Projet Buddha + yan chung hsien video/installation art exhibition
2007.03.30～2007.04.21
09:00 - 17:00
Introduction This exhibition consists of three video/installation art works: Buddha Project, The Mountain, and Robe Maze, and aims to present a pseudo-ritual of
Build-up Buddha” from traditional Taiwan custom. The art works merge into the various space of the Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts. When visitors walk inside the gallery, they would have some pseudo-pilgrimage experiences such as
attain Buddhahood”,
deconstruct Buddha”, and
being Buddha”. Among the art works, the Buddha Project is composed of seven
soft architectural” Buddha statues that are made of stuffed black garbage bags and hemp ropes. They are hung among the bamboo truss. With very dim light, visitors would step into a mysterious land and look up at ghost-like soft Buddha statues. With fear, they would be enlightened that the inviolable sacredness and the tremendous fears are, in fact, two sides of one coin. Compare with the black, horrible Project Buddha, the inspiration of The Mountain comes from the famous fiction Journey to the West. The artist set up a soft Hand Puppet Show’s stage with gray fabric stuffed with cotton. A video features puppets Tang Sanzang, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing along with real performers is projected. These characters present five acts: Cave of Water Curtain, The Mountain, The Mountain of Fire, Fruit of Ginseng and Bottomless Ferryboat.
Games” and
journeys” are the main tone of this play, and modern, happy ridiculous
sightseeing” scenes are led in as well. The piece emphasizes on the contrast between
obtain sutra” in Buddha land and
travel for pleasure” in the man’s world. Furthermore, it also stresses on the graciousness and accessibility of the Buddha of present. The third video/installation Robe Maze is a performance. Performers wore colored wool robes and acted exaggeratedly and arrogantly. They kept on putting on/taking off robes and worshipping Buddha. Seemingly, these people were enjoying a carnival with great happiness. Yet their bemused, crazy facial expressions are actually portraitures of praying for Buddha’s blessings. It also refers to the endless desires and weakness of human beings.
Build-up Buddha” from traditional Taiwan custom. The art works merge into the various space of the Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts. When visitors walk inside the gallery, they would have some pseudo-pilgrimage experiences such as
attain Buddhahood”,
deconstruct Buddha”, and
being Buddha”. Among the art works, the Buddha Project is composed of seven
soft architectural” Buddha statues that are made of stuffed black garbage bags and hemp ropes. They are hung among the bamboo truss. With very dim light, visitors would step into a mysterious land and look up at ghost-like soft Buddha statues. With fear, they would be enlightened that the inviolable sacredness and the tremendous fears are, in fact, two sides of one coin. Compare with the black, horrible Project Buddha, the inspiration of The Mountain comes from the famous fiction Journey to the West. The artist set up a soft Hand Puppet Show’s stage with gray fabric stuffed with cotton. A video features puppets Tang Sanzang, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing along with real performers is projected. These characters present five acts: Cave of Water Curtain, The Mountain, The Mountain of Fire, Fruit of Ginseng and Bottomless Ferryboat.
Games” and
journeys” are the main tone of this play, and modern, happy ridiculous
sightseeing” scenes are led in as well. The piece emphasizes on the contrast between
obtain sutra” in Buddha land and
travel for pleasure” in the man’s world. Furthermore, it also stresses on the graciousness and accessibility of the Buddha of present. The third video/installation Robe Maze is a performance. Performers wore colored wool robes and acted exaggeratedly and arrogantly. They kept on putting on/taking off robes and worshipping Buddha. Seemingly, these people were enjoying a carnival with great happiness. Yet their bemused, crazy facial expressions are actually portraitures of praying for Buddha’s blessings. It also refers to the endless desires and weakness of human beings.
Introduction This exhibition consists of three video/installation art works: Buddha Project, The Mountain, and Robe Maze, and aims to present a pseudo-ritual of
Build-up Buddha” from traditional Taiwan custom. The art works merge into the various space of the Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts. When visitors walk inside the gallery, they would have some pseudo-pilgrimage experiences such as
attain Buddhahood”,
deconstruct Buddha”, and
being Buddha”. Among the art works, the Buddha Project is composed of seven
soft architectural” Buddha statues that are made of stuffed black garbage bags and hemp ropes. They are hung among the bamboo truss. With very dim light, visitors would step into a mysterious land and look up at ghost-like soft Buddha statues. With fear, they would be enlightened that the inviolable sacredness and the tremendous fears are, in fact, two sides of one coin. Compare with the black, horrible Project Buddha, the inspiration of The Mountain comes from the famous fiction Journey to the West. The artist set up a soft Hand Puppet Show’s stage with gray fabric stuffed with cotton. A video features puppets Tang Sanzang, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing along with real performers is projected. These characters present five acts: Cave of Water Curtain, The Mountain, The Mountain of Fire, Fruit of Ginseng and Bottomless Ferryboat.
