ROOM 19
2008.12.19～2009.02.22
09:00 - 17:00
To Room Nineteen,” one of the short stories written by Doris Lessing, describes a career woman who stayed in a hotel room No. 19 after discovering her husband’s extramarital affairs. Room 19, to the protagonist, is a place where she can get away from her life. However, the ambiguous symbol of the hotel has attached a discredited label to her and the story came to the other ending. Lessing’s Room 19 is a place with darkness, loneliness, and even a place to escape. Ironically and accidentally, in Taipei, there is a popular night club called Room 18 where a variety of entertainments are provided and singing and partying last for all night long. In contrast to 1950’s conservative atmosphere in Lessing’s time, people living at the present time have more choices. The focus of this exhibition is to discuss
how many Room 19 we have under the current social values?” Faced with various negative emotions in our daily life, we need some ways to cope with our stresses. Artists are found lucky to create their works as an exit; however, how about ordinary people? In the view of politics, if fun can be compared to politics, then the night club is the place where politics can be demonstrated and the palace in the urban jungle where we can find temporary rests. The night club is one of the choices and is similar to the hotel in the short story which is disgracefully labeled. In comparison to Lessing’s Room Nineteen, artists of this exhibition are lucky to have their own invisible ROOM. In this exhibition, you can walk from Room 1 to Room 19 and open any invisible rooms as you wish. You can temporarily let works lead your footsteps to explore secretes and unconstraint styles of ROOM 19. This exhibition is thus joyful which is different from the ending of the short story. To some extent, physical experiences and the space provided by ROOM 19 can change our thinking, feeling, behaviors and lifestyles. The double meaning closely connects to the focus of this exhibition: void of life, creation under social oppressions, and the pursuit of self-worth. Shake your mind! Change your mind! We have 24 hours a day. Apart from the daytime, we have to live for the rest of night life. Therefore, we should adopt more creative attitudes to face our ROOM 19. As far as the night club is concerned, it is a mere coincidence.
To Room Nineteen,” one of the short stories written by Doris Lessing, describes a career woman who stayed in a hotel room No. 19 after discovering her husband’s extramarital affairs. Room 19, to the protagonist, is a place where she can get away from her life. However, the ambiguous symbol of the hotel has attached a discredited label to her and the story came to the other ending. Lessing’s Room 19 is a place with darkness, loneliness, and even a place to escape. Ironically and accidentally, in Taipei, there is a popular night club called Room 18 where a variety of entertainments are provided and singing and partying last for all night long. In contrast to 1950’s conservative atmosphere in Lessing’s time, people living at the present time have more choices. The focus of this exhibition is to discuss
how many Room 19 we have under the current social values?” Faced with various negative emotions in our daily life, we need some ways to cope with our stresses. Artists are found lucky to create their works as an exit; however, how about ordinary people? In the view of politics, if fun can be compared to politics, then the night club is the place where politics can be demonstrated and the palace in the urban jungle where we can find temporary rests. The night club is one of the choices and is similar to the hotel in the short story which is disgracefully labeled. In comparison to Lessing’s Room Nineteen, artists of this exhibition are lucky to have their own invisible ROOM. In this exhibition, you can walk from Room 1 to Room 19 and open any invisible rooms as you wish. You can temporarily let works lead your footsteps to explore secretes and unconstraint styles of ROOM 19. This exhibition is thus joyful which is different from the ending of the short story. To some extent, physical experiences and the space provided by ROOM 19 can change our thinking, feeling, behaviors and lifestyles. The double meaning closely connects to the focus of this exhibition: void of life, creation under social oppressions, and the pursuit of self-worth. Shake your mind! Change your mind! We have 24 hours a day. Apart from the daytime, we have to live for the rest of night life. Therefore, we should adopt more creative attitudes to face our ROOM 19. As far as the night club is concerned, it is a mere coincidence.
My work is based on space, spirit, air and aura. For my work, it is more important to understand where the art comes from than what exactly is being created. The essence of the work is as much the work itself. The moment is now, and the moment in which the art is created and viewed that is critical to the work itself. “The moment”: it is at once intuitive without distinct direction or arbitrary randomness. It is space, color, texture, feel and emotion- everything together makes the moment.
