Located on the lawn in front of the Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Silent Conversation（2007）by renowned Japanese environmental artist Shingu Susumu is powered by one of Hsinchu’s most abundant natural resources—wind. This stainless steel kinetic sculpture consists of three free-standing pieces with blades that move in the wind in such a way that it seems as if they are about to collide with one another. This narrowly averted collision represents the delicate interplay of conflict and harmony in the course of conversation.