《野芭蕉的形狀》──沖繩染織工房展

(The Shape of Banananesia)

第一期：2025年1月10日(五)~1月25日(六)

第二期：2025年2月4日(二)~3月29日(六)

一、展覽介紹

野芭蕉的形狀，或許是一棵樹，根扎入土壤深處，寬大的葉在陽光與微風中舒展; 或許是一縷纖維，層層撥開後，潔白細長，輕柔如光；或許是一張紙、一頂帽子、一件衣服—— 在職人的手中，芭蕉觸動大地與人的聯繫，鋪展出緩慢而踏實的生活形狀。

在染織工房Banananesia，福島泰宏以一粒種子開始他的故事。從芭蕉田間到工坊日作，每一件布、紙、衣物，都來自對自然的深切敬意與對手工藝的無比耐心。他將每一個環節視為生命的一部分——從種下一粒芭蕉種子、精心栽培，到採集纖維、手工編織，再到紅型染的細緻描繪。工房的創作過程，是耐於時光的漫長對話，與自然對話，承載著對萬物的溫柔承諾。

走進《野芭蕉的形狀》展覽，您將隨著芭蕉的足跡，從沖繩染織工房日常為起點，走向蘭嶼、 越南與大洋洲的島嶼鏈，換一種視角追尋芭蕉的形狀與故事。

本次特展中，您也將欣賞到沖繩紅型染藝師，運用臺灣科技纖維紙紗所創作的作品。樹火期待串連沖繩傳統工藝與臺灣科技纖維的交會，打開我們思考人與自然、傳統與當代、工藝與科技共生的永續生活願景。

 

1. Exhibition Introduction

At the dyeing and weaving studio Banananesia, Yasuhiro Fukushima’s story begins with a single seed. From the plantain field to the studio’s day-to-day production, every piece of cloth, paper, and clothing originates from his deep respect for nature and unparalleled patience for craftsmanship. Fukushima considers each step of production as a stage of life — from planting a plantain seed and carefully nourishing its growth, to harvesting the plant’s fibres which are then woven by hand, all the way to their detailed patterning by bingata, the traditional Okinawan resist dyeing technique. The studio’s creative process is an enduring dialogue with nature and the passage of time, bearing a tender commitment to all living beings.

The exhibition ‘The Shape of Wild Bananas’ follows the path of the plantain, from the daily weaving and dyeing of the studio in Okinawa, across to Lanyu, Vietnam, and the island chains of Oceania, tracing the shape and story of the plantain through different perspectives. In this special exhibition, the audience can also appreciate works from Okinawan bingata dye masters created with paper yarn, a Taiwanese fibre innovation. Suho Memorial Paper Museum anticipates that this meeting of traditional Okinawan crafts with Taiwanese fibre technology will expand our visions of sustainable living, where humans and nature, tradition and the contemporary, and craft and technology exist in symbiosis.

 

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二、關於福島泰宏與染織工房(バナナネシアでは Banananesia)

福島泰宏，1956 年出生於埼玉縣埼玉市，染織工房負責人。作為「喜如嘉芭蕉布」傳統的學 生，福島習承沖繩傳統芭蕉布的製作方法，長期與糸芭蕉(Musa balbisiana)相伴，積極追求 芭蕉的潛力，致力於利用這些特性進行創作，包含芭蕉布、紙、及其與編織、沖繩紅型染工藝交會的作品。

在復興與傳承沖繩芭蕉布傳統技藝的基礎上，致力尋找芭蕉生長根源，開展芭蕉的創新與 研究。染織工坊引入新的實生栽培(又稱種子栽培)，以防止株分栽培導致纖維劣化，並細分利用糸芭蕉的輪層，細緻掌控整個流程，確保材料的美感與質地，持續追求「素材所具備的自然美」。

 

 

II. About Yasuhiro Fukushima and Banananesia (バナナネシア では) dyeing and weaving studio 

Born in 1956 in Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture, Yasuhiro Fukushima is at the helm of the dyeing and weaving studio Banananesia. As a student of the kijōka-bashōfu (banana fibre cloth) tradition, Fukushima is skilled in the traditional method of Okinawan bashō cloth production. He has long collaborated with the plantain (Musa balbisiana, also known as wild banana), exploring its potential and applying its unique characteristics to drive his creative production, which includes bashō cloth, paper, and works that combine weaving with the Okinawan bingata dye technique.

Founded on reviving and passing on the traditional skills of Okinawan bashō cloth, the studio dedicates itself to discovering the secrets behind bashō’s growth through innovation and research. The dyeing and weaving studio has introduced a new propagation method of direct seeding (planting seeds) to prevent the deterioration of banana fibres caused by propagating through stem division (separating offshoots). In addition, the studio allocates the circular layers of the wild banana plant towards different uses. It maintains meticulous control over the plantain’s entire course of growth to guarantee the material’s quality and aesthetics, in its continual pursuit of the inherent beauty in the material.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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主辦單位 │ 樹火紀念紙文化基金會、染織工房バナナネシア

活動合辦 │國立臺灣工藝研究發展中心 

展覽地點 │ 樹火紀念紙博物館 - 台北市中山區長安東路二段68號