My work is based on space, spirit, air and aura. For my work, it is more important to understand where the art comes from than what exactly is being created. The essence of the work is as much the work itself. The moment is now, and the moment in which the art is created and viewed that is critical to the work itself. “The moment”: it is at once intuitive without distinct direction or arbitrary randomness. It is space, color, texture, feel and emotion- everything together makes the moment.
Have a seat, please. Prepare some music. When turning the handle, beads fall down from the top, make some tunes and fall into holes. From the beginning to end, beads make 1/2 choices: 1/2, 1/2, 1/2…. With uncontrollable trace and unpredictable probability, beads fall one string by one string and this song is composed.
Have a seat, please. Prepare some music. When turning the handle, beads fall down from the top, make some tunes and fall into holes. From the beginning to end, beads make 1/2 choices: 1/2, 1/2, 1/2…. With uncontrollable trace and unpredictable probability, beads fall one string by one string and this song is composed.
Meme is a kind of phenomenon that is similar to gene. It survives by cloning and transmits by imitating. This work empowers installations in the environment with the ability of meme imitation. Human beings and installations become the one. Personal identifications are recorded by iBox and imitated and transmitted via iChair. Through group communications, sounds and images of meme are crated spontaneously and streamed in space. The whole space is imperceptibly transformed as a meme interactive group.
Meme is a kind of phenomenon that is similar to gene. It survives by cloning and transmits by imitating. This work empowers installations in the environment with the ability of meme imitation. Human beings and installations become the one. Personal identifications are recorded by iBox and imitated and transmitted via iChair. Through group communications, sounds and images of meme are crated spontaneously and streamed in space. The whole space is imperceptibly transformed as a meme interactive group.
The habits of our body are repetitive in our life. These situations, whether we are awake or in a trance, are all connections from our self-reflections and continuous cycles from collisions of our body and space. Therefore, the comparison between body and space stands for values of life and society. The repetitive status of reality and illusion is like layers of personal closed cycles. Owing to freezing status of time, the interaction is full of innumerable comparisons and paradoxes.
The habits of our body are repetitive in our life. These situations, whether we are awake or in a trance, are all connections from our self-reflections and continuous cycles from collisions of our body and space. Therefore, the comparison between body and space stands for values of life and society. The repetitive status of reality and illusion is like layers of personal closed cycles. Owing to freezing status of time, the interaction is full of innumerable comparisons and paradoxes.
This work attempts to describe the process of positioning oneself in a city through fragments of visual memory. In this memory, the climate is hazy, and the viewpoint is vertical. It is an airborne position, as well as a habitual method of observation. And by intentionally allowing for physical metamorphosis, it facilitates entry into a representation of my thinking space. The succession is arranged vertically according viewpoint, keeping a constant distance between each object, and the positions between layers are readjusted according to oscillations dictated by the strength of currents. Under these conditions, this space changes once more, with time twisting the third dimension. Memory marches forward like a procession of train carriages. This familiar time-space principle is the type of memory dimension that I excel in building.
This work attempts to describe the process of positioning oneself in a city through fragments of visual memory. In this memory, the climate is hazy, and the viewpoint is vertical. It is an airborne position, as well as a habitual method of observation. And by intentionally allowing for physical metamorphosis, it facilitates entry into a representation of my thinking space. The succession is arranged vertically according viewpoint, keeping a constant distance between each object, and the positions between layers are readjusted according to oscillations dictated by the strength of currents. Under these conditions, this space changes once more, with time twisting the third dimension. Memory marches forward like a procession of train carriages. This familiar time-space principle is the type of memory dimension that I excel in building.
This video is an example of the process that consists of scientific research, construction and project completion. The research was conducted at the Smithsonian Institute National Museum of Natural History. The points of the research were bioluminescent organism in the ocean. Project EX-SE-08 is not to mimic the creatures reside in the ocean environment but rather an exploration of the unusual qualities of life underneath.
This video is an example of the process that consists of scientific research, construction and project completion. The research was conducted at the Smithsonian Institute National Museum of Natural History. The points of the research were bioluminescent organism in the ocean. Project EX-SE-08 is not to mimic the creatures reside in the ocean environment but rather an exploration of the unusual qualities of life underneath.
“The Sleeper’s Wall” is a scene comprising of dynamic image installation and human usage. In a dark room, a man is lying in a bed against the wall. A working machine stretches between his face and the wall. The man watches lights on the wall as if he watches stars. The hollow smile projected on the wall gives us great feedbacks: the darkness long-veiled by the light is going to fade away gradually. A bedroom with darkness represents this kind of meaning: a place where we can meet while sleeping.
