【Chuab，帛琉巨人】
Chuab是我們的土地。依據帛琉傳說，有一個巨嬰從大海蛤誕生，快速成長。人們擔心他會吃盡食物，因而在巨嬰底下點火並推入海中，從此變成帛琉島。
整體來看，帛琉外型像個巨嬰，各州代表身體的不同部位。今日，這個巨型Chuab已發展成更大的形體，矗立海上、直達空中。藉由電腦主機板和微晶片，我們踏出一大步；這項科技已象徵性地將我們的世界縮小至位元及像素。帛琉已是全球網路成員之一，平日運用普遍的通訊衛星及電腦，加深我們對現代科技的高度依賴，如同宗教一般。
椰子樹的彈性好，是個漂浮裝置，可緊抓暗礁形成新島嶼，並將自身變成主體，吸收更多的碎片與殘骸，最後形成沙灘圍繞的島嶼。此外，椰子樹功能多，可做成日常用品、籃子、繩索、木料、椰子油及椰奶等。
帛琉屬於貨物文化的島嶼，許多事物不斷引進並累積，並形成今日的樣貌。這裡的環境像個子宮；據醫學研究指出，子宮裡7到9個月大的嬰兒，已能透過自己的感官蒐集各種資訊。
【Chuab, the Giant of Palau】
- 2012
- 60×120cm
- Mixed media
Chuab is our mother land. The Legend tells that a baby born from a giant sea clam and grew up so fast. People worried that he might deplete all food, so they set fire under him, toppling him down across the sea and therefore became the Island of Palau.
Palau as a whole is this body of the once a giant baby. And every states of Palau represent its various body parts. Today, this Giant Chuab, has evolved to a much larger form, standing on the sea and reaching up to the sky. From the mother board and micro-chips in a computer, we take a Giant step; this technology has symbolically shrunk our world into bytes and pixels. Palau has become a member of the global network; the use of satellite communications and computers has cemented our minds and dependency on the modern technology today; it’s almost religious.
Coconut is a very resilient tree and a floating device. It could start a new island by holding on to a reef and itself becomes the host, to accumulate more incoming debris and eventually evolve into an island with beach around it. This tree serves many purposes: household utensils, baskets, ropes, lumbers, oil and coconut milk.
Palau is an island of cargo culture. Over the years, we accumulate incoming things and Palau is a result of that. Palau’s environment is like a womb. Medical research says that 7 to 9 months old baby in the womb is already inputting information gathered through their senses.