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Online Curation and Practice in the Pandemic Era

Text | Chun-Yi CHANG
With rapid advancements in internet technology up to now, the relationship between human behavior and online world has become even more sophisticated. How do we reassess internet media differently? Not merely as an online platform to

If Monsieur Hulot was an Exhibition: The Aesthetics and Resistance in the Exhibition, “Simulcra of Real Lif

Text | Xiao-Xiao YAN
Anyone who has seen the films of Jacques Tati will not easily forget Monsieur Hulot, the character played by Tati himself. Monsieur Hulot, a tall figure with almost no dialogue, embodies a certain "out-of-sync" character in society. H

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

SIMULACRA OF REAL LIFE

Text | Chun-Yi CHANG
By various creative techniques, such as simulation, imitation and practice, the exhibition Simulacra of Real Life takes “life” as a reference and approaches life constantly shrouded by pseudo-life. Ten foreign and domestic artists uni

The Plural Form of Words

Text｜Chun-Yi CHANG
How can a novel function as an exhibited art piece, engaging in a contemporary art exhibition? How can text serve as a creative reference, giving rise to a form of artwork that falls between an e-book and internet art?

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

From Vector Horse to Vector World——The Concept and Reflection of "Words and Objects" in YIiri’S Horse Farm

Text by Kao Chien-Hui
When we know that the exhibition base of "Yiri" was formerly known as the Subaru car warehouse, this exhibition became a "smiling incident at the art base" under the artist's "game language". Art originates from games, including asso

Between the white and black horses, running through the gap—dashing, or not.

Text｜Jia-Min LIU
Artist reaches out, pulling the white figure, bathed in the daylight, through the aperture to "this side," the world belonging to the artist, a space conjured through magic.

Perhaps, We are all Martian Stand-ins in the Game World

Text by Yu-Chuan TSENG
Chun-Yi CHANG’s curatorial strategy seeks to challenge the established model of online exhibitions: “Would it be possible that an online exhibition is not just an alternative to a physical one, but a site where the exhibition and wo

To Martian Anthropologists as Curatorial Practices: an Interview with Chun-Yi CHANG (2/2)

Text by Chun-Yi CHANG
I’ve been trying to construct an exhibition’s thinking context so that the audience can approach works step by step in the process of watching, reading, experiencing or participating, and develop a narrative of their own. I think an

To Martian Anthropologists as Curatorial Practices: an Interview with Chun-Yi CHANG (1/2)

Text by Chun-Yi CHANG
The very idea of “keeping making works” is actually the original intention of the exhibition planning: under such restrictions, how could we continue to make works, to organize exhibitions, and to make art happen?

Becoming a Martian Anthropologist -- Breakthrough and Revelation of To Martian Anthropologists

Text by Xiao-Xiao YAN
To Martian Anthropologists curated by Chun-Yi CHANG was inaugurated at the New Taipei City Arts Center a few days ago. This is the first time the center has organized a joint exhibition with a focus on contemporary art, and the uniqu

From On Site to On Line--Shift of Exhibition Venues in the Pandemic Era

Text by Chien-Hui KAO
Looking at anthropology from the perspective of art production, we are experiencing the phenomenon of the shift of the art sites in the pandemic era, from on site to on line, which is emerging at the crossroads of the modes of human

To Martians Anthropologists--Say to the silent earth: I flow

Text by Yi-Chen HONG
TMA actually launches a profound survey of the long dominant mode of on-site seeing: the physical exhibition venue here is not the main space, but constitutes all kinds of relationships echoing the online platform of virtuality.

