No.5 海怪(Sea Monster)

The first edition of Fulong Beach Coastal Cleanup Art Project is led by artist, Hui-Ying Tsai, and Ji-Yuan Huang, the founder of Being Fulong Surfing School in collaboration with Fulong Elementary School.
Sea Monster is an art project that focuses on raising awareness of ocean plastic pollution and the environmental-friendly community building. The execution of the piece was through free workshops opened to the public and art classes at Fulong Elementary School. The piece is made with 100% coastal garbage gathered from 4 coastal cleanup events by volunteers and students at Fulong Elementary School.
The design of the piece is a mysterious beached marine mammal that is half buried in the sand. The body of the Sea Monster is a found styrofoam boat and its fins are made with various plastic garbage. The materials are put together with found ropes and fishing lines in order to keep the waste of production to its minimum. The artwork was built with help of a group of volunteers in total 5 days. The piece will be taken apart and sent to garbage and recycling center before the next typhoon hits the area.
The long-term goal of this project is to make it into an annual event/art residency and progressively develop Fulong to be an active community that demonstrates care for the costal environment.

本活動聯合福隆地區長期關懷環境與教育的黃吉元先生，發起淨灘裝置藝術節。
2017年5月為第一屆活動試辦，由藝術家蔡慧盈帶領設計製作，福隆地球人衝浪學校協調場地、工具、住宿、與聯絡事宜，邀請福隆國小師生、志工前後共計二十人，在五個工作天內以工作坊的形式淨灘四次，製作完成。 活動主旨以藝術創作為中心，帶領社區居民共同發展對自身環境的關注，並透過個人的實際參與建立社群向心力，同時達到宣傳環保意識、愛護自然的教育目標。
長遠目標：從福隆社區出發，將此活動推廣到鄰近社區，發展成在地長期、有組織性的固定特色活動。預期大型淨灘裝置藝術節可帶動福隆地區經濟活動，帶給社區正面形象，提醒也鼓勵觀光客遊玩的同時也從自己出發，時時隨手做環保，永續經營。期望發展成為年度藝術節，或是短期駐村形式，邀請國內外藝術家帶領居民共同淨灘與創作，讓藝術結合生活，傳達環保觀念。
這件裝置100%使用海漂垃圾，各類材料的結合使用鑽洞的方式，以撿到的線繩綑綁固定而成。這些垃圾來自附近的岩岸，只是眾多垃圾的1000分之一甚至是100萬分之一。
垃圾種類五花八門：
漁業廢棄物(漁網，浮球，繩索，保麗龍...)
日常用品(寶特瓶蓋，打火機，牙刷，鞋子，吸管，免洗餐具、塑膠製品...)
組成這件作品的垃圾將在颱風來襲的前幾天，協請東北角暨宜蘭海岸風景管理處拆除回收。