Flashover
2008.05.16～2008.06.29
09:00 - 17:00
Flashover－A Solo-Show by Ta-Chien Pan Motivation Pan Ta Chien has been mapping out a series of image installations and the exhibition (of them) since 2004. In this exhibition, he mulls over and then includes different motifs, such as existence, status identification, empowerment, and the release of power. Under the framework of global thinking, he manages to communicate from the artistic perspective. The creative project of flashover is the fifth sub project in the series. Vision
Flashover” means a physical phenomenon; it explains in a closed fire, all substances that are original inflammable under normal temperature will emit gas while burning because of the smothering under high temperature. As a result, the scene itself would burn up into a sea of flame all of a sudden if the temperature reaches the critical mass. At one moment when the fire runs wild and the heat explodes, everything in the territory will be combined, returning to its original entity. After the truth of past shows up for the last glimpse, it turns into ashes. In the territory of a
flashover”, such power flow cannot be calculated; each flow is combined, divided, twisted, transformed, or regenerated… The moment a
flashover” is about to happen, everything is trying to grasp the last opportunity, striving to present their last dignity. While gazing into the deep abyss of saturation, we find the precursors of the following turmoil—a blurring static eternity, waiting for the next dynamic movement. Flashover pictures show the indoor and outdoor spaces of a city, like the slow camera shooting in a delicate quality, and sometimes some light reflection of one certain object is suddenly switched to the event at the other corner of the world. The closer our camera zooms in, the clearer the picture becomes. In the end, the picture stops here, and the scene repeats itself both so truly and ridiculously. We are forced to abandon the world we recognize to be real and then stop to gaze at another strange but true territory.
Flashover” means a physical phenomenon; it explains in a closed fire, all substances that are original inflammable under normal temperature will emit gas while burning because of the smothering under high temperature. As a result, the scene itself would burn up into a sea of flame all of a sudden if the temperature reaches the critical mass. At one moment when the fire runs wild and the heat explodes, everything in the territory will be combined, returning to its original entity. After the truth of past shows up for the last glimpse, it turns into ashes. In the territory of a
flashover”, such power flow cannot be calculated; each flow is combined, divided, twisted, transformed, or regenerated… The moment a
flashover” is about to happen, everything is trying to grasp the last opportunity, striving to present their last dignity. While gazing into the deep abyss of saturation, we find the precursors of the following turmoil—a blurring static eternity, waiting for the next dynamic movement. Flashover pictures show the indoor and outdoor spaces of a city, like the slow camera shooting in a delicate quality, and sometimes some light reflection of one certain object is suddenly switched to the event at the other corner of the world. The closer our camera zooms in, the clearer the picture becomes. In the end, the picture stops here, and the scene repeats itself both so truly and ridiculously. We are forced to abandon the world we recognize to be real and then stop to gaze at another strange but true territory.
Flashover－A Solo-Show by Ta-Chien Pan Motivation Pan Ta Chien has been mapping out a series of image installations and the exhibition (of them) since 2004. In this exhibition, he mulls over and then includes different motifs, such as existence, status identification, empowerment, and the release of power. Under the framework of global thinking, he manages to communicate from the artistic perspective. The creative project of flashover is the fifth sub project in the series. Vision
Flashover” means a physical phenomenon; it explains in a closed fire, all substances that are original inflammable under normal temperature will emit gas while burning because of the smothering under high temperature. As a result, the scene itself would burn up into a sea of flame all of a sudden if the temperature reaches the critical mass. At one moment when the fire runs wild and the heat explodes, everything in the territory will be combined, returning to its original entity. After the truth of past shows up for the last glimpse, it turns into ashes. In the territory of a
flashover”, such power flow cannot be calculated; each flow is combined, divided, twisted, transformed, or regenerated… The moment a
flashover” is about to happen, everything is trying to grasp the last opportunity, striving to present their last dignity. While gazing into the deep abyss of saturation, we find the precursors of the following turmoil—a blurring static eternity, waiting for the next dynamic movement. Flashover pictures show the indoor and outdoor spaces of a city, like the slow camera shooting in a delicate quality, and sometimes some light reflection of one certain object is suddenly switched to the event at the other corner of the world. The closer our camera zooms in, the clearer the picture becomes. In the end, the picture stops here, and the scene repeats itself both so truly and ridiculously. We are forced to abandon the world we recognize to be real and then stop to gaze at another strange but true territory.