Echo and Speaker--To Martian Anthropologists

Text by Wen-Yao CHEN
With regard to the quotation by the Belgian art critic Thierry de Duve in the curatorial statement, a Martian has something to say from the very beginning. The sentence goes like this: “You descend from Mars to the earth and know not

To Martian Anthropologists: an Artistic Perspective out of the Fish Tank

Text by Ying-Hui WU
When the viewers shuttle between the two exhibition venues, like an anthropologist’s tracing and investigation, is it possible to create a positive attitude of seeing art, rather than just a passive character of appreciation? If the ex

As a Drifting Labyrinth Becomes a Daily Perception-- On the Variable Dimensions of To Martian Anthropologists by Chun-Yi CHANG

Text by Hai-Ming HUANG
I strongly believe that if I start with the online exhibition, my understanding of the works in the exhibition will be quite different. In other words, what I am writing here is an understanding in a narrow framework of space and t

On the way of viewing exhibitions for Martians and Earthlings (Sci-Fi Edition)

Text by Wang Shenghong
An expedition of Martian anthropologists arrived, and there were quite a few people there. Let's just assume they came for the show's title. Let’s also assume that the academic training of Martian anthropologists is not much differe

Exhibition on the Internet VS. Online Exhibition - Talking about the exhibition "For Martian Anthropologists"

Text by Ji Mingshui
Online exhibitions are rich in content, even more complete than offline ones. On the other hand, the physical exhibition site seems to be an "archaeological site", leaving some traces of artistic creation. This also fits within the nar

To Martian Anthropologists | Curatorial Statement

Text by Chun-Yi CHANG
This is an exhibition planned in particular for you. Now, via the “internet,” a sort of space invented by the earthlings, you can launch a field research of the human art practices. Inventorying the artworks, you will observe the ric

This is Very Simple. Who Wouldn’t Be Able to do It?

Text by Chun-Yi CHANG
This is Very Simple. Who Wouldn’t Be Able to do It? brings together the “simple” works of seven artists. With these works’ concrete presence in the exhibition space, this exhibition resonates with This is Very Simple. I Can Do It Too

Daily+: Evolution of an Undefined Aesthetics of Curation

Text by Xiaoxiao Yan
It is very difficult not to compare Air Plant with Daily+ because of the coherence of curatorial conception and mechanism. Through such a curatorial move in a row, the curator Chun-Yi CHANG breaks down the curator-centered stereotype

A Mirage in Time: The Cinematic Scenes of Daily+

Text by Song-Yong SING
Basing off this curatorial methodology, the biennial is tied up with literature, setting itself apart from the usual practice of exhibitions taking trendy theoretical concepts as the prerequisite while endowing Daily+ with a kind

Daily+: A Leap Away from the Dimension of the Netherworld

Text by Tom Huang
The vines crawling all over the old dormitory buildings, the camphor trees thriving among the ruins of the abandoned complex, and the giant elephant ears (Alocasia odora) favoring the wet darkness all contribute to the dilapidated asphal

A Dynamic Relational Model of Quasi-daily Spatial Clusters: Curating Conception and Practice of Daily+

Text by Hai-Ming HUANG
The curator Chun-Yi CHANG demonstrated in this exhibition her mastery in communicating and curating combining theater, film, and literature, as well as the ability to create the daily of the future.

Daily+, the Time Duplicate that Sprung from Wall Climber

Text by Wen-yao CHEN
The novel was no longer confined to the pure text document format that was sent to participating artists as points of consideration for the show. Text became a dual space reference, later derived into Reading Capsule, Guide of Wall Cl

Entrails-like Passages for Endless Hide-and-seek--Reading Daily+

Text by Yun-Ting CHANG
The ubiquitous “place” provided novels, art works, and the exhibit with various reading paths, just as in “Entrails-like Passages for Endless Hide-and-seek,”4 allowing each reading to be like a fresh start to a logic game; each tim

Exhibition Practice of Daily+ Interview with the curator Chun-Yi CHANG

Text by Chun-Yi CHANG
White paper is like everyday life. When the broken line appears, it is the moment of dimensional transformation, the moment of transition from one dimension to another, and the moment of possibility emerging. Therefore, the so-called

The Symbiosis of Curating and Creating: An Artist-Curator Curatorial Practice

Text by Chia-Hui CHIANG
The symbiotic curating mechanism adopted by CHANG in these two exhibitions has paved a unique co-creative and active form of cultural production between the artists and the curator (...).