“The Sleeper’s Wall” is a scene comprising of dynamic image installation and human usage. In a dark room, a man is lying in a bed against the wall. A working machine stretches between his face and the wall. The man watches lights on the wall as if he watches stars. The hollow smile projected on the wall gives us great feedbacks: the darkness long-veiled by the light is going to fade away gradually. A bedroom with darkness represents this kind of meaning: a place where we can meet while sleeping.
● in this work was coded through recorded images. Innumerous words were encoded as pictures, and then cities represent themselves as they are again. The representation of colors did not displace the expansion of space but increase readableness of space instead. The spectators can view the work from their own memory and imagination. Applying your experiences to view the work, the unique imagination will be created. Cities built by humans become “hometown” which is a situational sign searched collectively.
● in this work was coded through recorded images. Innumerous words were encoded as pictures, and then cities represent themselves as they are again. The representation of colors did not displace the expansion of space but increase readableness of space instead. The spectators can view the work from their own memory and imagination. Applying your experiences to view the work, the unique imagination will be created. Cities built by humans become “hometown” which is a situational sign searched collectively.
The painting resembles both a tapestry and a collection of assortments in a treasure box that can contain everything. The idea of creating this work results from the principle of assemblage, putting and stocking things together in a work at its maximum. The artist frankly expressed what he saw, thought, experienced, and things have not experienced by this painting. The shapes of the painting are shattered and shared. The big shape is also decomposed by the smaller one with high density. The artist used both accessible colors and strong contrasts in the painting which makes it extremely noisy and clearly shows what the artist saw and thought while taking a walk. The dragging of time reflects in the representation of shapes.
The painting resembles both a tapestry and a collection of assortments in a treasure box that can contain everything. The idea of creating this work results from the principle of assemblage, putting and stocking things together in a work at its maximum. The artist frankly expressed what he saw, thought, experienced, and things have not experienced by this painting. The shapes of the painting are shattered and shared. The big shape is also decomposed by the smaller one with high density. The artist used both accessible colors and strong contrasts in the painting which makes it extremely noisy and clearly shows what the artist saw and thought while taking a walk. The dragging of time reflects in the representation of shapes.
The setting sun often awakens a new landscape of wild life activity, one that is carefully watched by the eyes of predator, scavenger and prey... My recent work "Jungle" is an extension from my previous work “Nightlife” series, imaging contemporary portrayal of the intrinsic animal interactions between people in a jungle-liked urban environment.
The setting sun often awakens a new landscape of wild life activity, one that is carefully watched by the eyes of predator, scavenger and prey... My recent work "Jungle" is an extension from my previous work “Nightlife” series, imaging contemporary portrayal of the intrinsic animal interactions between people in a jungle-liked urban environment.
My Lulubo is a dancer right from the beginning. While creating Lulubo, I was listening to techno with steady psychedelic tempos, and Lulubo was dancing in the animation. In this work, Lulubo dances alone on the stage. Under the spotlight, it dances skillfully and lively. Aside from a joyful dance, it metaphors a depression of darkness and a limitless struggle.
My Lulubo is a dancer right from the beginning. While creating Lulubo, I was listening to techno with steady psychedelic tempos, and Lulubo was dancing in the animation. In this work, Lulubo dances alone on the stage. Under the spotlight, it dances skillfully and lively. Aside from a joyful dance, it metaphors a depression of darkness and a limitless struggle.
Having a busy life causes our bodies unintentionally lock our souls. Through surreal imaginations, we would like to break through our physical bodies and get free. While taking a sip of coffee, the jumping images make our ghost-like organs to dance with the aroma of coffee. Busy? Have a cup of coffee!
Having a busy life causes our bodies unintentionally lock our souls. Through surreal imaginations, we would like to break through our physical bodies and get free. While taking a sip of coffee, the jumping images make our ghost-like organs to dance with the aroma of coffee. Busy? Have a cup of coffee!
In the loud and noisy night life, “Dance floor” provides an interaction area. Everyone is both the main character and audience here. The center of “Dance Floor” includes stereos which spread out strong tempos, extending out 3.5M area and be surrounded by nine vertical boards. The music of KBN “Far From Disco” is played in the dance floor. The boards, separating dance floor, consist of two kinds of images: “IN” and “OUT”.
