自然而然
Nature, 2021

The third issue Nature focused on the relationship between contemporary people and nature, discussing the practice of ecological art, natural building, the wisdom of indigenous people, synthetic biology, Chinese medicine, etc.
來自全球的文化創造者,共同探討當代人和自然的關係
「生態藝術實踐、自然設計建築 & 社區營造、亞馬遜地下世界、原住民智慧、田野錄音、人類自建系統反思、合成生物學、中醫與東方之道、人類福祉」
Issue 3 has a small amount of stock and is currently only sold in bookstores outside mainland China. If you want to purchase it, please contact us info@bewaterjournal.com
size: 170 x 240 mm, Pages: 312
Word count: over 120,000 Chinese words, 50,000 English words
Price: 180CNY
Contents
Zheng Bo, artist
Spring would Come
Hong Kong based artist, writer, and teacher Zheng Bo looks beyond the human centered and technologically focused modern world in his social, ecological, and community-focused art practice.
Claudeverett, architecture
Behind the issue of ecology, how to examine the human system
claudeverett.org is a Chinese architecture studio, based in the countryside of Milan. They are more care about the earth and ecology issues.
random clichés, designer group
Fake Nature
Shanghai-based fashion designer duo Jing Tianfang and Pan Yuwei founded the lifestyle brand “random clichés,” creating both apparel and home goods.
SelgasCano, architecture
Stop Being An Architect, Be A Gardener
SelgasCano is a Spanish architectural office based in Madrid and founded in 1998 by José Selgas and Lucía Cano. The atelier focuses on the use of polychromy, creative exploration of new materials and the relationship between architecture and its surrounding landscape.
Henk Wildschut, photographer
Rooted
Henk Wildschut (Harderwijk, NL, 1967) studied at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague and now lives and works in Amsterdam. He began his “Shelter” series in 2005. In 2010, “Shelter” and the film “4.57 Minutes Back Home” was awarded the Kees Scherer prize as the best Dutch photo book of the years 2009 / 2010. “Shelter” was also awarded the prestigious Dutch Doc 2011 Award as the best documentary project.
Pinwu, designer
A group of designer who’s living in the Qingshan Village
Pinwu design studio has founded Rong Design Library in Hangzhou . They try to mix contemporary design with Chinese traditional crafts and materials.
Eileen Hall, artist
Tribute To Unknown, A Cave Expedition of Hall’s Family
Eileen Hall was born in Quito-Ecuador and has lived in the UK for 23 years where she studied Art & Architecture. Since her father Stan Hall’s death in 2008, Eileen has carried on her research and exploration of Cueva de los Tayos and has been featured on a number of TV shows, documentaries and articles on the story.
Shi Tanding, Artist
Recording in the field
Born in Xinjiang in the 1970s. Since 2006, Shi Tanding has been recording minority traditional music with French musician Laurent Jeanneau in various Southeast Asian countries and China, and they founded the Kink Gong label. Since 2020, she has turned to the fields of visual and sound installation art.
Sun Yue, ceramic artist
Old clay but young
Born in 1991, she completed her undergraduate studies at Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology and went on to study fashion design and fine arts at Parsons School of Design in New York for her graduate studies. She now lives in the south and is a young ceramic artist who founded the ceramic brand Key Craft in 2018.
The Pulse of Dali
Dali Ancient City in Yunnan and its surrounding areas have long served as a key hub for global travelers seeking to embrace a lifestyle in harmony with nature. People from diverse cultural backgrounds gather here to pursue their own explorations across various fields—ranging from education, agriculture, and architecture to community building. We visited both old friends and new, seeking to rediscover this land through their perspectives.
在東方文化中,談及人和自然之關係,總會提到 「天人合一」、「道法自然」這些古老智慧,彷彿這是我們所存在的根本。另一方面,我們從延續上千年的農業文明,經過短短幾十年的工業發展, 加速跑到了數字化社會。眼見樓房替代荒地,蔬果豐盛到超越季節,人體習慣了室內恆溫,手機成為了我們的「新器官」……這一切極速的變化讓人不禁開始思考,今天的我們,和自然的關係是怎樣的?我們還信仰著「天人合一」嗎?什麼是「自然」?在這個時代,「自然」需要被重新定義嗎?
帶著種種疑問,我們採訪了來自全球的「文化創造者」,他們從生態藝術與建築、社區營造、環境保護、中醫及合成生物學等領域出發,以行動來構建可持續的未來生活形態。
*
第3期內容
訪談
鄭波 :春風吹又生
我們前往香港大嶼山的小漁村,拜訪了生態藝術家鄭波。他嘗試培育超越人類世大滅絕的生態智慧,作品包括野性的園子、生長的標語、生態酷兒的影像等。他集合跨領域的人們,反思人類中心主義,重新認識自然萬物。
SelgasCano:別當建築師了,去當個園丁吧?
