In this coastal district of the city, time is not linear—it accumulates, disperses, and resurfaces in layers. People arrive and depart. Some stay, like a breeze lingering in a narrow alley; others pass through, like salt scattered across sun-dried stones. This place has endured waves of shifting governance, shaped and reshaped through different regimes. It now rests in the city’s old quarter, a space defined as much by absence as by presence.

This exhibition centers on the ideas of movement and sedimentation—not only in the migration and settlement of people but also in the textures of space shaped by their passage. Human relocation is one form of movement; staying, settling, and lingering form another kind of time-bound sedimentation. These human rhythms, in turn, intertwine with natural flows: seasonal monsoon winds, ocean currents, and the humid air that defines Taiwan’s southern summer.

In this region, sun-drying has long been a practice of both survival and culture—from historical salt production to today’s continued drying of mullet roe. The act of exposing things to sunlight becomes not only a method of preservation, but also a metaphor for memory, imprinting presence through warmth, light, and time.

Through photography, video, sound, ceramics, and cyanotype, this exhibition seeks to trace these intertwined presences—material and immaterial. These works record, retain, and echo what once passed through: the scent of salt air, the imprint of a footstep, the distant hum of labor or wind. Between each layer, a story unfolds—not always named, but nonetheless inscribed by the flows of people, air, and light.