ARTiculAction Art Review - Special Issuue Aug. 2016 | Page 22
ICUL CTION
C o n t e m p o r a r y
A r t
Lien-Cheng Wang
R e v i e w
Special Issue
Wave Phenomena provokes direct
relations in the viewers and
accomplishes the difficult task of going
beyond the surface of communication.
We find this aspect particularly
interesting since it is probabily the
only way to accomplish the vital
restoration you pursued in this work,
concerning both the individuals and
thier place in our ever changing
societies: what kind of reactions did
you expect to provoke in the viewers?
"Wave Phenomena" discusses a
relationship between light, time and
wave. It is a site specific artwork
because there was a transparent celling
at exhibition space. Natural sunlight
shine through the space and through
the installation. When audiences walk in
the installation, the floor switch is
sensed and installation be activated.
The material "smart films" becomes
transparent, people would feel like walk
under the water, the ripples from light
would spill from above. I expect the
viewers to feel nature, technology and
aesthetic unify in this installation.
Over these years you works have been
exhibited in several occasions,
including your recent participations at
OSTRALE´O16 i n Dresden and your
performance at the CONCIERTOS
AUDIOVISUALES MADATAC. Your
practice is strictly connected to the
chance of establishing a direct
involvement with the viewers, who are
urged to evolve from a mere
spectatorship to conscious participants
on an intellectual level, so before
leaving this conversation we would like
to pose a question about the nature of
the relationship of your art with your
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audience. Do you consider the issue of
audience reception as being a crucial
component of your decision-making
process, in terms of what type of
language is used in a particular
context?
Acceptance of the audience is important
for me, but not the most. It’s due to I
think that contemporary art often has a
problem and people usually tell me:
they do not understand. I intend to
break this line, then establish a bridge
of communication with the audience. I
use Mandarin and English to express my
concept, never less to say, computer
language as well.
Thanks a lot for your time and for
sharing your thoughts, Lien-Cheng.
Finally, would you like to tell us
readers something about your future
projects. How do you see your work
evolving?
I am currently developing a work called
"Reading Project.” It is about 23
automatic machines which are flipping
book. The average student number of
primary school class in Taiwan is 23.
The work will play out the voice reading
the book from primary school's
students, and discuss cybernetics,
education, and the history of Taiwan.
An interview by Josh Ryder, curator
and Barbara Scott, curator
[email protected]