Project Overview
Since its establishment in September 1992, the Fengyuan Branch Office has operated in shared premises with the Taichung County Tax Collection Administration, while also renting private residential properties as storage facilities. Beginning in March 1999, the office leased its current location at No. 36, Daming Road, Fengyuan City as its main administrative building. Even then, the office space was already severely limited.
In January 2003, when business tax operations were taken back for in-house administration and staff were transferred accordingly, the shortage of office space became even more pronounced. The facility was unable to provide parking for either staff or visiting members of the public. Moreover, because rented storage facilities were scattered across multiple locations, additional off-site venues had to be leased each May during the income tax filing season to handle return submissions, causing significant inconvenience for taxpayers, particularly in terms of access and parking.
To improve the quality of public service, the office actively planned the construction of its own dedicated administrative building. Through extensive coordination efforts by former Branch Director Liu Pei-Yao and current Branch Director Chang Ching-Ke, together with the support of multiple elected representatives and Chen Yi-Huang, Director of the Dongshi Forest District Office of the Forestry Bureau, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, the current site was successfully secured, enabling the construction of a new office building.
The public art initiative for this project is classified as a “program-based project.” Artists are invited to propose a comprehensive public art plan that integrates public engagement with the ecological conservation characteristics of the neighboring Forestry Office. Through creative projects that combine art and ecology, teachers and students from nearby Nanyang Elementary School will be invited to participate in the process, gaining exposure to diverse forms of art while gradually developing an awareness of ecological conservation.
In essence, this project seeks—through appropriate encouragement—to guide artists in exploring broader possibilities for contemporary public art, in line with the expectations following the revision of the Regulations Governing the Installation of Public Art, and to foster more diverse and forward-looking approaches within public art practice.
Artwork Overview
Huang Qing-Hui ‘Tree of Life Series’
‘Tree of Life’
A pure white tree, nurtured and cared for with diligence and attention, grows with various imaginative possibilities, like seeds and fruits, waiting to be realized. The fallen acorn will become another white vitality in the coming year.
‘Hourglass and Vase’
Taxes are like stones thrown into a bottle, accumulating little by little to form a tower. Through people’s honest payment of taxes, our country will become better and better.
‘Tree and Fruit’
The loop comes from the image of the e-generation on the internet. The coin-shaped fruits on the branches are the results colored by everyone, symbolizing this open square space for everyone.
