Mauk Evertse b. 1995 (Netherlands)
2026
Participatory calligraphy installation
Mixed media
Dimensions variable
Artist bio:
Mauk Evertse is a new artist and researcher based between Taipei and Amsterdam. Driven by a core interest in how people experience art, he creates works deeply informed by his fascination with traditional Chinese painting and ecocritical art that resists the nature-culture binary. He has a background in Chinese Studies and is now completing his master’s degree at Taipei National University of the Arts.
Mauk Evertse 是一位穿梭於台北與阿姆術特丹之間的新銳藝術家與研究者。在「人們如何體驗藝術」這一核心興趣的驅動下，他的創作深受其對中國傳統繪畫的著迷，以及抵抗自然與文化二元對立的生態批判藝術（ecocritical art）所啟發。他擁有漢學背景，目前正在國立臺北藝術大學完成他的碩士學位。
Artwork description:
The Universal Gate (普門) is a participatory calligraphy installation that invites viewers to co-author a collective transcription of verses from the 25th chapter of the Lotus Sutra, titled “The Universal Gate.” Visitors handwrite one of the sutra’s 104 strophes and hang it on a designated wall, layering their script over previous contributions. The work emerges through the accumulation, each shaped by a distinct personal context. Mirroring the multiplicity and boundless compassion of the Bodhisattva Guanyin, the installation resists singular authorship. Individual traces remain even as they are covered, becoming part of a continuously evolving whole.
本作品是一件參與式書法裝置，邀請觀者共同抄寫《妙法蓮華經》第二十五品〈觀世音菩薩普門品〉的經文。觀者親手書寫經文中的104個偈頌之一，並將其懸掛在指定的牆面上，讓自己的字跡與前人的心跡層疊交織。作品隨著這些複數文本的累積而逐漸浮現，而每份文本皆由獨特的個人脈絡所形塑。本裝置呼應了觀世音菩薩的多樣顯化與無量慈悲，抵抗了單一作者權（singular authorship）的定義。各別的痕跡即便被後者覆蓋卻依舊存在，共同成為一個持續演進的有機整體。