Throughout the exhibition, four artist talks will be held, moderated by curators WU Dar-Kuen, Angie LEE Chia-Lin, and CHUANG Wei-Tzu. The discussions will delve into themes such as the passage of time and generational shifts, the history and critique of AI, and the societal implications of artificial intelligence development. These insightful conversations will feature participating artists from Taiwan and around the world, offering a platform for them to share their unique creative visions and the context behind their work.
▌Session 1
YUAN Goang-Ming, Louis-Philippe RONDEAU, Yaloo, Damonxart, WU Dar-Kuen (Moderator)
Time: 10/06 (SUN) 13:00-15:00
Venue: CREATORS’ Space R102 Coworking Space
*Consecutive Interpretation in Mandarin and English Provided.
▌Session 2
TSAI Yu-Lin, HUANG Zan-Lun, YUEN HSIEH, Tactical Tech, Angie LEE Chia-Lin (Moderator)
Time: 10/06 (SUN) 16:00-18:00
Venue: CREATORS’ Space R102 Coworking Space
*Consecutive Interpretation in Mandarin and English Provided.
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Speaker Bio
Session 1
▌YUAN Goang-Ming
YUAN Goang-Ming (b. 1965, Taipei) graduated from the Department of Fine Arts, National Taiwan Academy of Arts (now National Taiwan University of Arts) in 1989. In 1993, he was awarded the DAAD Germany Exchange Scholarship, and next year went to research on media art at the Institute for New Media in Frankfurt, Germany. He received his master’s degree in media art from the now Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (Staatliche Hochschule fur Gestaltung, Karlsruhe, Germany) in 1997. YUAN’s active commitment to video art has made him one of the pioneering new media artists in Taiwan since the 90s. He works across various, ranging from single-channel videos, computerized interactive installations, installation-based video projections, to prints created with digital media. Through these forms, he has consistently explored and unfolded the possibilities of video and media art.
▌Louis-Pilippe RONDEAU
Louis-Philippe RONDEAU, artist based in Montreal (QC/CA), professor at the School of Digital Arts, Animation and Design at the University of Québec at Chicoutimi (NAD/UQAC), and co-founder of the Mimesis laboratory. His interactive installations, presented in over 40 exhibitions in 15 countries, have been exhibited in festivals and museums such as Ars Electronica, ISEA, BIAN and in the Phaeno permanent collection.
▌Yaloo
Yaloo is a South Korean media artist exploring digital moving images based on her unique view of the world and distinctive visual language. She experiments with original stories to expand the possibilities of everyday digital moving images. She earned BFA and MFA in video art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the USA. She has been selected for fully funded international residencies such as Zer01ne and Asia Culture Center in Korea, the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum in Japan, Western Front and La Bande Video in Canada, the Headlands Art Center and Bemis Studio Art Center in the USA and Pier 2 Art Center, Taiwan. She was awarded a Lyn Blumenthal Memorial Scholarship by Video Data Bank, USA and won a Gold Prize in visual arts from the AHL Foundation in New York. She is a recent winner of Gyeonggi MoMA & IBK Young Artists Award and 1st H/ART AveNEW New Media Art competition in 2023. She recently completed a solo exhibition at Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Korea. She is a professor at the department of Experimental Animation, School of Film/Video, California Institute of the Arts.
▌Damonxart
Damonxart is a gradient digital artist who expands visual perception through the use of light and color gradients, exploring different materials in digital and planar geometries extended to physical installations. His works convey a diversity of emotions, stories, and meanings, bridging the abstract and the concrete, creating multi-sensory experiences and transcending two-dimensional color scenarios.
▌Wu Dar-Kuen
Currently serving as the Director of the Contemporary Art Platform at Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (C-LAB), Wu Dar-Kuen has long been active in various fields, including art creation, curation, teaching, administration, and writing. He previously held the position of Director at Taipei & Treasure Hill Artist Village and founded the Taiwan Art Space Alliance (TASA), where he served as its first chairman. Wu was also the chief curator at Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, where he played a significant role in promoting the development of contemporary art in Taiwan.
Throughout his extensive artistic practice, Wu has focused on cross-disciplinary innovation, using curation as a bridge for social engagement. By integrating art, technology, and society, he leverages creativity to challenge and transform thinking. Wu explores how contemporary art and technology can deeply engage with society, and he is dedicated to opening new international channels for communication and collaboration in Taiwan’s contemporary art scene, fostering a dynamic exchange between art and society.
Session 2
▌TSAI Yu-Lin
TSAI Yu-Lin, a graduate of the Department of Electrical Engineering at National Sun Yat-sen University and the Graduate Institute of Electrical Engineering at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, brings a unique blend of technical expertise and artistic passion to his creative journey. With a background as an AI engineer at an AI startup and a past love for film photography and zine making, Tsai is now merging these worlds. His current focus lies in exploring the dynamic intersection of big data, artificial intelligence, and the human experience through digital art creation.
▌HUANG Zan-Lun
HUANG Zan-Lun now lives and works in Yilan and Taipei. HUANG holds a BFA from Taiwan University of Arts and an MFA from Taipei National University of the Arts in the field of fine arts. As a young emerging artist in Taiwan, HUANG has held solo exhibitions in MOCA Taipei, Taitung Art Museum, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei Artist Village. His works have been shown in a five-year international touring exhibition organized by Vitra Design Museum in Germany as well as in Asolo Art Film Festival in Italy. HUANG’s works focus on the mixture and hybrid of biology and machine, which unfolds a multilayered dialectic discourse between human self-awareness and the external environment.
▌YUEN HSIEH
Director / Visual Artist /DJ, YUEN HSIEH graduated from Central Saint Martins (Honours Bachelor of Arts) and the Royal College of Art (Master's). Through his creations, he becomes an experimental subject, exploring generative AI and gaming. Through critical design, he investigates the biases and societal impacts of technology and the development of digital information. Digital forgery has become the norm, and he strives to balance emerging technologies with protecting creators' independence.
He was the only Asian director included in the British Fashion Council's "2021 New Wave Creatives." His short films have won Telly Awards and have been screened at the Leeds International Film Festival, the Cannes Independent Short Awards, and the Cannes Independent Film Festival. His works have been exhibited at the British Film Institute, the Institute of Contemporary Arts, the London Design Biennale, the Sónar Festival, and Tai Kwun (Art Basel Hong Kong).
▌Tactical Tech
Tactical Tech is a creative international non-profit developing and sharing insights, tools and experiences that build the capacity of communities worldwide to navigate and shape our collective social, political and environmental futures in the context of digital transformation: Creating interventions for a digitally resilient society.
▌Angie LEE Chia-Lin
Chia-Lin Angie Lee is an independent curator based in Taipei. She graduated from the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at National Taiwan University and the Institute of Contemporary Art & Social Thoughts at the China Academy of Art. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Fine Arts at Taipei National University of the Arts. Her research focuses on the culture, media, and art developed and created in the digital era. Lee is the founder of ZIMU CULTURE, a studio dedicated to producing contemporary art exhibitions and publishing books.
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