HEMP Project
Border Landscape – Makutaai is inspired by the Hualien–Taitung region in eastern Taiwan. The title refers to Makutaai—an Amis word meaning “harbor”—which marks both the geographic and conceptual starting point of the artist’s field research. The area is home to many Indigenous communities, including the Amis, Bunun, and Atayal, whose traditional practices of ramie planting, fiber harvesting, and weaving inform the work. The tapestry combines ramie fibers collected and stripped by the artist with blue nylon rope. Flowing across the surface, the rope outlines landforms, rivers, and the ocean. Through this tactile weaving, the work evokes both the physical landscape and the memories embedded in it, reflecting how Indigenous communities live between mountains and sea through a deep relationship with the land.