13.Li Ken-cheng, Drifting Exhaust — Harm Awaits Indoors or Out
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This work was created by the artist Li Ken-cheng on Taixi Beach in Yunlin, on Taiwan’s western coast. Facing the strong northeast monsoon, he quickly brushed a verse by poet Li Chang-hsien: “Exhaust fumes drifting — whether you go out or stay in, harm awaits.” The wind flipped the paper as he wrote, and the brush followed every gust. Thick ink broke and spread like waves of polluted air. When he finished, the paper blew away, and he caught it, crushing it in his hands. Sand and wet ink merged into dark folds, forming dense “ink-sand balls.” They hold the power of the sea wind and the trace of pollution together. This was a single, unrepeatable act of calligraphy —a warning about industrial harm and a poetic cry to protect the world we live in.
13.Li Ken-cheng, Drifting Exhaust — Harm Awaits Indoors or Out
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