes, quietly reflecting light and the memory of the past.
In its constant dance between motion and stillness, water shapes the landscape—and evokes cultural memories of harmony between people and nature.

The Realm of Mist is a sensory journey guided by water and shrouded in mist. It leads us deep into Taiwan’s foothills and forested terrains. The exhibition begins with The First Form of Water: Forest Language in the Drizzle, where mist—the earliest form of water—summons primal sensory connections between humans and the nature. It then flows into The Shifting Form of Water: The Interlacing of Rivers and Terrain, where rivers trace stories of migration and cultural change. Finally, it arrives at The Resting Form of Water: Settlements Reflected in Stillness, where calm waters mirror the traces of everyday life and spiritual belief.

As mist, river, and lake, water quietly reshapes itself—connecting nature and culture, sensation and memory, the present and what’s to come.
Through the mist, we once again listen to water’s ancient language—feeling a silent current rooted deep in the land.