Mesha Gunady 邱美莎
Between Roots and Noise: Tracing the Entangled, 2026
根與噪之間：追索糾纏系列, 2026
Photographer: Huang Xinyuan
Courtesy of SUAVEART

About Artwork

Between Roots and Noise: Tracing the Entangled explores mangrove forest as living systems that exist between natural ecosystems and urban environments. It emerges from an attempt to shift perspectives-from viewing mangroves solely as environmental infrastructure that protect the coast to experiencing them as living entities within a shared ecological system that is increasingly shaped by human activity. This body of work does not seek to aestheticize the environment, but to remain within its encountered visual and sonic conditions, attending to the relations, responses, and resonance through which these systems exist.

Through audio-visual recordings, photography, and digital collage, the project traces the sensory and structural complexity of mangrove ecosystem within urban context of Jakarta.

《根與噪之間：追索糾纏》探討紅樹林作為生命系統，如何存在於自然生態與都市環境的交界之間。此項目源自於一次視角的轉換嘗試──不再僅將紅樹林視為保護海岸的環境基礎設施，而是將其理解為共享生態系中的生命主體；而這個系統正日益受到人類活動的塑造與影響。

這組作品並非試圖將環境加以美學化，而是停留於與其相遇的視覺與聲音條件之中，並關注這些系統賴以存在的各種關係、回應與共振。

透過聲音與影像紀錄、攝影以及數位拼貼等媒介，該計畫追索紅樹林生態系在雅加達都市脈絡中的感知層次與結構複雜性，呈現其多重交織的生態網絡，以及自然與城市之間持續生成的互動關係。

Mesha is a multidisciplinary creative from Indonesia. She was initially trained as an art therapist and later pursued a graduate degree in Arts and Cultural Entrepreneurship in Singapore, which led her to develop a practice spanning in artistic creation, curatorial work, and exhibition-making. While her engagement with art has evolved alongside other professional directions, she is currently re-centering her focus on artistic practice, with a particular interest in exploring the human condition and the natural world.

邱美莎是一位來自印尼的跨領域創作者。她最初接受藝術治療師的專業訓練，之後前往新加坡攻讀藝術與文化創業研究所學位，進而發展出涵蓋藝術創作、策展及展覽製作的實踐路徑。雖然她與藝術的關係隨著不同職業發展方向而持續演變，但目前她正重新將重心回歸於藝術創作實踐，特別關注人類處境與自然世界的探索與思考。