Flashover” means a physical phenomenon; it explains in a closed fire, all substances that are original inflammable under normal temperature will emit gas while burning because of the smothering under high temperature. As a result, the scene itself would burn up into a sea of flame all of a sudden if the temperature reaches the critical mass. At one moment when the fire runs wild and the heat explodes, everything in the territory will be combined, returning to its original entity. After the truth of past shows up for the last glimpse, it turns into ashes. In the territory of a
flashover”, such power flow cannot be calculated; each flow is combined, divided, twisted, transformed, or regenerated… The moment a
flashover” is about to happen, everything is trying to grasp the last opportunity, striving to present their last dignity. While gazing into the deep abyss of saturation, we find the precursors of the following turmoil—a blurring static eternity, waiting for the next dynamic movement. Flashover pictures show the indoor and outdoor spaces of a city, like the slow camera shooting in a delicate quality, and sometimes some light reflection of one certain object is suddenly switched to the event at the other corner of the world. The closer our camera zooms in, the clearer the picture becomes. In the end, the picture stops here, and the scene repeats itself both so truly and ridiculously. We are forced to abandon the world we recognize to be real and then stop to gaze at another strange but true territory.
Pan Ta Chien has been mapping out a series of image installations and the exhibitions since 2004. During his residency in France , he opened his studio, as part of art-making and exhibition space. He used daily life materials and constructed a scaffold, chatted with the visitors and engaged them into his works, “Amplifier to zero”. The works was shown to demonstrate our frustration in recognizing ourselves with outside world by the means of information and logistics, and our retreat to a private space where the most intimate relationship could be found and we could grab the power to emancipate ourselves from the limit of our recognition, however, this amplification of internal to zero is in progress in a state of uncertainty. He has further developed and reproduced this works several times after he has returned to Taiwan. In this exhibition, he mulls over and then includes different motifs, such as existence, status identification, empowerment, and the release of power. Under the framework of global thinking, he manages to communicate from the artistic perspective. As “Amplifier to zero” of 2004, the creative project of “flashover” is the fifth sub project in the series.
“ Flashover” means a physical phenomenon; it explains in a closed fire, all substances that are original inflammable under normal temperature will emit gas while burning because of the smothering under high temperature. As a result, the scene itself would burn up into a sea of flame all of a sudden when the temperature reaches the critical mass. At one moment when the fire runs wild and the heat explodes, everything in the territory will be combined, returning to its original entity. After the reality from the past shows up for the last glimpse, it turns into ashes. In the territory of the “flashover”, such power flow cannot be calculated; each flow is combined, divided, twisted, transformed, or regenerated… The moment of the “flashover” is about to happen, everything is trying to grasp the last opportunity, striving to present their last dignity. While gazing into the deep abyss of a saturation, we find the precursors of the following turmoil—a blurring static eternity, waiting for the next dynamic movement.
“Flashover” shows the indoor and outdoor spaces of a city, like a slow camera shooting in a delicate quality, and sometimes some light reflection of one certain object is suddenly switched to the event at the other corner of the world. The closer our camera zooms in, the clearer the picture becomes. In the end, the picture stops here, and the scene repeats itself both so truly and ridiculously. We are forced to abandon the world we recognize to be real and then stop to gaze at another strange yet a true territory.
“ Flashover” means a physical phenomenon; it explains in a closed fire, all substances that are original inflammable under normal temperature will emit gas while burning because of the smothering under high temperature. As a result, the scene itself would burn up into a sea of flame all of a sudden when the temperature reaches the critical mass. At one moment when the fire runs wild and the heat explodes, everything in the territory will be combined, returning to its original entity. After the reality from the past shows up for the last glimpse, it turns into ashes. In the territory of the “flashover”, such power flow cannot be calculated; each flow is combined, divided, twisted, transformed, or regenerated… The moment of the “flashover” is about to happen, everything is trying to grasp the last opportunity, striving to present their last dignity. While gazing into the deep abyss of a saturation, we find the precursors of the following turmoil—a blurring static eternity, waiting for the next dynamic movement.
