How I Sketch, Write, and Walk into the Memorial － Wandering Notes on the Canterbury Earthquake National Memorial

interview, sketches, zine
dimensions variable
2026

“How I Sketch, Write, and Walk into the Memorial － Wandering Notes on the Canterbury Earthquake National Memorial” is an artist-in-residence project by Taiwanese artist Lin Ying-Chieh at The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora.Centered on the Canterbury Earthquake National Memorial, the project began with a serendipitous encounter. Coming from Taiwan, a nation also frequently touched by earthquakes, Lin was intrigued by how Christchurch preserves the memory of this history. While walking past the memorial for the first time with a friend from Taiwan, she unexpectedly recognized a name on the wall: Ms. Lee Hsin-Hung—a colleague of her friend’s mother and the only Taiwanese victim of the 2011 earthquake.This coincidental meeting created a profound connection between the artist and the memorial. By interviewing a relative of Ms. Lee, the project presents the emotions and experiences of overseas victims and their families. During her month-long residency, Lin visited numerous earthquake-related sites and joined local walking tours, tracing paths from Cathedral Square to the Residential Red Zone in Avonside. Each day, after her explorations, she returned to the memorial to sketch. Her work focuses on the river’s reflections rather than tangible objects, attempting to capture those memories that remain distant and blurred beneath the surface of a seemingly complete commemorative site.The Open Studio event will feature an ongoing interview, several weeks of sketches, and a zine, sharing her creative journey during this residency month.


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訪談、寫生手稿、小誌
尺寸依場地而定
2026

“How I Sketch, Write, and Walk into the Memorial － Wandering Notes on the Canterbury Earthquake National Memorial”是台灣藝術家林盈潔於基督城藝術中心的駐村創作計畫。計畫以坎特伯雷地震國家紀念碑為中心和一次偶然的相遇展開，由於台灣也是一個地震頻繁的國家，藝術家對於基督城如何去記憶這段歷史感到興趣，在初次與同樣來自台灣的友人行經紀念碑時，意外從牆上認出了友人母親的同事，也是在2011年大地震中唯一來自台灣的罹難者－李欣虹小姐。充滿巧合與緣分的相遇形成了一個藝術家與紀念碑之間連結的通道，透過採訪李小姐的親屬，呈現來自海外罹難者及其家人的感受和經驗。同時，在駐村的一個月內，藝術家走訪了許多與地震相關的地點，並參加在地導覽團，從大教堂廣場到紅區Avonside都有她的足跡，並於每日的踏查結束後，回到紀念碑進行寫生，其寫生專注於流經紀念碑的河水倒影，而非現實事物，試圖捕捉在看似完整的紀念場域下，依舊顯得遙遠而模糊的那些記憶。開放工作室的活動將呈現一部未完成的訪談、幾個星期的寫生手稿和小誌，向觀眾分享這一個月的駐村創作生活。