HSU Po-Yen, LU Chun-Cha, LU Guan-Hong, LIANG Ting-Yu
The artist group formed by LIANG Ting-Yu, HSU Po-Yen, LU Chun-Cha, and LU Guan-Hong launched the “Engineering of Volcano Detonating” in 2016. After carrying out a series of smoke rising projects in the Yangmingshan National Park, they engaged in the artistic creation concerning the relations between the city and volcanoes in 2017. Applying the image of volcanoes in the media coverage throughout the 2010s, they investigated the demonization of volcanoes by mass media and the othering of nature by the city. From 2018 to 2019, they undertook the project titled “Flaming Mountains,” a concatenation of corporeal intervention and field surveys into volcanic craters. They’ve paid continuous attention to the relations among volcanoes, cities and human beings. Their recent performances and works included “Flaming Mountains” (Air-drop Taiwan Forum, ET@T, 2018) and “Engineering of Volcano Detonating” (URS27M, 2016), as well as those presented at the 10th International Symposium on Media and Environment (Fu Jen Catholic University, 2019), the Conference on Environment and the World (National Kaohsiung Normal University, 2019), and the Annual Meeting of the Geographical Society of China—“The Advancement and Application of Geography” (National Kaohsiung Normal University, 2018).