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１９７０年，新光合成纖維第一棟廠房完工。２０２０年，新纖迎來第五十個年頭，半世紀的歲月雖歷經數次全球原料、政治、經濟衝擊，但誠如《論語．為政篇》論道「四十而不惑，五十而知天命」，新纖一路挺立至今。面對５０歲，新纖在知己知彼的基礎上，為下一個世紀許下更廣闊的願景。

２０２０年，沈菲比擔任新光合成纖維５０週年系列活動藝術總監，以藝術作為溝通媒介，開啟與未來、與企業的對話，並邀請以編織為畢生志業的呂兆宏，以及善用工業產物展現人類意識的莊惠琳，加入本計劃。以新纖生產的「ＰＥＴ回收紗線」作為創作媒材，並邀請莊惠琳進駐新纖平鎮廠。

莊惠琳作品〈你看！在空中漫舞的六角，跳出天邊一道虹！〉以PET（聚對苯二甲酸乙二酯）化學結構──六角形，作為單元體造型，並將這５１個ＰＥＴ六角結構以向外放射之姿，展現產業能量，並以此向新光合成纖維５０週致敬。過去，莊惠琳多以獨立方式進行創作，因應本計劃，她首次將工作流程步驟化，並在駐廠期間所舉辦的工作坊中，引導社內員工進行集體創作，結晶眾人智慧，體現新纖核心理念，並將亞里斯多德名言「整體大於部分的總和」具象化。

呂兆宏作品〈環域航行，相遇即重逢〉，聚焦主訴創作媒材「ＰＥＴ回收紗線」──回收寶特瓶，進行分類、清潔、去標後，粉粹、乾燥後切成瓶片，再次成為酯粒，抽絲成紗線。
透過這整套的過程使ＰＥＴ重獲新生，藝術家便以這趟「再一次」的生命旅程為念，一圈圈繞出循環的新生命，並企圖翻轉人們對ＰＥＴ的觀感──過去寶特瓶被認為的惡，是因人類一次性的使用法，而其物質面向的難以消滅性，若放在創作語境中，亦轉身成為媒材優勢。

新光合成纖維，以自家生產的物質，自己動手做一份生日禮物送給自己，誠心所願地與每位家人一同邁向下一個里程。

新纖五十，因為知，所以懂得改變
 
In 1970, Shinkong Synthetic Fibers' first factory building was completed. In 2020, Shinkong welcomed its fiftieth year. Though the half-century has weathered several global raw material, political, and economic impacts, the company has stood firm. Much like "At forty, one is free from perplexities; at fifty, one knows the decrees of Heaven," as stated in the Analects of Confucius (Weizheng chapter), Shinkong perseveres to this day. Facing its 50th year, Shinkong has set a broader vision for the next century, based on the principle of knowing oneself and one's rivals.

In 2020, Phoebe Shen served as the art director for Shinkong Synthetic Fibers' 50th-anniversary series of events, using art as a communication medium to initiate a dialogue with the future and the enterprise. She invited Lu Chao-Hung, who has dedicated his life to weaving, and Chuang Hui-Lin, who is adept at using industrial products to manifest human consciousness, to join the project. They utilized "PET recycled yarn" produced by Shinkong as the creative medium, and Chuang Hui-Lin was invited to reside at the Shinkong Pingzhen factory.

Chuang Hui-Lin's work, Look! The Hexagons Dancing in the Air Leap into a Rainbow Across the Sky!, uses the hexagon—the chemical structure of PET (polyethylene terephthalate)—as its modular shape. These 51 PET hexagonal structures radiate outwards, symbolizing industrial energy, and pay tribute to Shinkong Synthetic Fibers' 50th anniversary. In the past, Chuang Hui-Lin primarily created independently. In response to this project, she formalized her workflow into steps for the first time. During workshops held while she was artist-in-residence, she guided company employees in a collective creation process, crystallizing the wisdom of the group, embodying Shinkong’s core philosophy, and visualizing Aristotle’s famous saying, "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts."

Lu Chao-Hung's work, Circumnavigation of the Realm; Meeting is Reunion, focuses on the primary creative medium: "PET recycled yarn." The process involves collecting recycled plastic bottles, sorting, cleaning, and de-labeling them, then crushing and drying them into flakes. These flakes are reformed into pellets (chips) and spun into yarn. Through this entire process, PET is given a new life. The artist meditates on this journey of "once again" and weaves new cycles of life, attempting to flip people's perception of PET—the "evil" of plastic bottles was born from human single-use habits, but the material's non-degradable nature, when placed in a creative context, transforms into a material advantage.

Shinkong Synthetic Fibers, using materials it produces in-house, has crafted a birthday gift for itself, sincerely wishing to step toward the next milestone with every member of the Shinkong family.

Shinkong at fifty: Because we know, we understand how to change.