Court attendance is generally an anxious experience. To ease the sense of solemnity evoked by courthouses, artist Hu Tung-ming designed a mentally soothing public art called “Dialogue—Between” set in the lobby of the Taiwan Ciaotou District Court.
To match the circular atrium roof of the building, Hu used translucent synthetic resin to build his artwork and maintains the original, unadorned colors of the materials, the latter of which signifies the pursuit of truth by courts. Flower petals swirling in the air symbolize the attempt to achieve a balance between different perspectives and emphasize fair, harmonious, and satisfactory legal judgement.
人民走進法院的心情通常是不安、焦慮的，藝術家胡棟民利用公共藝術緩和場域的肅穆感，在臺灣橋頭地方法院一樓大廳打造作品《對話．之間》。
配合建築本身的圓形採光天井，作品材料使用具透光性的合成樹酯，保留材質最質樸的原本色彩，代表法院提供的真理；花瓣造型迴旋環繞懸吊於空中，則象徵在不同立場中取得平衡，並做出公正審判的圓滿圓融。
臺灣橋頭地方法院共設置有54件公共藝術作品，希望以藝術介入空間形式，讓民眾能沉澱、舒緩心情，感受法院的親和友善。
作品名稱：對話．之間Dialogue—Between
作者：胡棟民Tung-Ming Hu
創作年份：2016
材質尺寸：合成樹脂 / 900×300×300 cm
設置地點：臺灣橋頭地方法院