“Flashover” shows the indoor and outdoor spaces of a city, like a slow camera shooting in a delicate quality, and sometimes some light reflection of one certain object is suddenly switched to the event at the other corner of the world. The closer our camera zooms in, the clearer the picture becomes. In the end, the picture stops here, and the scene repeats itself both so truly and ridiculously. We are forced to abandon the world we recognize to be real and then stop to gaze at another strange yet a true territory.
Pan Ta Chien has been mapping out a series of image installations and the exhibitions since 2004. During his residency in France , he opened his studio, as part of art-making and exhibition space. He used daily life materials and constructed a scaffold, chatted with the visitors and engaged them into his works, “Amplifier to zero”. The works was shown to demonstrate our frustration in recognizing ourselves with outside world by the means of information and logistics, and our retreat to a private space where the most intimate relationship could be found and we could grab the power to emancipate ourselves from the limit of our recognition, however, this amplification of internal to zero is in progress in a state of uncertainty. He has further developed and reproduced this works several times after he has returned to Taiwan. In this exhibition, he mulls over and then includes different motifs, such as existence, status identification, empowerment, and the release of power. Under the framework of global thinking, he manages to communicate from the artistic perspective. As “Amplifier to zero” of 2004, the creative project of “flashover” is the fifth sub project in the series.
“ Flashover” means a physical phenomenon; it explains in a closed fire, all substances that are original inflammable under normal temperature will emit gas while burning because of the smothering under high temperature. As a result, the scene itself would burn up into a sea of flame all of a sudden when the temperature reaches the critical mass. At one moment when the fire runs wild and the heat explodes, everything in the territory will be combined, returning to its original entity. After the reality from the past shows up for the last glimpse, it turns into ashes. In the territory of the “flashover”, such power flow cannot be calculated; each flow is combined, divided, twisted, transformed, or regenerated… The moment of the “flashover” is about to happen, everything is trying to grasp the last opportunity, striving to present their last dignity. While gazing into the deep abyss of a saturation, we find the precursors of the following turmoil—a blurring static eternity, waiting for the next dynamic movement.
“Flashover” shows the indoor and outdoor spaces of a city, like a slow camera shooting in a delicate quality, and sometimes some light reflection of one certain object is suddenly switched to the event at the other corner of the world. The closer our camera zooms in, the clearer the picture becomes. In the end, the picture stops here, and the scene repeats itself both so truly and ridiculously. We are forced to abandon the world we recognize to be real and then stop to gaze at another strange yet a true territory.
“ Flashover” means a physical phenomenon; it explains in a closed fire, all substances that are original inflammable under normal temperature will emit gas while burning because of the smothering under high temperature. As a result, the scene itself would burn up into a sea of flame all of a sudden when the temperature reaches the critical mass. At one moment when the fire runs wild and the heat explodes, everything in the territory will be combined, returning to its original entity. After the reality from the past shows up for the last glimpse, it turns into ashes. In the territory of the “flashover”, such power flow cannot be calculated; each flow is combined, divided, twisted, transformed, or regenerated… The moment of the “flashover” is about to happen, everything is trying to grasp the last opportunity, striving to present their last dignity. While gazing into the deep abyss of a saturation, we find the precursors of the following turmoil—a blurring static eternity, waiting for the next dynamic movement.
“Flashover” shows the indoor and outdoor spaces of a city, like a slow camera shooting in a delicate quality, and sometimes some light reflection of one certain object is suddenly switched to the event at the other corner of the world. The closer our camera zooms in, the clearer the picture becomes. In the end, the picture stops here, and the scene repeats itself both so truly and ridiculously. We are forced to abandon the world we recognize to be real and then stop to gaze at another strange yet a true territory.
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