此作中,哈索諾從其華裔印尼人的身份出發,以竹編結構為主體,搭配在印尼蒐得的一些保留中國文化以及體現在地特色的織品和現成物,構成航船裝置,展現他以漫長旅程來詮釋和想像的「混合文化」發展。他將竹船懸吊於空中,召喚飄流游移、渡水而行的意象,作為過境與轉渡、移民與遷徙的象徵。船身上的多樣布料,交織著中國傳統蠟染圖案和印尼在地的紋樣色彩,具體視覺化了文化的遷徙與融合、流變與重新生成。紅色L-E-D電燭、蓮花燈座或系列小船,像是指出路徑、為其引航或伴行/送行,也讓此文化的海渡與轉生,隱含儀式性的追思紀念或祈願未來的寓意。
In this work, Harsono draws from his identity as an Indonesian of Chinese descent. Using a bamboo-woven structure as the main body, complemented by textiles and ready-made objects, he constructs a ship installation. Collected in Indonesia, these objects retain Chinese cultural elements whilst embodying local characteristics. This piece, altogether, showcases his interpretation and imagination of 'hybrid culture' development through the metaphor of a long journey.
The artist suspends the bamboo boat in mid-air, evoking images of drifting, floating, and traversing water. This serves as a symbol of border-crossing, transition, immigration, and migration. The various fabrics adorning the body of the ship interweave traditional Chinese batik patterns with local Indonesian motifs and colours, visually concretising the migration, fusion, flux, and regeneration of cultures. Red LED candles, lotus-shaped lamp holders, and a series of small boats appear to mark the path, guiding or accompanying/sending off the vessel. These elements imbue ritualistic connotations of commemoration and/or aspirations for the future.