JTC
UV print on metal, ceramics, shelf, plants
Installation size
2012-2023
A type of plant pot made with modified polydrum can frequently be found in my local neighborhood in Taiwan. The offending industrial blue and the dull texture of plastic are a bit abrupt among the usual fine ceramic and plastic mimicking brick-red. These diverse forms of plastic containers were originally used in factories to contain raw materials, wastes, lube oil, or half-finished products.
In Taiwan, the boundary between industrial and agricultural, and the dividing of communities and factories, are commonly blurred; in other words, they all grow together. In addition to the past policy of “House as a factory”, those factory containers were not unfamiliar to the neighbors. By the folk wisdom of discovering the other uses for things, some ousted containers were taken and turned into plant pots. This is a virtue of no waste, as well as the aesthetic of alternatives. The decommissioned plasticware becomes a negligible favour offer to the neighbors, and the plebeians gain a small compensation from the irregular industrial next door. The plants in the polydrum pot are really rooted in compromise. Although the community surroundings are not sophisticated or exactly appropriated, the opulence of the natural conditions of Taiwan allows them to thrive.
I took pictures of these plant pots and examined them as a typology. For the installation, the pictures will print on aluminium plates; having the material gleam under the image reminds us of its industrial origin. The size of the pictures changed relative to the size of plants, while the ratio of the pots is the same. Finally, the style of these polydrum pots will become refined and render them the same as authentic ceramic, and they will become a dedicated home to the plants.
JTC + Arles
ChromaLuxe prints on aluminum plate, ceramics, plants, shelves, Stereolithography resin, plaster, UV prints, Copypaper
Installation size
2023
Commission by Centre Culturel de Taïwan à Paris and Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation
Curator: Florent Basiletti, Meg Chang
Project manager: Maddalena Biagiotti
Print by Chromaluxe, Pacific Colour
Pots NO.1 by Attraction Terrestre
Pots NO.5 by Memento Temporï and Poterie Le Chêne Vert
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![A3-012 LS450 pt (42X28cm 300dpi) 470X302mm.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/517ff8_91014607d7244b8c9572195c22304220~mv2_d_1333_2000_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_188,h_251,q_90/517ff8_91014607d7244b8c9572195c22304220~mv2_d_1333_2000_s_2.jpg)
![A2-057 LS1329 is (48X32cm 300dpi) 530X342mm.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/517ff8_cdc366457a4e4f86b75efc3c64f9a691~mv2_d_1333_2000_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_188,h_251,q_90/517ff8_cdc366457a4e4f86b75efc3c64f9a691~mv2_d_1333_2000_s_2.jpg)
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![A2-045 LS1109 ti (42X28cm 300dpi) 470X302mm.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/517ff8_8528454393ad42a288f6b0438c33dfb6~mv2_d_1333_2000_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_188,h_251,q_90/517ff8_8528454393ad42a288f6b0438c33dfb6~mv2_d_1333_2000_s_2.jpg)
![A2-063.1 LS1594 ti (30X20cm 300dpi) 350X222mm.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/517ff8_ec0a5250c63d4a3891f8514c88630c92~mv2_d_1333_2000_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_188,h_251,q_90/517ff8_ec0a5250c63d4a3891f8514c88630c92~mv2_d_1333_2000_s_2.jpg)
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![A2-030 LS713 sc (48X32cm 300dpi) 530X342mm.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/517ff8_36231a001d264c0b8872f36408ee3788~mv2_d_1333_2000_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_188,h_251,q_90/517ff8_36231a001d264c0b8872f36408ee3788~mv2_d_1333_2000_s_2.jpg)
![A2-025 LS636 wg (48X32cm 300dpi) 530X342mm.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/517ff8_d24f13ffd38846b69e5f63f58ae27328~mv2_d_1333_2000_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_188,h_251,q_90/517ff8_d24f13ffd38846b69e5f63f58ae27328~mv2_d_1333_2000_s_2.jpg)
![A1-123 LS1735 ti (42X28cm 300dpi) 470X302mm.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/517ff8_1d1482f7c5b6424ba7c66b97be0b0d30~mv2_d_1333_2000_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_188,h_251,q_90/517ff8_1d1482f7c5b6424ba7c66b97be0b0d30~mv2_d_1333_2000_s_2.jpg)
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![A1-120 LS1702 sc (36X24cm 300dpi) 410X262mm.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/517ff8_3ac0ec84435d42068f6504b36e265985~mv2_d_1333_2000_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_188,h_251,q_90/517ff8_3ac0ec84435d42068f6504b36e265985~mv2_d_1333_2000_s_2.jpg)
![A1-111 LS1439 is (36X24cm 300dpi) 410X262mm.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/517ff8_ed7671d8aec64daba463e8dd319dec71~mv2_d_1333_2000_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_188,h_251,q_90/517ff8_ed7671d8aec64daba463e8dd319dec71~mv2_d_1333_2000_s_2.jpg)
![A1-100 LS1377 wg (25X16.6cm 300dpi) 300X188.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/517ff8_ac657e1e1d0c44bd9ec5d9b72f9eeca7~mv2_d_1333_2000_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_188,h_251,q_90/517ff8_ac657e1e1d0c44bd9ec5d9b72f9eeca7~mv2_d_1333_2000_s_2.jpg)
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![A1-050 LS690 sc (54X36cm 300dpi) 590X382mm.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/517ff8_4f43cb3c25ce4499863bcfb94ceee4ee~mv2_d_1333_2000_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_188,h_251,q_90/517ff8_4f43cb3c25ce4499863bcfb94ceee4ee~mv2_d_1333_2000_s_2.jpg)
![A1-039 LS626 wg (42X28cm 300dpi) 470X302mm.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/517ff8_220769e650ed47e6b77d1229be840306~mv2_d_1333_2000_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_188,h_251,q_90/517ff8_220769e650ed47e6b77d1229be840306~mv2_d_1333_2000_s_2.jpg)
![A1-023 LS442 ct (48X32cm 300dpi) 530X342mm.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/517ff8_356814b61ad24f4aab3310fcb04df2aa~mv2_d_1333_2000_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_188,h_251,q_90/517ff8_356814b61ad24f4aab3310fcb04df2aa~mv2_d_1333_2000_s_2.jpg)
![A1-044 LS658 sc (36X24cm 300dpi) 410X262mm.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/517ff8_a30ad1f288274ed6a75aef839b942ead~mv2_d_1333_2000_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_188,h_251,q_90/517ff8_a30ad1f288274ed6a75aef839b942ead~mv2_d_1333_2000_s_2.jpg)
Typology (selected from 500+)
UV print on metal
72 × 48 cm、66 ×44 cm、60 × 40 cm、54 × 36 cm、48 × 32 cm、42 × 28 cm、36 × 24 cm、30 × 20 cm、25 × 16.6 cm、20 × 13.33 cm
2012-2015