This series of artist talks begins with art, connecting history, identity, and contemporary conditions, while revisiting experiences that have been overlooked or silenced. Through dialogues between artists and speakers from different fields, it reconsiders how “WE” are formed and excluded, and how “WE” continue to emerge in a rapidly changing world, opening new possibilities for understanding and imagination.
▌Session 5
From “the Art Infrastructure” to “Art as an Infrastructure”
CHEN Shiau-Peng, WU Dar-Kuen (Moderator)
Time: 07/04 Sat. 14:00-16:00
Venue: R102 Coworking Space
Do the visual forms projected by contemporary art through the deployment of perception mark the beginning of a moment in which art itself becomes infrastructure? From a painting, to an installation, to an exhibition, might contemporary art—through its mastery of relationality, collectivity, and generativity—be outlining a not-yet-realized future for us?
This panel explores the interactive relationship between art institutions and artistic production, focusing on how “the art infrastructure” shapes the conditions of creation and visibility. CHEN Shiau-Peng’s projects employ geometrized institution logos and color-coding systems to articulate his relationships with public art institutions—encompassing exhibition, collection, and exclusion. The artist transforms these dynamics into an expandable visual system, extending the discussion to the artist’s position and desires within institutional frameworks. In doing so, she considers how abstract forms can reveal the institutional and political dimensions embedded within them when the art infrastructure itself is treated as part of the creative process.
From “the Art Infrastructure” to “Art as an Infrastructure”, this panel takes CHEN Shiau-Peng’s work as a point of departure to probe the possibilities of understanding art as an infrastructure.
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Speaker Bio
Session 5
▌CHEN Shiau-Peng
Born in Penghu, the Pescadores Islands, CHEN Shiau-Peng has held solo exhibitions at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, the Chiayi Art Museum, the Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, IT Park, SNO Contemporary Art Projects, etc., and was the artist-in-residence at the Gyeongju Arts Center, the Anderson Ranch Arts Center, the Glenfiddich Distillery, the 18th Street Arts Center, and the Taipei Artist Village. CHEN’s early works study form, composition, and concepts of infinity. Her recent works explore the relationship between the individual and the city, her experience as an artist, and issues of national identity. The artist’s abstract and geometric works express a strong sense of spatial awareness and a sensitivity to geographic and social placement, as well as her own interpretation of art history.
▌WU Dar-Kuen
Curator, 2026 C-LAB Annual Exhibition, WE Are Becoming
Director of the Contemporary Art Platform, Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab
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