Curator Design
Exhibition Curatorial Statement
All Things Arise from the Earth
This curatorial project explores the relationship between humans, matter, and the natural landscape through the language of ecological and land art. Inspired by the Taoist idea that “all things arise from being, and being arises from non-being,” the exhibition reflects on how existence, transformation, and renewal emerge from the interaction between humans and the earth.
Structured like a musical composition—Overture, Prelude, and Intermezzo—the exhibition unfolds as a sequence of encounters between artworks, landscape, and environment. Drawing from the tradition of land art and environmental art, artists engage directly with natural materials, local ecology, and site-specific conditions. Their works reveal the poetic tension between permanence and disappearance, creation and erosion.
The exhibition invites viewers to reconsider the role of art within the broader ecological system. Rather than isolating artworks from their surroundings, the project treats the landscape itself as a living stage where matter transforms, stories unfold, and new relationships between humans and nature can emerge.
Through installations, environmental interventions, and sculptural works, the exhibition proposes a space where art, ecology, and imagination meet—encouraging reflection on how we inhabit and shape the world around us.
All Things Arise from the Earth
This curatorial proposal explores ecological and land art through a sequence of spatial encounters between artworks and landscape. Inspired by Taoist philosophy and the tradition of land art, the exhibition examines how matter, environment, and human intervention continually transform one another. By situating artworks within natural and ecological contexts, the project frames the landscape itself as a living exhibition space where art, nature, and time interact.