Of Thread and Stone│302│Stories Told by Miners’ Objects

Script of this episode// Have you noticed? The three displayed objects here are all from the Houtong Miner’s Culture and History Museum. The director of the museum, ZHOU Chao-nan, had worked in the mine since he was 14. After retiring and leaving the mine, he found that the stories of mining laborers were bit by bit forgotten. To maintain the memories, he called on other retired mining laborers to raise funds for establishing the Houtong Miner’s Culture and History Museum, in the hopes of preserving the gradually disappearing history. ZHOU Chao-nan started as a frontline worker and eventually became a foreman. The showcased objects are the tools he carried with him when he worked in the mine, which witnessed the laboring traces of workers day after day. Divert your eyes to another side, and you will see the notes from the overseer of the mine works. After graduating from junior college, Mr. Wang used to be the overseer of the mine works at Yingge, in charge of workplace safety and administration. What he left here are his work diaries and mining textbooks, which record the institutions, risks, and the mining world in his eyes with his personal feelings. Two different positions show two kinds of narratives. However, both of them piece together a more concrete and intimate history of the mining industry. ----------------------------------------------------- Of Thread and Stone ｜Curator｜TSOU Ting, WANG Han-fang ｜Artists｜Jam WU, Kieren KARRITPUL, Forensic Architecture, CHIU Chen-hung, KAO Ya-ting, CHEONG See-min, Akac Orat, Slavs and Tatars, HUANG Po-chih, Rayyane TABET、jiandyin、Nii Nami