Tim Norris

國籍 : 英國

藝術家介紹
Artist Introduction

來自英國的TIM NORRIS是名環境藝術家，具備豐富的私人與公共空間委託創作經驗，更透過對環保媒材的深耕，將在地材料轉化為具備耐久性與現代感的藝術構造。他的作品深植於自然地景，並以「水」作為思考的核心觸媒，擅長運用天然素材捕捉環境的流動意象。其創作風格融合了自然界的原生美感與當代雕塑的簡練線條，旨在透過藝術語彙，具象化人與土地之間深刻的對話。

展覽經驗
Exhibition Experience

2025，Sculpture Commission Conningbrook Lakes, Ashford , Kent，英國
2023，Sculpture Commission/Residency, Art Path, St Martin，德國.
2022，Sculpture Commission, Taitung Land art festival，臺灣
2021，Sculpture Commission, Chilton，Oxfordshire，英國
2019，Sculpture Commission, Hamois，比利時

作品名稱
Project Title

《湧現》

Emergence

作品媒材：竹、鐵、鐵絲

作品理念
Project Concept

選擇此一地點作為新雕塑設置地點的原因，不僅在於光復地區令人驚嘆的自然景觀。

2025年9月，一場歷史性的豪雨導致馬太鞍堰塞湖潰決，數百萬噸洪水與土石流穿越光復鄉，造成嚴重的生命財產損失與環境破壞。這場災難所留下的痕跡至今依然清晰可見，也正是農村發展及水土保持署選擇在此地區設置新雕塑的重要原因之一。

《Emergence》（湧現）試圖回應災後復原與再生的精神。在作品創作過程中，技藝精湛的工匠、來自各地的民眾、以及當地的原住民族居民——他們在災害應變與重建工作中扮演了重要角色——提供了寶貴的知識、力量與協助。

本作品為縱谷大地藝術季的一部分，主要以花蓮在地採集的新鮮竹材製作而成。竹子兼具優雅之美、韌性與柔軟度，蘊含著旺盛的生命力與成長的象徵。成束的竹材編織於輕量化鐵件骨架之上，形成有機材料與支撐結構之間的對話。

作品的五邊形造型呼應東方哲學中的五行概念：木、火、土、金、水。雕塑如同環繞池塘生長的蓮花一般，自水面之下扎根，卻向著光明與天空伸展。其開放而編織的結構，使周圍景觀得以透過作品顯現；山林、水體、雲影與流動的光線，皆成為雕塑的一部分，在其內外穿梭流轉。

部分沉浸於水中的《Emergence》，彷彿自池塘中自然生長而出。作品高出水面約四公尺，懸浮於倒影與上升之間，展現出介於現實與想像、沉潛與蛻變之間的狀態。

It is not only the stunning natural beauty of the Guanfu area that led to this location being chosen for a new sculpture. In September 2025, a historic downpour caused Matai’an Barrier Lake to burst its banks, sending millions of tonnes of water and debris through Guanfu Township and causing devastating loss and destruction. The impact of this disaster remains ever-present and was a significant reason the Agency of Rural Development and Soil and Water Conservation selected this site for a new sculpture.

Emergence seeks to reflect the spirit of recovery and regeneration that has followed. Alongside skilled craftsmen and local Indigenous people who played a significant role in responding to the disaster contributed invaluable knowledge and assistance during the creation of the sculpture.

The work forms part of the East Rift Valley Land Art Festival and is constructed from locally sourced bamboo, harvested while still green. Beautiful, resilient and flexible, bamboo carries within it a sense of vitality and growth. Bundles of bamboo are woven onto a lightweight steel framework, creating a dialogue between organic material and underlying structure.

The five-sided form references the Eastern philosophy of the five elements: wood, fire, earth, metal and water. Rising from the pond like the lotus flowers that surround it, the sculpture is rooted below the surface yet reaches upward towards the light and sky. Its open, woven structure allows the landscape to remain visible through the work itself. Forested mountains, water, clouds and shifting light become part of the sculpture, moving through and around it.
Partially submerged, Emergence appears to grow from the pond, standing approximately 4 metres above the waterline and suspended between
reflection and ascent.