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Hang LI: Sandwishes Studio, Combining Frameworks to Cross Disciplines
Why “Sandwishes Studio”? Actually, they don’t make sandwiches, but investigate new possibilities of social engagement through curating and design.
DATE2020.07.30
inclusiveArtdesign
Review
Virophilia Dinner Performance Quarantine Edition
Srtist LIN Pei-Ying hosted a remote session of the Virophilia Dinner Performance online. Participants joined in from their respective homes, sampling the 4-course meal concocted by the artist.
DATE2020.07.24
Rejection of human-centricBio ArtVirophilia
Review
Glossary of Bio Art: Top 10 Commonly Used Terms
What is “Bio Art”? What is “moist media”? Through this glossary compiled by speculative designers KU Kuang-Yi and Paul GONG, you may gain more understanding of these terms and their meanings before further looking into the world of Bio Art.
DATE2020.07.24
Bio ArtscienceArt
Review
An Introduction to the History and Development of Bio Art
Bio Art has blossomed as an art practice in the last two decades. What kinds of qualities define Bio Art? How do we draw the boundaries of Bio Art in myriads of discussions on intersecting art with science?
DATE2020.07.24
Eduardo KACGenetic ArtBio Art
Encounter
The Golden Apple Snail Returns Home: A Field Study Across Species, Ecology, Art, and the Pacific
The golden apple snail has long been a serious agricultural pest in Taiwan. However, under what circumstances did they undertake the long journey to Taiwan from their native Argentina?
DATE2020.07.13
SpeciesecologyGolden Apple Snail
Review
Political Provocation in YAO Jui-Chung’s Republic of Cynic
A virtual nation, called the “Republic of Cynic”, recently opened its “Embassy in the R.O.C.”, located at Art Space V (former U.S. Aid Building) at C-LAB, the nation comes with its own emblem, flag, anthem, and even passport.
DATE2020.06.09
historyCynicContemporary Art
Review
Technology Anxiety in a “Zero-Latency” Era: in the Footsteps of CHENG Hsien-Yu’s Assimilator
Through Assimilator, we grapple with the conflicts and tensions between human-machine interactions, and reflect on our anxiety towards technology.
DATE2020.06.09
machinetechnology Technology Art
Review
Recollecting C-LAB: Jointly Recording the Cultural History of a Space
We are initiating the Recollecting C-LAB Project this year. By gathering and compiling information and conducting interviews, we attempt to build an online cultural and historical database of this historic site.
DATE2020.06.09
storyhistoryC-LAB
Encounter
An Account of Residency at Treasure Hill, a Hillside Fort beside Fuhe Bridge
Treasure Hill, despite its isolation, is a mirror that faithfully reflects the world at its feet. It emerges from a social experiment, containing utopian political imaginings and social ideals, caught between factional machinations and municipal directives, a product of the tension between social movements, authorities, and artists.
DATE2020.04.20
Treasure Hillcultural participationart intervention
Review
Creating a Welcoming Circular Structure: Record of the Experimental Architecture Project
In the southwest corner of C-LAB near the intersection of Jianguo South and Renai roads, where pedestrians and vehicles come closest to this site, is a large, suspended, “circular structure”.
DATE2020.04.01
Experimental ArchitectureCircular EconomyOpenness
Review
Imagining a Space from the Perspective of “Tower”: Light Weight Crossing Universities Work Camp at C-LAB
Sophomore students from three universities participated in the Light Weight – Crossing Universities Work Camp. This year, the theme is “tower.”
DATE2020.04.01
Experimental ArchitectureOpennessLight Weight 2020
Review
Is Immersive Art Just a Buzzword or a Must Know “Innovation”?
Is “immersive” a word of the brand-new era? Is it a new concept in aesthetics discourse following the latest technological advancements?
DATE2020.03.31
imageimmersive aestheticstechnology
Review
The Immersive Aesthetics of Performing Arts in Taiwan
The actor-spectator relationship have changed from confining the spectators to their seats into treating them as the trigger and propeller of the performances.
DATE2020.03.30
public engagementimmersive aestheticsPerforming Art
Review
Virtual Reality and the Three Modalities That Shaped the World
If “virtual reality” is not simply a “technique” but also a “medium” capable of “shaping the world,” what would such a world look like?
DATE2020.03.30
immersive aestheticscyberspacevirtual reality
Review
With to Without Walls: C-LAB’s Open New Look
In September 2019, the Ministry of Culture began tearing down the walls that surround C-LAB and carrying out landscape improvements. Welcome to this culture and aesthetics park in the heart of the city.
DATE2020.03.27
public engagementOpennesscultural innovation