Games” and
journeys” are the main tone of this play, and modern, happy ridiculous
sightseeing” scenes are led in as well. The piece emphasizes on the contrast between
obtain sutra” in Buddha land and
travel for pleasure” in the man’s world. Furthermore, it also stresses on the graciousness and accessibility of the Buddha of present. The third video/installation Robe Maze is a performance. Performers wore colored wool robes and acted exaggeratedly and arrogantly. They kept on putting on/taking off robes and worshipping Buddha. Seemingly, these people were enjoying a carnival with great happiness. Yet their bemused, crazy facial expressions are actually portraitures of praying for Buddha’s blessings. It also refers to the endless desires and weakness of human beings.
Build-up Buddha” from traditional Taiwan custom. The art works merge into the various space of the Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts. When visitors walk inside the gallery, they would have some pseudo-pilgrimage experiences such as
attain Buddhahood”,
deconstruct Buddha”, and
being Buddha”. Among the art works, the Buddha Project is composed of seven
soft architectural” Buddha statues that are made of stuffed black garbage bags and hemp ropes. They are hung among the bamboo truss. With very dim light, visitors would step into a mysterious land and look up at ghost-like soft Buddha statues. With fear, they would be enlightened that the inviolable sacredness and the tremendous fears are, in fact, two sides of one coin. Compare with the black, horrible Project Buddha, the inspiration of The Mountain comes from the famous fiction Journey to the West. The artist set up a soft Hand Puppet Show’s stage with gray fabric stuffed with cotton. A video features puppets Tang Sanzang, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing along with real performers is projected. These characters present five acts: Cave of Water Curtain, The Mountain, The Mountain of Fire, Fruit of Ginseng and Bottomless Ferryboat.
Games” and
journeys” are the main tone of this play, and modern, happy ridiculous
sightseeing” scenes are led in as well. The piece emphasizes on the contrast between
obtain sutra” in Buddha land and
travel for pleasure” in the man’s world. Furthermore, it also stresses on the graciousness and accessibility of the Buddha of present. The third video/installation Robe Maze is a performance. Performers wore colored wool robes and acted exaggeratedly and arrogantly. They kept on putting on/taking off robes and worshipping Buddha. Seemingly, these people were enjoying a carnival with great happiness. Yet their bemused, crazy facial expressions are actually portraitures of praying for Buddha’s blessings. It also refers to the endless desires and weakness of human beings.
2004 “Journey to the west” installation/video art work in “Nexus” group exhibition ,Museum of Queens ,New York 2003 Selected as the visiting Artist in Artist-in residency program “Calligraphy dressing ” installation/video art work exhibition in Art Omi international arts Center ,New York 2003 “Temple Chic” installation Art Solo Exhibition, SOHO Diesel Denim Gallery ,New York 2003 “Knitting tree” Installation/Video exhibition in P.S.1 /MOMA Contemporary Art center 2003 Performative Video II @ the Remote Lounge, New York Soft Ritual: Part 2: the wandering monk with his follower to the de-haunted city 2003 Award：Winner of P.S.1 /MOMA Contemporary Art Center 2002 International Artist Studio Program 2002 Exhibition “Voyage from Taiwan Modern Perpective” Selected as the visiting Artist to Canada 2002 “Wild Puppet Stage” Installation for Pregident Culture award Documentary film festival, Taipei Culture Center 2002 “Tree Knitting” Installation Shin-Chu Ecole college Art Gallery 2001 “Bottomless Ferryboat” Installation/Action Art Exhibition Invited to design the Flagship of Ferryboat Installation in Taipei River Festival 2001 “Soft Ritual” Installation/Action Art Exhibition/Theater Performance Representative of Taipei in Asian Arts Network 2001 conference/young artist workshop 2001 Awards: “Winner of Jerusalem Artist Residence Program” Taipei Municipality 2001 “Reflection-Notes on ‘My’ Jerusalem Syndrome” Exhibition Jerusalem Municipality Gallery, Israel Taipei Artist Village Gallery 2000 “Soft Living Room”, Installation/Action Art Exhibition, Taipei Art Fair 2000 “Elite bookstore” “NYNY Shopping Center” 1999 “Flesh Stupa”, Installation/Action