Like a filter, matters passed through you and became a part of you, 2020
Woodwork, flooring, water, malt, hop, rice, yeast, sink, text mat, faucet, barrel, pump, pipe, fruit, iodine solution, fluorescent light, mirror, UV print, metal frame, shower curtain, custom-made sandbag, plastic chair, snail shell, glass container, filter paper, funnel, mortar, acrylic binder, canvas, epoxy resin, Viagra, dimensions variable
Woodwork, flooring, water, malt, hop, rice, yeast, sink, text mat, faucet, barrel, pump, pipe, fruit, iodine solution, fluorescent light, mirror, UV print, metal frame, shower curtain, custom-made sandbag, plastic chair, snail shell, glass container, filter paper, funnel, mortar, acrylic binder, canvas, epoxy resin, Viagra, dimensions variable
Like a filter, matters passed through you and became a part of you is presented as an installation, sculpture, and site-specific conceptual work. The work is an extension of the exploration of spatial perception and mental state from Like a Urinal in a Nightclub (MOCA Taipei, 2018) and Snails (not Included) (Michael Ku Gallery, Taipei, 2019). The flowing liquid in the toilet, sticky floor, and snails are metaphors, visualizing all transformations and changes, including specific chemical changes or the qualitative transformation of meaning and concept (that are relatively abstract). With the substance and where its transformation takes place as preface, the artist explores and asks: What transforms materials into works of art? How do objects and materials evolve and carry meaning? How do objects pass through us and become part of us? And by meeting and exchanging, could it be that the boundary between humans or objects has become blurry?
Just as hyphae build networks for entire forests, it may be that the bacteria in human stomachs are participating in the thinking process of the brain.
Subzoology: Taiwan Biennial 2020,National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (NTMoFA), Taichung, Taiwan, 2020.10.17- 2021.02.28
Curated by Yao Jui-Chung
Curated by Yao Jui-Chung