Daily+, the 2nd Greater Taipei Biennial of Contemporary Art

Text by You-Lun XU
"Daily+" is not produced by breaking with the daily, and it is not only a transcendence of the daily, but a kind of inquiry: can we return to the daily through art, and in the process of returning, we can perceive things that we have ne

Daily+: A Daily Superimposition Technique

Text by Gou HOUNG
In conclusion, art has always been a field of view on the plain daily life itself. As a result, art, compared with the daily life, is not something dispensable or that which one does in pare time. Rather than explaining art as the surplu

Daily+, the 2nd Greater Taipei Biennial of Contemporary Art | Curatorial Discourse

Text by Chun-Yi CHANG
In other words, keeping a distance from the daily life, a subject is thus able to discover in the relationship of dependency some points of reference, of substantiality and of transcendence, and to further transform the daily into in

About Chun-Yi Chang's Carousel

Text by Wen-Yao Chen
With the sudden feeling of déjà-vu, experiencing the feel of the instant when we stand in front of the work, and how the instant of our thoughts when we are viewing the work intertwined with the limited eternity within the work.

What exactly does a "curator" do?

Text | Meng-Hsuan LEE / Editor | Dan-Ying GUO
"Nietszche once remarked, 'Thank goodness for art, it keeps me from death.' I often contemplate, perhaps, art is the very culprit for my emptiness, yet it is also art that reveals to me the fascinating nature

The Growth Patterns of Air Plant: An Interview with Chun-Yi CHANG

Excerpted from the "Air Plant Forum" held at Yo-Chang Museum on December 22, 2017
I want us to answer the questions “Can we travel even further upstream; can we return to a place before professional art fields are divided into different categories; and ca

The Botanic Image of “Air Plant” and its Strong∕Weak Curating

Text by Sheng-Hung Wang
Chun-Yi Chang, curator of the Air Plant: Performance Ability within Contemporary Arts exhibition (hereafter referred to as the Air Plant exhibition) introduces a distinctive, plant-based image/concept that is closely related to cur

The Rise of Minimalism-based Postnatural Aesthetics, Observing the Vibration Ability of Air Plant by Adopting a Playful, ‘Game-oriented’ Perspective”

Text by Chien-Hui KAO
For the Air Plant: Performance Ability within Contemporary Arts exhibition, a group of artists engaged in human sociology and New Historicism-oriented art practice and utilized images and files to tell stories in a variety of ways. O

AIR PLANT: PERFORMANCE ABILITY WITHIN CONTEMPORARY ART

Text by Chun-Yi CHANG
If people have to think outside the box in order to catch glimpses of the unobserved, deep-rooted ideas inside the box, then only by this distance can a subject of art creation observe the thinking out of the unthinkable before now,

Air Plant has something to say ── "Air Plant" curated by Chun-Yi CHANG

Text | Haiming-Huang
"Air Plant" is a very special exhibition operation. Of course, it has very good space conditions. Different artists are selected, especially those who are good at absorbing various nutrients and transforming them into their own new e

Air Plant: Grand Discussion or Small Inspiration

Text by Wen-Yao CHEN
Chun-Yi Chang uses the longevity of air plants as a metaphor for a “free and active art creation that has a tenacious vitality.” Chang not only proposed an extremely suitable image link, but also skillfully connected the concept of “r

From "Air Plant" to "Kau-Puê Realm": Exploring the Possibility of a Primal Artistic Theory

Text｜Sheng-Hong WANG
The remarkable aspect of this exhibition lies not only in presenting insightful perspectives but also in aligning the curatorial mechanism closely with the modes of artistic practices. The curator has taken an approach that provides e

The Boundaries of Strange Lands: Imaginations Inspired by Root-Free Air Plants

Text by Yun-Ting CHANG
“The more lost a person is in a strange neighborhood of a remote city, the more he remembers the cities that he has passed through. As he reflects on the various stages of the journey, he learns more about the city where he departed

Dance Critique: "Air Plant – The Performative Power in Contemporary Art," "Free Steps – Listening to Bodily Displacement," "Traces and Collisions"

Text | Hsiang-Chun Fan
The works that take place in Arts Village B in the northern district defy simple categorization into any specific artistic form such as performance, sound, or installation. Instead, they constitute a dancing space – a realm of movem

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