For hundreds of thousands of years, the Tatun volcanoes, the submarine Keelung volcano group, and the magma chamber of the volcanic islands in the sea northeast of Taiwan have been actively shifting the boundaries and connections between the volcanic islands and potential islands. Deriving from the concept of “neg-geography” that was developed 2019, the Engineering of Volcano Detonating team’s “Sea of Volcanic Islands” is a research and creative project focusing on the volcanic islands, including Tongpang Island, Pengjia Islet, Huaping Islet, Keelung Islet, Guishan Island, and dozens of submarine volcanoes in the sea northeast of Taiwan. Integrating scientific and sci-fi narratives and considering the submarine volcanoes as islands that will eventually emerge from the sea , this project attempts to capture the dynamics between marine geography and the ecosystem.

The project does not use the solid ground of islands as its field of creation, instead probing into the methodology of art and practicing with the unstable seas and volcanic islands. With specific geographic conditions as its foundation, the project also explores the possibilities of transdisciplinary cooperation with navigation, oceanography, marine technology, tsunami science, volcanology, and geology. Extending its previous fieldwork in “Project Nightcrawler,” the Engineering of Volcano Detonating team will form a group to engage in night sailing voyages. In the coming months, they will explore submarine volcanoes, geothermal seawaters, ancient tsunami shores, and volcanic islands. Through their nocturnal voyages and travels, forums, music and image co-creation, and location-based writing, they also intend to broaden how Taipei, an ancient city of volcanoes, is perceived.