Drift island

Drift Islands
本書透過海、螃蟹與人類三種交織的聲音，連結小豆島、大嶼山與延坪島三個島嶼。由三位藝術家共同創作，反思島嶼生活作為一種由洋流、遷徙與人類行動所形塑的共享生態，並邀請讀者從人類之外的視角去思考與感受。
全書左頁為藝術家以人類的感受，右頁為螃蟹的感受，而海的聲音則流動於書頁之間，連結駐地、研究與交流的時間節點。在閱讀的過程中，我逐漸意識到，自己不需要以慣常、以人為中心的方式去「理解」這本書。文字不再只是等待被解讀的內容，而更像是一種流動的感知——有時緩慢、有時斷裂，有時甚至無法被完全掌握。當我嘗試放下對於單一敘事與清晰結論的期待，開始跟隨螃蟹們講述它們物種的故事和日常生活，閱讀本身也轉變成一種共處的經驗。
本書封面與封底構成了兩種視角：封面，是我們所看見的螃蟹；封底，則是螃蟹所看見的島嶼。這一前一後的視角由藝術家繪製，而它不只是圖像的設計，更像是一種邀請，邀請我們離開熟悉的人類視角，以島上其他生物的方式感知世界。
本書核心在於將生態理解為一種關係性與過程性的思考，關注生命如何在陸地與海洋之間持續交織。在面對破壞與再生的同時，也尋找共存的敘事，並進一步提問：我們是否能以不同的方式去傾聽——將海和螃蟹視為共居者，並重新理解我們所共享的脆弱且彼此連結的世界。當閱讀不再只是「人」的觀看，而是一種與他者同步的感受時，這本書也悄然改變了我們與世界的方式。

[ISLANDERS PUBLISHING]

This book brings together three islands: Shodoshima, Lantau, and Yeonpyeong-do through the intertwined voices of the sea, crabs, and humans. Created by a collective of three artists, it reflects on island life as a shared ecology shaped by currents, migrations, and human activity, inviting readers to think and feel beyond a human-centered perspective.
The cover and back cover form a shift in perspective: on the front, we see a crab from a human perspective, on the back, we see the island with how the crabs perceive it. Illustrated by the artists, this gesture is more than a visual design, it is an invitation to reposition ourselves, to step away from familiar human viewpoints and enter another living beings on the islands’ way of sensing the world. Across the book, the left pages present the artists’ human perspectives, the right pages express the sensibilities of crabs, while the voice of the sea flows through the pages, connecting moments of residency, research, and exchange. As I read, I gradually realize that I do not need to approach this book through habitual, human-centered modes of “understanding.” The text is no longer something waiting to be decoded, but becomes a form of shifting perception—sometimes slow, sometimes fragmented, sometimes impossible to fully grasp. As I begin to let go of expectations for a singular narrative or clear conclusions and it slightly changed how I see island life.

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