來自西班牙的兩位建築師José Selgas 和 Lucía Cano ,於一九九八年創立了建築事務所 SelgasCano。他們不僅擅長設計色彩繽紛的現代建築,更是以項目中安置的植物量來衡量一個建築的價值——他們是當代建築師中的自然激進派。二〇二〇疫情期間,特約記者Skye Mo連線José Selgas採訪。
Eileen Hall:致敬未知,兩代人的探洞旅程
Eileen Hall是英國與厄瓜多爾混血,她曾學習藝術與建築專業,有著現代探險隊隊長的身份。她繼承了其父親Stanly Hall的衣鉢,帶領跨學科創意團隊,在厄瓜多爾探洞。我們跟著她一起走進亞馬遜雨林的地下洞穴,探尋生物多樣性以及地下世界對於人類的意義。
品物流形:一群住在青山村的設計師
我們前往杭州青山村,拜訪了在鄉村工作生活的三位設計師——張雷(中國)、Jovana Zhang(塞爾維亞)、Christoph John(德國)。他們所經營的工作室「品物流形」及「融設計圖書館」,聚焦於中國傳統手工藝與材料的解構。我們看到越來越多創作人立足於中國鄉村,同時在國際舞台上發聲。
建築大王 | 環境問題背後,如何系統地思考系統
獨立設計小組 「建築大王」,由中國建築師、環保倡導者 Yoko 和 Tao創辦。他們工作生活於意大利阿爾卑斯山的鄉村,在全球範圍內進行跨領域的設計實踐。在本期採訪中,作為新一代的創作者,他們分享了對於人類自建系統和自然系統的觀察與反思,並建議青年們「去種地」!
Henk Wildschut | 生根
來自荷蘭阿姆斯特丹的攝影師Henk Wildschut,持續關注社會議題。他自二〇〇五年開始,逐步深入到法國加來、巴基斯坦、突尼斯、約旦、黎巴嫩、厄立特里亞等地的難民營,拍攝當地難民的日常生活。他注意到難民們在營地裡自發建立的小花園。在他看來,不論身在何處,人們總有重建生活的力量。
孫玥:年輕的老土
我們希望介紹更多的青年創作者,由此,特約記者史聞韜前往杭州龍塢鎮拜訪了九〇後的陶瓷藝術家孫玥,她創立了陶藝品牌Key-Craft。雖然和樸實的泥土打交道,但孫玥在紐約學習服裝和純藝的背景,讓她的作品充滿了實驗的張力。從她的身上,我們看到新一代中國陶藝家的面貌。
random clichés:平視的風景
上海服裝設計師組合景天芳、潘玉瑋創立了生活品牌random clichés,設計服裝與家居品。這兩位九〇後設計師,樂於從真實生活中提取靈感,以幽默的方式,呈現生活在城市中的人們對於自然的本能需求與慾望。
施坦丁:在田野錄音
前媒體人施坦丁和法國音樂人 Laurent Jeanneau,共同成立了KINK GONG獨立音樂廠牌。十幾年來,他們深入到中國的四川、雲南、貴州等地區以及東南亞各國,記錄下當地少數民族的傳統音樂,並見證了現代化價值觀、城鎮化進程對於少數民族的影響。
潮汐大理
雲南的大理古城及周邊,一直是世界旅行者們實踐自然生活的重要據點。不同文化背景的人們聚集於此,在教育、種植、建築、社群營造等多個方面進行各自的探索。我們拜訪了一部分老朋友,一部分新朋友,試圖通過他們的角度來重新認識這塊土地。
小金寶:手藝人的羅曼蒂克
雨瀟 &OM山洞:記錄世界旅行者們
Rio&Locky :自明自覺自行
昊雨和小煦 :天上的藥,地上種
—— 特別策劃 ——
「奈瑞兒 自然美養」
我們與關注女性健康的品牌「奈瑞兒」合作,採訪了一位資深中醫和一位青年中醫。我們很好奇,中醫作為一種古老的文化走到今天,對於都市化、科技等因素帶來的生態改變、人的身心改變,會有怎樣的解決方案? 我們究竟可以從中醫及其背後的文化里,學習到什麼?
傅傑英:有時候,你減去點什麼,就是「養生」
蘇琛:每個人都是一棵樹,一隻牡蠣,一塊土地
筆記 欄目
本期三位特約作者,分別從「設計、食物、服裝」這三個角度,思考人和自然的關係,呈現當下和未來的景象。
看見自然:正在發生的未來圖景
故鄉、世界,與忠誠的胃
服裝環保還是笑談嗎?
4篇 英文訪談
SelgasCano: Stop Being An Architect, Be A Gardener
Henk Wildschut: Rooted
Eileen Hall: Tribute To Unknown, A Cave Expedition of Hall’s Family
Seeing Nature: A Future Landscape is Taking Shape
*
本期水象製作團隊
主編:愛米 設計:何翩翩、麥石 特約記者:Skye Mo、史聞韜、金雯、陳晨 特約攝影師:羅浩、Madi Ju、楊弘迅、岑倩衡 中文校對:李國忠(四月工作室) 英文校對:夏牧、倪方方、曾澄
製作單位:廣州水象集群文化傳播有限公司 、出版單位:有德筆出版有限公司














