Inspiration Behind the Ocean Buoy Speakers

While Matsu’s coasts are rich in marine biodiversity, they’re also littered with garbage carried in by ocean currents. What begins as a journey to discover coastal life often turns into a search for marine debris. Tangled fishing nets, wires, and rusted metal scraps are often mistaken for living creatures. Sometimes, I thought I had found a special stone, but when I broke it open, I realized it was corroded iron. The breathtaking seascape and ever-growing piles of waste often evoke complex emotions when viewing the coast.

Although Matsu holds regular beach cleanups, the pace of human efforts can’t keep up with the waste accumulating. However, I noticed how local residents have found creative ways to reuse ocean waste in daily life—turning washed-up barrels and baskets into storage containers, or using sturdy cables and fishing nets to fasten things in place.

During my guerrilla artist residency in Matsu, I unexpectedly discovered that combining large ocean buoys with raw speakers could produce surprisingly powerful sound—comparable to a home theater speaker system. This inspired me to begin creating sound artworks using marine debris, which eventually led to this exhibition. By the way, all the ocean waste speakers you see here were collected and DIY-assembled together with local residents by a workshop!

How to Participate

The Dapu Living Room is a living room of an old house in Dapu Village, Dongju Island. I’ve transformed it into a home listening space where you’re invited to step in and control the music playback yourself.

The installation consists of four ocean buoy speakers—two red and two blue—each corresponding to different layers of music. Scan the QR code on each speaker using your phone to open a webpage where you can select and control the music playback.

Best Way to Experience the Work

I recommend three participants join at the same time, scanning three sets of QR codes and playing music in different voices together.

Each QR Code corresponds to two questions. Although the questions are different, the answers are linked. You can solve the puzzles together with other participants while enjoying the music.

Visiting alone?

No worries! Ask the exhibition staff for help—they’ll assist you by using spare phones to control the other speakers.

海飄球音響的靈感來源

馬祖的海岸除了擁有豐富的海洋生物，也充滿了來自對岸漂流而來的各種垃圾。原本是探索海灘生物的旅程，常常變成尋找海廢的經歷。被海藻與海草纏繞的廢棄漁網、鐵絲和金屬碎片，曾多次讓我誤以為是生物；有時甚至以為撿到特殊的石頭，一剖開卻發現是鏽蝕的廢鐵。面對壯麗的海景與不斷堆積的垃圾，令人感慨萬千。

雖然馬祖定期舉辦淨灘活動，但人類清理垃圾的速度遠遠趕不上垃圾產生的速度。不過，在居民的日常生活中，我也觀察到不少有趣的海廢再利用方式：像是把漂流上岸的桶子、籃子當作收納工具，或將堅固的電纜、漁網拿來固定物件。

在我參與馬祖的藝術游擊駐村期間，意外發現大型海漂球加上單體喇叭能產生出乎意料的擴聲效果，音質甚至媲美家庭劇院。這個發現讓我開始用海廢作為聲音創作的材料，也促成了這次的作品。順帶一提，你現在看到的海廢音響，都是居民撿拾並在工作坊一同DIY完成的！

如何參與互動？

大浦客廳是東莒大浦村的一間老屋客廳，我順勢將它轉化為一個家庭音響空間，讓你能進入其中，親手操作、控制音樂的播放。

這件作品由 四顆海漂球音響 組成，分為 兩顆紅色、兩顆藍色，對應不同的音樂內容。你可以透過手機掃描音響上的 QR Code，開啟網頁來選擇音樂、控制播放。

最佳參與方式

建議由 三位觀眾同時參與，各自掃描三組 QR Code，一起播放不同聲部的音樂。每個 QR Code 對應兩個謎題，雖然題目不同，但它們的 答案是相通的。三人可以一邊互動一邊討論，嘗試一起破解。

如果現場只有你一人參觀

也沒問題！你可以請展場人員協助，使用備用手機幫忙控制其他音響。