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Warm Water Boiling Frogs: "Simulacra of Real Life"

Text | Wenyao CHEN
"Simulacra of Real Life" unfolds a gradual process, initially centered around humans actively exploring or resisting their relationship with themselves and the environment. As the exhibition progresses, there is a passive shift, allowin

About the Many Paths to (Real) Life Exhibition Narrative and Complex Meaning of “Simulacra of Real Life"

Text | Chih-Yun LIN
In the smooth narrative of the exhibition "Simulated Life," various artists delve into the surface of contemporary life, creating diverse entry points through different artistic media and techniques. By disrupting the patterned routine

Yiri’s Horse Farm: Insight and Evocation

Text / Yi-Chen HONG
If we set a scope along the space of Yiri Arts and see as a boundary the relationship between the framed works in the venue, then the online exhibition of Yiri’s Horse Farm as an opening home field rewrites our common sense to the pres

The transformation of vintage candy wrappers conjures up a vivid childhood at the Ten Drum Cultural Village.

Text | Jun-Feng WU
Ten Drum Cultural Village invited Taiwanese artist Chun-Yi CHANG, currently residing in France, to be an artist-in-residence. Her inaugural exhibition, themed "Sugar Coating," is a vibrant creation by Ten Drum, utilizing col

The Ten Drum Sugarcoat Image Exhibition, Creating a Fantastical Realm.

Text｜Shou-Yu CHIU
The Cultural Village invited the Taiwanese artist Chun-Yi Chang, who has spent many years in France, for a residency. She transformed the familiar patterns of Taiwan's past candies, such as Lover's Candy, Milk Candy, Sarsi Candy, Cow Ro

Françoise

Text｜Tong-Hong HUANG
What do you say? In moments of fear, in solitude, during the rain, in moments of panic, when parting ways, at dusk, at the end of life, what words do you speak within the confines of a house? What discourse do you leave for an empty

Chance of Déjà vu, a review on Chun-Yi Chang’s exhibition ‘Instant d’entre’

Text by Wen-Yao Chen
Chun-Yi Chang’s exhibition ‘Instant d’entre’, opens with the above mentioned quote. I could not help but imagine that as the moment when St Augustine was facing the probing of the others. Is not that an urgent yet hesitant moment whic

18 Carousels turning on childhood memories

By Ericamigo Wu ( From China Times)
White horses, unicorns, pirate ships and all kinds and shapes of cute, colorful carousels, carried the childhood memories of adults and children. Taiwanese artist Chun-Yi Chang made video recordings on 18 carousels in P

‘Instant d’entre’ - Chun-Yi Chang’s solo exhibition

By Yu-Kuan Hou (From Artco)
Chun-Yi Chang uses the corresponding relationship between video recording and the space to enhance people’s emotion toward video recording. Creating a dream-like environment allowing people to loose themselves in time and space

Another temporality: Starts from Chun-Yi Chang’s ‘Carousel Waltz’ series

Text by Tzu-Chieh Jian
So far, this journey without destination had made me felt incomprehensibly gloom. Unlike the beginning, which reminds me of the younger years when I had the obsession to put on my headphone and listened to the same song over and ove

Event horizon. Peaceful place. Instant In-between

Text｜Tong-Hong HUANG
Every dream of childhood, if it survives long enough, will turn into a nightmare. For instance, you find yourself trapped in the eternal orbit of gravity, circling endlessly. In contrast to the linear progression, the ongoing life, a

Reflections on 'Instant In-between: Carousel

Text｜Daniel CHEN
Could the so-called state of reality actually be a projection from our inner states? Much like a colossal archetype, projecting and fragmenting into various forms of carousels, yet everything remains stationary, without advancing a single

Reflections on "Instant In-between": Fairy Lake

Text｜Daniel CHEN
I perceive the "Fairy Lake" series as an extension of "Sky Blue," but it is more playful and challenges various elements—hide and seek, counting, reflections in the lake, tree trunks against the background—while tightly revolving around t

Wasted Echoes: Monologue of 2.7 Grams

Text｜Wen-Yao CHEN
The exhibition space is filled with the unique coolness and dimness of the cellar. Even though the building surface is painted white, it cannot conceal the rough texture, creating a fragmented space with a somewhat labyrinthine atmospher