Art Exhibition, Whashang Art District Biennial 1998 “Unfolded Backpacking Landscape”, Installation/Action Art Solo Exhibition Han’s Gallery 1998 "Detour " Installation Exhibition, Tsai-Tien Art Center 1998 "De-Gardening", at "Land Ethic", Installation Exhibition in Taipei city Fubon Art Foundation 1997 Published a collection of design works entitled "Detour - Architecture of Metafiction, or Atopos Odyssey" 1997 Interior Design Project, Children's Department, Eslite Bookstore, Taipei 1996 "Books, Letter and Design - A Multi-Post-Script Event", Installation Exhibition Elite Bookstore, Taipei 1996 "Experiencing Taipei", Theme Exhibition, Taipei Fine Arts Museum Biennial 1995 "The Club of Aging Angels" Installation Exhibition Da-Chi Gallery (This was also exhibited in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1999) 1995 Curator of Installation Exhibition "Avant Garde: The Space" Da-Chi Gallery 1994 JJ's Cafe elevation design 1994 "Red Chamber Theater", installation (This design project -was also exhibited in Holland in 1996) 1993 "Ocean of Books", TV scenery design (This design project was exhibited in Japan in 1996) 1993 "The Great Garden", Design Exhibition 1993 Prizewinner, international competition. New York "Socially Conscious Design" 1988 "Reinterpreting of a Temple Piazza", (1992 IAPSi2 International Conference Exhibition, Greece)
2004 “Journey to the west” installation/video art work in “Nexus” group exhibition ,Museum of Queens ,New York 2003 Selected as the visiting Artist in Artist-in residency program “Calligraphy dressing ” installation/video art work exhibition in Art Omi international arts Center ,New York 2003 “Temple Chic” installation Art Solo Exhibition, SOHO Diesel Denim Gallery ,New York 2003 “Knitting tree” Installation/Video exhibition in P.S.1 /MOMA Contemporary Art center 2003 Performative Video II @ the Remote Lounge, New York Soft Ritual: Part 2: the wandering monk with his follower to the de-haunted city 2003 Award：Winner of P.S.1 /MOMA Contemporary Art Center 2002 International Artist Studio Program 2002 Exhibition “Voyage from Taiwan Modern Perpective” Selected as the visiting Artist to Canada 2002 “Wild Puppet Stage” Installation for Pregident Culture award Documentary film festival, Taipei Culture Center 2002 “Tree Knitting” Installation Shin-Chu Ecole college Art Gallery 2001 “Bottomless Ferryboat” Installation/Action Art Exhibition Invited to design the Flagship of Ferryboat Installation in Taipei River Festival 2001 “Soft Ritual” Installation/Action Art Exhibition/Theater Performance Representative of Taipei in Asian Arts Network 2001 conference/young artist workshop 2001 Awards: “Winner of Jerusalem Artist Residence Program” Taipei Municipality 2001 “Reflection-Notes on ‘My’ Jerusalem Syndrome” Exhibition Jerusalem Municipality Gallery, Israel Taipei Artist Village Gallery 2000 “Soft Living Room”, Installation/Action Art Exhibition, Taipei Art Fair 2000 “Elite bookstore” “NYNY Shopping Center” 1999 “Flesh Stupa”, Installation/Action Art Exhibition, Whashang Art District Biennial 1998 “Unfolded Backpacking Landscape”, Installation/Action Art Solo Exhibition Han’s Gallery 1998 "Detour " Installation Exhibition, Tsai-Tien Art Center 1998 "De-Gardening", at "Land Ethic", Installation Exhibition in Taipei city Fubon Art Foundation 1997 Published a collection of design works entitled "Detour - Architecture of Metafiction, or Atopos Odyssey" 1997 Interior Design Project, Children's Department, Eslite Bookstore, Taipei 1996 "Books, Letter and Design - A Multi-Post-Script Event", Installation Exhibition Elite Bookstore, Taipei 1996 "Experiencing Taipei", Theme Exhibition, Taipei Fine Arts Museum Biennial 1995 "The Club of Aging Angels" Installation Exhibition Da-Chi Gallery (This was also exhibited in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1999) 1995 Curator of Installation Exhibition "Avant Garde: The Space" Da-Chi Gallery 1994 JJ's Cafe elevation design 1994 "Red Chamber Theater", installation (This design project -was also exhibited in Holland in 1996) 1993 "Ocean of Books", TV scenery design (This design project was exhibited in Japan in 1996) 1993 "The Great Garden", Design Exhibition 1993 Prizewinner, international competition. New York "Socially Conscious Design" 1988 "Reinterpreting of a Temple Piazza", (1992 IAPSi2 International Conference Exhibition, Greece)
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