Texturing the Moon on the beach I

Inkjet print
2020

Texturing the Moon on the beach 一塊貼圖 I
數位微噴
2020

Humans observed the lunar surface with bare eyes before the invention of the telescope, and therefore couldn't have a clear observation. They could only use their understanding about the earth to guess some darker parts of the moon to be seas, which were later called the Lunar Maria.

With the beach probably being the least intervened scenery on earth, I artificially recreated the texture of the moon on the sand to reflect the lunar surface which was on the other hand naturally formed. I created a sand sculpture by the sand on the beach to imitate the natural textures of the lunar surface. The appearance of the sculpture is like the texture used in 3D modeling. The moon texture seems to map to our beach, mirroring the moon in the sky. (On-site Scale: 6 meters by length, 2.5 meters by width)

Although the lunar maria are not near the ocean, the tide is influenced by the moon. By the evening after we finished the recreation and photo shooting, the artificially made lunar surface was eventually turned back into the flat beach as if nothing happened. The moon keeps revolving day after day, and the tide still rises as it was.

在望遠鏡問世前，人們用肉眼觀察月球表面，在無法觀察到清晰的月球表面狀況下，基於對於地球的認識，猜測月面有些較深色的區域為海洋，因此稱之為月海。

在《Texturing the Moon 一顆球體》的作品中，月球表面的材質貼圖，其實面積非常巨大，我在地球表面的沙灘上，以沙仿擬月球表面的材質貼圖，然而在沙灘上的貼圖的面積並不大（實際尺寸為長 6 公尺、寬 2.5 公尺），試圖進行一個尺度差異極大的想像。

海灘的風貌，也許是地球上最不受人為影響的景象，我把月球表面的紋理再現於沙灘上，透過如此人為的手段，對映自然形成的月表。月海不在海邊，可是海邊的潮汐卻受到月球的牽引。製作並拍攝完成之後的傍晚，人為製做的月球表面隨著漲潮，回復平坦的沙灘，好像什麼事都沒有發生過，月球依然日復一日的公轉，潮水依然日復一日的來。