Water is formless, yet ever-shifting in its many expressions.
It becomes mist, drifting through low hills and awakening the breath of slumbering forests;
It becomes rivers, carving through the folds of the land, etching the passage of time;
It becomes lakes, quietly reflecting light and the memory of the past.
In its constant dance between motion and stillness, water shapes the landscape—and evokes cultural memories of harmony between people and nature.
The Realm of Mist is a sensory journey guided by water and shrouded in mist. It leads us deep into Taiwan’s foothills and forested terrains. The exhibition begins with The First Form of Water: Forest Language in the Drizzle, where mist—the earliest form of water—summons primal sensory connections between humans and the nature. It then flows into The Shifting Form of Water: The Interlacing of Rivers and Terrain, where rivers trace stories of migration and cultural change. Finally, it arrives at The Resting Form of Water: Settlements Reflected in Stillness, where calm waters mirror the traces of everyday life and spiritual belief.
As mist, river, and lake, water quietly reshapes itself—connecting nature and culture, sensation and memory, the present and what’s to come.
Through the mist, we once again listen to water’s ancient language—feeling a silent current rooted deep in the land.