In the loud and noisy night life, “Dance floor” provides an interaction area. Everyone is both the main character and audience here. The center of “Dance Floor” includes stereos which spread out strong tempos, extending out 3.5M area and be surrounded by nine vertical boards. The music of KBN “Far From Disco” is played in the dance floor. The boards, separating dance floor, consist of two kinds of images: “IN” and “OUT”.
A series of PTB (Peeping Tommy Boy) works were created and recorded by the artist and dubbed the third-person voice. While recording, I attempted to find possibilities of every absolute position: peepers and victims, males and females, sellers and consumers. I was also curious about feedbacks I could get from being different roles under different perspectives and from conditions of watching others or being watched.
A series of PTB (Peeping Tommy Boy) works were created and recorded by the artist and dubbed the third-person voice. While recording, I attempted to find possibilities of every absolute position: peepers and victims, males and females, sellers and consumers. I was also curious about feedbacks I could get from being different roles under different perspectives and from conditions of watching others or being watched.
Fucking Place, Taipei We always go to Fucking Place after Wednesday 10pm. In the beginning I didn't feel familiar here and didn't like here either. I was attracted because of the rock n' roll turning on, the music in my past memory yelling and screaming. In this place we gave each other a hug and found out each other, and I seldom choosed to stay instead of leave. I saw somebody's story, I happened my story; I took photo shooting, I exhibited my photography. Afterward Wednesday Party is remaining. Party is thinking about nothing.
Fucking Place, Taipei We always go to Fucking Place after Wednesday 10pm. In the beginning I didn't feel familiar here and didn't like here either. I was attracted because of the rock n' roll turning on, the music in my past memory yelling and screaming. In this place we gave each other a hug and found out each other, and I seldom choosed to stay instead of leave. I saw somebody's story, I happened my story; I took photo shooting, I exhibited my photography. Afterward Wednesday Party is remaining. Party is thinking about nothing.
When I walked in the city, I saw an interior lighting shop on the street. Then I found normal floor lamp inside. I was wondering how the sound was if I use the floor lamp as a musical instrument at that time. After few months later, finally I became a spectator of the moment that the floor lamp made a sound hitting by toilet papers in my room.
When I walked in the city, I saw an interior lighting shop on the street. Then I found normal floor lamp inside. I was wondering how the sound was if I use the floor lamp as a musical instrument at that time. After few months later, finally I became a spectator of the moment that the floor lamp made a sound hitting by toilet papers in my room.
“BYOB-Brew Your Own Beer” is the work that reflects two different kind of socialization. One represents and keeps records of homemade wine production that bring the audience to the room that is similar to the room of wine-making. On the other hand, it arises from self-demand and social meaning of sharing (bottles as events)
“BYOB-Brew Your Own Beer” is the work that reflects two different kind of socialization. One represents and keeps records of homemade wine production that bring the audience to the room that is similar to the room of wine-making. On the other hand, it arises from self-demand and social meaning of sharing (bottles as events)
“Half-moon Game” is an experimental short film, in which two parallel universes, exiting within one person at the same time, are represented. The conflict and its solution, resulting from collision of real with the unconscious world, are shown as a process of gradual self-finding of the main character who meets his personified unconscious, coming from the past as his alter Ego.
“Half-moon Game” is an experimental short film, in which two parallel universes, exiting within one person at the same time, are represented. The conflict and its solution, resulting from collision of real with the unconscious world, are shown as a process of gradual self-finding of the main character who meets his personified unconscious, coming from the past as his alter Ego.
"DANCE" is the piece of work discussing the multipal relationship connecting between VT programs and the daily life among human kindThis is what “Dance” tries to express under this status. In “Dance”, ceaseless dances demonstrate boring entertainment that TV brings to us and is highly similar to our daily life. Whether in MTV channel’s Maxi Kingdom or in dance floor of night clubs, or our busy working time, the picture of black and white and monotonous tunes are the best description of our life.
"DANCE" is the piece of work discussing the multipal relationship connecting between VT programs and the daily life among human kindThis is what “Dance” tries to express under this status. In “Dance”, ceaseless dances demonstrate boring entertainment that TV brings to us and is highly similar to our daily life. Whether in MTV channel’s Maxi Kingdom or in dance floor of night clubs, or our busy working time, the picture of black and white and monotonous tunes are the best description of our life.
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