《潛流》 Subsurface Waters by 李俐亞 Liya Lee

《潛流》 Subsurface Waters

by 李俐亞 Liya Lee

日期｜

2026年7月16日（四）- 17日（五）19:00-21:00

2026年7月18日（六）- 19日（日）13:00-18:00

Exhibition Dates: July 16-19

Opening hours：Thu.Fri 7-9PM, Sat.Sun 1-6PM

▓▒░ 展覽簡介 Exhibition ░▒▓

潛流

河流消失之後，是否真的就不存在了？

隨著城市持續擴張，原本蜿蜒於土地上的溪流、水圳與灌溉渠道，逐漸被填埋、截流、地下化，消失於地景之中，也淡出人們的日常記憶。然而，水並未真正離開，而是沿著舊有的水脈持續流動於城市地下，形成一座看不見的水文網絡。

《潛流》始於一條消逝的河流，也始於童年對河流的記憶。作品以臺北百年歷史地圖、1904年《臺灣堡圖》、日治時期水利圖、1972年航照圖與今日衛星影像相互比對，重新追尋消失的城市水路，包括信安街下方的瑠公圳第一幹線，以及嘉興街一帶已消失的自然溪流。透過步行、漫遊與田野調查，拍攝道路坡度、橋墩、小徑、排水設施與城市縫隙等遺留下的痕跡，重新閱讀那些被覆蓋的水文地景。

除了歷史調查，作品也結合童年記憶、夢境與古老的「尋水術（Water Divination）」，將尋水轉化為一種象徵性的藝術行動。尋找的不只是地下的河流，更是人與土地曾經建立的關係，以及隱藏於城市深處的集體記憶。夢境、歷史與現實彼此交錯，形成一條介於真實與想像之間的潛流。

《潛流》試圖重新描繪被覆蓋的城市水文脈絡，思考都市化如何改變人與自然的關係，也重新觀看河流與人的生命如何共享同一條時間的流向。

那些消失的河流，並未真正終止，而是以另一種形式流經城市，也流經我們的身體與記憶。

Subsurface Waters

When a river disappears, does it truly cease to exist?

As cities continue to expand, rivers, irrigation canals, and waterways that once meandered across the landscape have gradually been buried, diverted, or confined underground, becoming part of the city's infrastructure. They have vanished from the visible landscape and faded from everyday memory. Yet water has never truly disappeared. It continues to flow beneath the city along its original courses, forming an invisible hydrological network that quietly sustains urban life while carrying the forgotten memories of the land.

Subsurface Waters begins with a vanished river and with memories of rivers from childhood. Drawing upon historical maps of Taipei—including the 1904 Taiwan Fort Map, Japanese-era irrigation maps, aerial photographs from 1972, and contemporary satellite imagery—the project retraces the city's lost waterways. These include the First Main Canal of the Liugong Canal beneath present-day Xinan Street, as well as the natural streams that once flowed through the Jiaxing Street area. Through walking, drifting, and field research, the project documents subtle traces left behind by these waterways: changes in ground elevation, abandoned bridge foundations, winding alleys, drainage systems, and the hidden seams of the urban fabric. These overlooked details become evidence of rivers that once shaped the city.

Beyond historical investigation, the work weaves together childhood memories, dreams, and the ancient practice of water divination as a symbolic artistic methodology. Here, the search is not for actual underground water, but for the forgotten relationships between people and the land, and for the collective memories embedded within the city. Dreams, historical records, and present-day landscapes overlap, giving rise to a river that exists somewhere between reality and imagination.

Subsurface Waters seeks to redraw the hidden hydrological landscape concealed beneath the modern city while reflecting on how urbanisation has transformed the relationship between humans and nature. It invites viewers to reconsider rivers not only as physical landscapes but as vessels of time, memory, and lived experience.

The rivers have not disappeared. They have simply flowed into the city—and into our memories.

▓▒░ 藝術家簡介 Artist ░▒▓

李俐亞

藝術家攝影書創作者、獨立策展人及講師。創作以攝影為核心，橫跨藝術家書籍、裝置、錄像與聲音等媒介，長期關注童年記憶、夢境空間、地方歷史、城市河流與人與土地的關係。透過攝影、手工製書、檔案研究與田野踏查，在真實與想像之間建構影像敘事，探索攝影作為當代藝術媒介的可能性。

2022年創立「書盒子獨立出版」，致力於藝術家攝影書出版、製書教學及國際交流，推動攝影書文化的發展。曾受邀於國立臺灣大學、國立臺灣師範大學、國立清華大學、國立陽明交通大學、台南應用科技大學、國家攝影文化中心及台南國際攝影節等機構舉辦工作坊，並策劃《頁面調度》、《打開攝影的盒子》、《浮光影藏八》及印尼日惹國際攝影節臺灣館攝影書展區等展覽。2025年創辦「熱吵集：當代攝影書交流展」，持續推動臺灣與亞洲攝影書文化的跨國交流。

Liya Lee

The Artists' photobook of creator, independent curator, and lecturer. Working primarily with photography, her practice extends across artist's books, installation, video, and sound. Her work explores themes of childhood memory, dreamscapes, local history, urban waterways, and the relationship between people and place. Through photography, handmade bookmaking, archival research, and field investigations, she constructs visual narratives that move between reality and imagination, examining photography as a contemporary artistic medium.

In 2022, she founded Shū Hé Zhì Independent Publishing, an independent publishing platform dedicated to artists' photobooks, bookmaking education, and international exchange, with a focus on promoting photobook culture in Taiwan. She has been invited to lead workshops at National Taiwan University, National Taiwan Normal University, National Tsing Hua University, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Tainan University of Technology, the National Center of Photography and Images, the Tainan International Photography Festival, and numerous art spaces across Taiwan.

As a curator, she has organized exhibitions including Page Choreography, Opening the Box of Photography, Floating Light, Hidden Images VIII, and the Taiwan Photobook Section of Yogyakarta International Photo Festival (Indonesia). In 2025, she founded Photobook Feast: Contemporary Photobook Exchange Exhibition, an international platform dedicated to fostering dialogue and cross-cultural exchange within the photobook community across Taiwan and Asia.

▓▒░ 展場資訊 Venue Info ░▒▓

地點｜Beholding Cell Art Space 看守所藝術空間

地址｜台北市大安區復興南路一段321號1樓A9室（永固名店城內）

交通｜捷運大安站6號出口旁

Venue | Beholding Cell Art Space

Address | Rm. A9, 1F., No. 321, Sec. 1, Fuxing S. Rd., Da’an Dist., Taipei City

Access | Next to Exit 6, MRT Daan Station