Stories Written by the Sky
天空寫下的故事
如果種子能夠述說它的記憶，它會將哪些片段帶往未來？在這部影像裝置作品
中，紅藜麥成為敘事者，它不僅是一種植物，更是一位見證者、一位旅人。它
告訴我們，它曾嚐過恆春半島的熱風，也曾靜靜躺在北極的永凍層下。
〈天空寫下的故事〉由徐叡平與 Nancy Valladares、葉博允、Haamid Rahim黃偉軒聯合創作，靈感來自挪威斯瓦爾巴的末日種子庫與其所在的永久凍土地
景。作品以臺灣原生紅藜種子的視角出發，建構一段跨越地質時間、物種時間
與人類時間的敘事旅程。這場敘事既非線性，也不屬於單一個體，它是一場螺
旋狀的集體夢境，在觀眾的參與下，一次次重新組合。
紅藜麥從島嶼南端出發，遠渡冰洋抵達斯瓦爾巴的末日種子庫，最終在某個末
日過後的時刻於新世界破土而出。在成長的瞬間它記得：日益炎熱的島嶼、冰
川的崩解、漂浮的土地、消失的語言……這些記憶碎片等待觀者拾起與拼湊。
本作品以一組磁磚記憶拼圖邀請觀者重組這些碎片。每一次選擇都將觸發對應
的影像、聲響與敘事線，生成一組獨特版本的記憶。每一次體驗都不盡相同、
永不重複。觀眾將在這座開放敘事世界中，經歷時間的多樣性與偶然性，共同
思考人類和環境之間的毀壞、遷徙與再生。
〈天空寫下的故事〉不僅是對氣候變遷、物種保存與人類未來的提問，也是對
敘事本質的重構。在這部裝置中，「故事」不再屬於一個敘述者，而是在觀者
與素材之間不斷生成。這種非線性、多元視角的敘事形式，讓每位進入者都能
根據自己的選擇建構獨特的經驗。種子不再是被保存的對象，而是擁有語言與
記憶的行者，指引我們思考如何與土地、歷史與未來共處。
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If a seed could speak of its memories, which fragments would it carry
into the future? In this immersive cinematic installation, the red
quinoa becomes a narrator—not merely a plant, but a witness, a
traveler. It tells us that it has tasted the hot breeze of Taiwan and
once lay still beneath the permafrost of the Arctic.
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Stories Written by the Sky is a collaborative work by HSURAE, Nancy
Valladares, Paul Yeh, Haamid Rahim (Dynoman), and Huang Wei. Inspired
by the Svalbard Global Seed Vault and the surrounding Arctic terrain,
the work departs from the perspective of the indigenous Taiwanese red
quinoa to construct a narrative journey that spans geological time,
evolutionary time, and human time. The story is non-linear and does
not belong to a single subject. It is a spiraling, collective dream,
reassembled again and again through audience interaction.
From the southern tip of the island, the red quinoa crosses the ocean
to reach the Svalbard Doomsday Seed Vault, and eventually emerges
from the soil in a post-apocalyptic world. In the moment of germination, it remembers: a warming island, the collapse of
glaciers, drifting lands, disappearing languages……These fractured
memories await an audience to recollect itself.
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The work invites viewers to reconstruct these fragments using a
physical memory puzzle made of tiles. Each selection triggers a
corresponding combination of video, soundscape, and narrative,
producing a unique version of the memory. No two experiences are ever
the same. Within this open narrative, the audience navigates through
temporal multiplicity while contemplating themes of destruction,
migration, and regeneration.
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Stories Written by the Sky is not only a meditation on climate change,
species preservation, and human futures, but it is also a reimagining
of the nature of storytelling itself. In this installation, the
“story” no longer belongs to a single narrator; instead, it emerges
in the space between the audience and the materials. This nonlinear,
polyphonic narrative structure allows each participant to shape their
own path through the work. The seed is no longer a passive object to
be preserved, but a speaker and memory bearer, reflecting on how we
might live with the land, with history, and with what comes next.
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Source: National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts