Contemporary Art

The “Light Weight – Crossing Universities Work Camp” is jointly organized by the Department of Architecture of Shih Chien University, Department of New Media of Taipei National University of the Arts, and Department of Civil Engineering of National Taiwan University for sophomore students. This year, “tower” is the theme and C-LAB the venue. Over three […]

{Assimilator} is a solo exhibition by Hsien-Yu CHENG recipient of the 2nd Tung Cheng Art Award, which explores the influence of Internet globalization under the framework of modern technology. As technology gradually controls what people eat and wear and where they live and go, lifestyles, habits, and thinking have changed. If people give up authority over their lives to technology, do they possess “individual thought” and “imagination” during their assimilation? In this era of rapid expansion of and access to information, CHENG uses the term “assimilator” to symbolize the positive and negative relationships in the absorption of messages, learning, and obtaining of information.

In May 2020, a virtual state Republic of Cynic (R.O.C.) was established in Taipei, the capital of the Republic of China.The abbreviation R.O.C. stands simultaneously for the Republic of Cynic and the Republic of China. The former emerged from the Cold War history and continues to haunt the contemporary society, acting as a parallel organization as well as a phantom, illusion or subconscious dependent on the latter. Artist Yao Jui Chung created this “state within a state” by applying the concept of parasitism, viz., “the Republic of Cynic (parasite) lives in the Republic of China (host),” aiming to untangle the political imbroglio among the United States, China and Taiwan since the Cold War, and to capture the spirit and embodiment of national identity in the new Cold War.

In the hands of three audiovisual artists, the infinite potentials for sound and visual artworks are finally unleashed! With the multiple Speakers array system established by the Taiwan Sound Lab, the three works of WANG Aluan’s Dynamized Center, WANG Liencheng’s Horizon, and YEH Tinghao’s Phantom Resonance will be given a whole new audio experience!

SLEEP1237 draws inspiration from Matthew Fuller’s recent book, How to Sleep, the art, biology and culture of unconsciousness.
SLEEP1237 brings together reading, streaming, tea, food and beer for a night’s enquiry to the question, “How can we have an aesthetics of sleep – of sensing, experiencing, doing and perceiving – without consciousness? ”

Yao-Chi City, Taiwanese Paranormal Literature and Contemporary Art Exhibition explores the horror genre in Taiwan through related works of literature and art, graphic novels, VR/AR, installations, performances games, and parades. The exhibition weaves together literature, folk traditions, and contemporary cultural settings to give all manner of demons and monsters their proper moment in the spotlight.

Seeking articles about gathering weeds in the city, welcome to share the different experiences and interactions with the land. Listening to people of different generations talk about their feelings of collecting weeds. All writing styles are welcome i.e. poetry, love letter…etc.. Let the words move the readers.

Others use Herbicide, we let the grass free Recruiting volunteers to manage and adopt the green space at CLAB (Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab). Creating a billboard, replacing the use of herbicides with observation and collection, allowing wild plants to grow freely with the seasons, and to breed freely; balancing the experimental urban ecology. Observing the […]

•Mingle and share your what you imagine contemporary city gatherers do•Collecting and Observing the land, Adopting green areas•Reading and Learning about plans, environmental issues and herbal books•Just relaxing and chilling in the studio

Painfully Happy Club, Body-Moving Live Show, and Video of Today