Cheng Long Oysters Village

Cheng Long Oyster Village
A floating shelter for migratory birds and small wetland lives.

Set at a safe distance from the coast, Cheng Long Oyster Village emerges as a floating island of clustered oyster shells, gathered around discarded wooden chairs and tables from the local elementary school. Rising from humid ground and tidal water, the work becomes a place of welcome for migratory birds, while its surfaces, gaps, and shaded cavities offer shelter to the small buzzing lives that compose the specific ecology of Cheng Long Wetland.
The work grew through years of relationship with Cheng Long Village, and more recently through many conversations with Pei-Chen Lin, a friend, Cheng Long villager, and organizer of the art project. These exchanges shaped the work’s attention to local traditions, histories, and material ecologies. Oyster shells and oyster powder emerged as distinctive materials of Cheng Long, carrying stories of coastal labour, community knowledge, and shared making. During the process, oysters became a point of encounter across the village, bringing together community elders and schoold children through making and talking.
Cheng Long Oyster Village would not have been possible without the generous help of Pei-Chen Lin, Mr. Tien, UPS, Lin Chia-Hsuan, 李自儀, 林豐樟, 施麗芬, Kevin, Yu-Chieh, Yenyen, Cheng Long Elementary School, the teachers and students of Kouhu Junior High School, Kuan-Shu Educational Foundation, and the residents of Cheng Long Village.

Participants:
7th Grade Students:
Wang, Zi-Yang (王子禓)
Tsai, Jun-Tian (蔡鈞田)
Xu, Wo-Yu (許握瑜)
Lin, Mu-Yuan (林木元)
Wang, Yan-Teng (王彥騰)
Li, Jian-Ji (李健基)
Chen, Yong-Quan (陳永全)
He, Bo-Jun (何柏均)
Sun, Jia-Ze (孫嘉澤)
Xu, Pin-Yi (許品奕)
Zhou, Yu-Cen (周昱岑)
Wang, Yi-Jie (王奕杰)
Guo, Xiang-Yuan (郭向原)
Zhuang, Cheng-Han (莊承翰)
Wang, Shao-En (王紹恩)
Wang, Wei-Ting (王維廷)
Chen, Bo-Wen (陳柏文)
Wang, Rui-Xiang (王睿翔)
Su, Sheng-Bo (蘇聖博)
Tsai, Sheng-Jie (蔡勝杰)
Girls:
Hong, Ru-Yi (洪如依)
Wu, Yu-Cen (吳郁岑)
Lin, Ru-Yun (林汝芸)
Zhang, Ke-Hua (張可樺)
Wang, Yu-Jin (王羽津)
Li, Cai-Jing (李采靜)
Xie, Yi-Xuan (謝誼暄)
Wang, Yu-Xin (王雨馨)
Li, Tian-Mi (李天米)
Wang, Yi-Qing (王奕晴)
Xu, Pei-Yu (許珮瑜)
Wu, Yu-Jie (吳予緁)
Yang, Pei-Xin (楊姵芯)
Yang, Chun-Jing (楊淳淨)
Luo, Yu-Qiao (羅宇喬)
Lyu, Heng-Xuan (呂姮諠)
Huang, Chen-Lin (黃晨琳)
Tsai, Pei-Yu (蔡佩妤)
Wang, Yi-Hui (王薏惠)

Accompanying Teachers:
Wu, Si-Jie (吳思潔)
Zhan, Yu-Xuan (詹于萱)
Chen, Yun-Ru (陳韻如)
Shi, You-Jin (施佑縉)
Wu, Jing-Xin (吳靜欣)
Lin, Ting-Ying (林亭瑩)
Guo, Yi-Ming (郭義明)
Lyu, Ya-Hui (呂雅慧)
Lin, Yi-Rou (林宜柔)