Jun 12, 2011

The Empty City at glogauair in Berlin



THE EMPTY CITY
June-24 - July 3, 2011
Opening : June 24, Friday, 8pm
Venue: GlogauAIR
Glogauerstr.16, 10999 Berlin
許家維 China-Wei Hsu
余政達 Cheng-Ta Yu
張怡貞 Yi-Chen Chang
吳佩珊 Pei-Shan Wu
王榆鈞 Yu-Jun Wang
Opening Performance
Yu-Jun Wang
Hui-Chen Lin + Max Loeb
Organized by IDOLONSTUDIO - www.idolonstudio.com
Cooperation Space by GlogauAIR - www.glogauair.net
Support by National Culture and Arts Foundation - www.ncafroc.org.tw
The Empty City, No One’s Left
Cities are the result of humanity, they seem to be half organic, continuously growing over time. The significance of the city extends from the center to the edge. The edge then becomes the center, forming a new edge. Due to its intricate structure, the history of a city is constantly in transition. However, like an organism, cities also age, die, and are reborn. Because of the rapid rate of change, there is not enough time for the organism to create a new shell. Once a city has become a ghost town, it also becomes a statement on contemporary human landscape. Perhaps the landscape was influenced by migrations, whether natural or because of war. These spatial transfigurations, both surreal and metaphysical, provide distinctive perspectives on culture.
The exhibition “The Empty City” reflects the artist‘s concern for urban life – its interpretation and reflection – by viewing the city through a series of metaphors from the summer solstice.

Mar 16, 2011

關於光距再思考



人類藉由光的波動探測物理世界,科學上的光是由一種稱為光子的基本粒子所組成,粒子產生的磁波肉眼可以 視見,而光波代表了能的計量,進而作為解釋物質的運動與行為,當光在不同的學門中出現時也代表了不同的 意義,藉由在文學與社會科學中所賦予其的特殊意涵,我們對光的詮釋開始帶入了情感的作用,光明世界、光 彩奪目、光鮮的外表、光環與光榮等等,光從來就是以正面的形象示人,不分種族與國度,始終對光的符號有 著鮮明的文明運作與情感象徵,當光回到了藝術的領域,藝術家藉著光的作用帶出了色彩及造型,豐富了視覺 藝術的語言層次,也使物理現象帶入深層的心理意識之中。

「光距」透過光學工具的投射與成像作用,探討光的軌跡運動,空氣中的微粒子使光體驟現,鏡頭所展現的光隨著時間的變化忽暗忽明,而光經由攝影的捕捉所轉換成的電子訊號又輸入到投影機,形成影像內的光體,轉換在意義與質量之外的世界形塑另一次經驗光的迴圈。

Feb 23, 2011

Post-lighting Era,Taichung at Stock 20



Post-lighting Era

Humans used torches, candles, and kerosene to shield themselves against darkness in the mythological age. Lighting brings security, elongates time, and expands space for people’s use. In other words, we could say that lighting has been a pioneer of civilization. It was not until Edison invented light bulbs that human strode into a brand new era. In this period, artificial illuminations have been widely used in daily life and have become an essential device for communication, care, and management. These new varieties of lighting have changed the way human organize the society and enhanced the development and transmission of culture.In the age of technological advancements, lighting gradually develops as a specialized language. The establishment of various lighting skills allows artists to manipulate lights to express nuanced messages, atmosphere or implicit connotations.It is impossible to leave out the presentation of light when we discuss the use of lighting. In western art history, lighting or light represents specific perspectives. Artists in the medieval time often expressed warmth or divinity with lighting in darkness. For example, Da Vinci, an artist of the Renaissance, gave The Last Supper a natural and rational lighting while employed sfumato techniques to create the romantic halo in Mona Lisa. In the baroque era, Caravaggio used theatrical lighting to capture the transient nature of human’s emotional changes. Monet, an artist of Impressionism, embraced nature and analyzed the enigmatic light by dissecting it into colorful spots in order to tell people that there is no complete black in the world.

In contemporary art, lighting devices have shifted from a tool for display to an integrated part of artworks. Self-illumination becomes a strong pronouncement for self-identity. When creators give artists the right to illuminate, as if light conveys the messages from God, lightings within art attract all living organisms’ nature of phototaxis, This exhibition invites Chaong-Wen TING, Chingfong LIN, I-Chen KUO and Alex CHENG to reveal the possibilities of lighting as a language in the Post- lighting Era.


人類從神話時代就開始抵禦黑暗,從火把、燭光到煤油燈,光亮帶來安全、帶來可供利用的時間與空間,我們可以說,照明一直是文明發展的先鋒。一直到了愛迪生發明電燈,人類的照明,開始進入了一個全新的時代。在這個時期,人工照明被大量帶入生活當中,進而成為社會系統裡不可或缺的傳達、照護、甚至管理者,新型態的照明,達成了城市的發展與拓延等種種目的。

如今,在科技不斷創新的今日,照明,逐漸發展成為一種專門的語彙,在多種類型的照明技術建構下,藝術家開始利用它們展現細微的訊息、氛圍或隱藏的寓言。我們將在這檔展覽當中,一一揭示各種後照明時代,照明語彙的可能性。

Feb 14, 2011

Green Adventure in Taichung

February 19 - March 05,2011
Opening:Saturday,February 19 1:30-5 pm
台中創意文化園區B11國際展演館

Jan 16, 2011

We cut the paper, and cut our nervousness into the washing machine

CONCERT MARDI 11 JANVIER 2011 à 20H30
CITE INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS
18, rue de l'Hôtel de ville, 75004 Paris
Auditorium Edmond Michelet
Entrée libre
Hui-Chun Lin, cello, loop (Taiwan)
Chaong-Wen Ting, lighting design, sounds (Taiwan)
Jam Wu, stage design (Taiwan)
Hugues Vicent, cello, electronics (France)
PROGRAMME (60 min) :
"We cut the paper, and cut our nervousness into the washing machine."
A Night of Sounds Installation and Music Improvisation
Three of Taiwanese artsists present their works together. They will use several materials like paper, sound objects and light with two musicians - 2 cellos to make this performance.
It is a work with visual arts and sound/ music improvisation.
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